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System Architect, Software Development
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A Software Architect develops and defines the architecture for computer software and applications projects. Oversees the entire software development process; may manage projects for multiple clients. Analyzes customer or user needs, defines system architecture, and leads team of software developers to design programs and build applications.
$139,807 / year median in Georgia
+10% projected growth
Job Description
System Architect, Software Development (Vinings, GA, 30339) | 09/04/26 Easy Apply Job Description Overview Lead the architecture, design, and technical direction of our end‑to‑end systems including firmware, mobile applications, web portals, backend services, APIs, and cloud infrastructure, ensuring scalability, performance, security, and operational excellence. Responsibilities Own and define system level architecture across firmware, mobile, web, backend services, data, and cloud infrastructure.
Provide architectural leadership for major initiatives, driving long term platform roadmaps and technical strategy.
Partner closely with engineering leads, product, firmware, mobile, and cloud teams to ensure cohesive, scalable system designs.
Lead architectural reviews and ensure designs meet requirements for performance, availability, security, and maintainability.
Influence and guide implementation while remaining hands on where needed to unblock teams at critical architectural points.
Instill best practices for system design, documentation, observability, and operational readiness.
Ensure high availability, low latency, and scalability across distributed systems and services.
Drive operational excellence including production readiness, monitoring, incident response, and reliability patterns.
Demonstrate depth and breadth of technical leadership across teams and multiple technology domains.
Serve as a technical advisor to engineering leadership, helping balance near term delivery with long term architectural health.
Coordinate with internal teams to ensure seamless integration across current and new systems, platforms, and technologies. Qualifications
JOB SPECIFICATIONS
8+ years of experience designing and delivering large scale software systems, with exposure across multiple layers of the stack.
Strong understanding of system architecture spanning firmware, IOT, mobile applications, web applications, backend services, and cloud platforms.
Experience architecting and integrating RESTful and event driven APIs in distributed systems.
Hands on experience with cloud native architectures, including microservices, messaging/streaming, data stores, and infrastructure as code.
Working knowledge of IoT architectures, including device communication, edge considerations, and cloud integration.
Experience guiding teams through full development lifecycle: architecture, design, development, deployment, and production.
Ability to translate business and product requirements into scalable, resilient system designs.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Regularly required to sit, stand, and walk.
Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.