Software Architect (Java)

About the Department

Position Duties

• Domain Ownership: Act as the lead architectural voice for the HRIS domain. You will own the technical integrity of the platform and have the autonomy to make critical design decisions that impact its future. Strategic Collaboration: Partner with the Director of Engineering and Product Management to align technical capabilities with business goals, ensuring the platform architecture supports long-term growth and stability. Architectural Blueprints: Produce high-level designs (HLD), sequence diagrams, and interface definitions that guide your five engineering teams through complex feature development. Governance & Standardization: Define and maintain "Golden Paths" and shared libraries for your teams. You will ensure that as the HRIS product scales, the engineering teams are building in a unified, consistent direction. Design Review & Mentorship: Lead architectural reviews and act as the final technical sign-off for complex initiatives. You will mentor Lead and Senior Developers, ensuring their work adheres to established enterprise design patterns. AI Strategy & Governance: Establish the standards for integrating AI-assisted tools and LLM capabilities into the SDLC within your domain, evaluating their impact on maintainability, security, and system performance.
• Domain Ownership: Act as the lead architectural voice for the HRIS domain. You will own the technical integrity of the platform and have the autonomy to make critical design decisions that impact its future.
• Strategic Collaboration: Partner with the Director of Engineering and Product Management to align technical capabilities with business goals, ensuring the platform architecture supports long-term growth and stability.
• Architectural Blueprints: Produce high-level designs (HLD), sequence diagrams, and interface definitions that guide your five engineering teams through complex feature development.
• Governance & Standardization: Define and maintain "Golden Paths" and shared libraries for your teams. You will ensure that as the HRIS product scales, the engineering teams are building in a unified, consistent direction.
• Design Review & Mentorship: Lead architectural reviews and act as the final technical sign-off for complex initiatives. You will mentor Lead and Senior Developers, ensuring their work adheres to established enterprise design patterns.
• AI Strategy & Governance: Establish the standards for integrating AI-assisted tools and LLM capabilities into the SDLC within your domain, evaluating their impact on maintainability, security, and system performance.

Minimum Qualifications

• Expert communicator with ability to translate technical concepts to business executives Empathetic leader and have a growth mindset with a desire to learn and embrace c hallenges Highly analytical, with an ability to see both the big picture and the details Innovative and passionate about your work What You Have Experience: 10+ years of Java development experience, with a proven history of architectural leadership in enterprise-scale SaaS environments. Technical Autonomy: Proven ability to lead the technical direction of a product domain, making high-stakes architectural decisions independently. Architecture Mastery: Deep expertise in Distributed Systems, Microservices, and Event-Driven Design at an enterprise scale. Java Ecosystem: Expert-level knowledge of Spring Boot 3.x and Java 17/21+, with a focus on enterprise-wide patterns and system scalability. Data Strategy: Strong expertise in Oracle RDBMS and PL/SQL. You should be comfortable leading the transition from database-centric logic to modern, service-centric logic. Collaborative Leadership: Exceptional ability to influence and align multiple engineering teams and stakeholders without being "hands-on" in the daily codebase. Strong Plus: Legacy Migration: Proven experience leading the strategic migration of legacy monolithic applications toward modern architectural patterns (e.g., Microservices, Strangler Fig pattern, or Service-Oriented Architecture). Frontend Frameworks: Knowledge of modern frontend frameworks, ideally Angular , to ensure cohesive full-stack architectural alignment. Cloud Architecture: Experience defining AWS infrastructure strategy (ECS, RDS, Lambda) using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform). Security & Identity: Knowledge of OAuth2/OIDC and multi-tenant isolation patterns, particularly within the context of sensitive HR data. Messaging: Experience architecting high-concurrency environments using RabbitMQ or similar brokers.
• Expert communicator with ability to translate technical concepts to business executives
• Empathetic leader and have a growth mindset with a desire to learn and embrace c hallenges
• Highly analytical, with an ability to see both the big picture and the details
• Innovative and passionate about your work
• What You Have
• Experience: 10+ years of Java development experience, with a proven history of architectural leadership in enterprise-scale SaaS environments.
• Technical Autonomy: Proven ability to lead the technical direction of a product domain, making high-stakes architectural decisions independently.
• Architecture Mastery: Deep expertise in Distributed Systems, Microservices, and Event-Driven Design at an enterprise scale.
• Java Ecosystem: Expert-level knowledge of Spring Boot 3.x and Java 17/21+, with a focus on enterprise-wide patterns and system scalability.
• Data Strategy: Strong expertise in Oracle RDBMS and PL/SQL. You should be comfortable leading the transition from database-centric logic to modern, service-centric logic.
• Collaborative Leadership: Exceptional ability to influence and align multiple engineering teams and stakeholders without being "hands-on" in the daily codebase.
• Strong Plus:
• Legacy Migration: Proven experience leading the strategic migration of legacy monolithic applications toward modern architectural patterns (e.g., Microservices, Strangler Fig pattern, or Service-Oriented Architecture).
• Frontend Frameworks: Knowledge of modern frontend frameworks, ideally Angular , to ensure cohesive full-stack architectural alignment.
• Cloud Architecture: Experience defining AWS infrastructure strategy (ECS, RDS, Lambda) using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Security & Identity: Knowledge of OAuth2/OIDC and multi-tenant isolation patterns, particularly within the context of sensitive HR data.
• Messaging: Experience architecting high-concurrency environments using RabbitMQ or similar brokers.

Other Qualifications

• Competitive Wages Comprehensive Benefits package (medical, dental, vision, etc.) Generous PTO to support work-life balance 401K/RRSP Matching Paid Parental Leave Autonomy to grow and find your career path with supportive leadership Remote working opportunities Inclusive and diverse work environment NEOGOV does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, protected military status, or other non-merit factors. Our hiring process may include Artificial Intelligence (AI) screening for keywords and minimum qualifications. Recruiters review all results. #LI_REMOTE
• Competitive Wages
• Comprehensive Benefits package (medical, dental, vision, etc.)
• Generous PTO to support work-life balance
• 401K/RRSP Matching
• Paid Parental Leave
• Autonomy to grow and find your career path with supportive leadership
• Remote working opportunities
• Inclusive and diverse work environment
• NEOGOV does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, protected military status, or other non-merit factors.
• Our hiring process may include Artificial Intelligence (AI) screening for keywords and minimum qualifications. Recruiters review all results.
• #LI_REMOTE

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