Software Architect

Company Description

BiltOn offers a comprehensive cloud-based solution built to empower General Contractors and Developers to stay on top of project operations, safety, risk, and compliance. With innovative solutions like 3D facial verification, automated compliance tracking, and real-time insights, BiltOn enables General Contractors and Developers to avoid litigation and regulatory fines.

As a Software Architect at BiltOn, you won’t just design systems—you’ll define the blueprint for the future of our platform.

We're looking for a strategic, "big picture" thinker who thrives on cross-functional impact, bridge business goals and quality deliverables, drives technical strategy, and influences engineering excellence across the organization. If you're passionate about designing scalable and resilient systems, mentoring senior technologists, and setting and leading long-term technical direction, this role is for you.

• Define the Technical Blueprint: You’ll play the primary role in defining our long-term technical vision and architectural roadmap. You'll lead strategic engineering initiatives, apply research to solve complex system-wide challenges, and translate business goals into a robust, scalable technical strategy.
• Design for Scale & Resilience: Design and document high-level, cross-system architectural patterns and solutions. Ensure all our platforms (web, mobile, and backend) are built for scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability.
• Enable engineering excellence: Work closely with Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, and Product Managers to set and enforce engineering standards, best practices, and design patterns across all engineering teams. You will lead critical architectural design reviews and ensure solutions align with the strategic vision.
• Mentor and and lead by Influence: Mentor and guide Tech Leads and Senior Engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and innovation. You will act as a key technical advisor to leadership, communicating complex concepts and decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Build for the future: Help create an AI-driven culture, continuously evaluate emerging technologies, tools, and trends. You'll prototype and create PoCs to de-risk new technology adoption and identify opportunities to enhance system performance and reduce technical debt.
• Champion Non-Functional Requirements: Define and own the standards for production readiness, system monitoring, infrastructure strategy, disaster recovery, and overall system robustness.
• Enable productivity: Collaborate with DevOps and QA to ensure strong CI/CD, observability, and security foundations. Drive architecture reviews, POCs, and technical documentation.

• Are a strategic leader who takes full ownership of the technical landscape and its outcomes. See the bigger picture — not just the next release.
• Enjoy influencing without direct authority and building consensus across teams.
• Excel at solving highly complex, ambiguous problems and translating them into a clear technical vision and executable roadmap.
• Thrive in a highly collaborative, cross-functional environment where business, product, and engineering intersect and are skilled at communicating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Care deeply about system design, architectural integrity, and the developer experience of the engineers building on your platforms.
• Value efficiency, transparency, and building standards and processes that scale with the organization.
• Looking to feel connected to the long-term vision of the product, the business, and the entire engineering department.
• Care deeply about developer experience, velocity, and long-term technical health.

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with a proven track record of designing, building, and delivering large-scale, distributed systems.
• 3+ years in an Architect, Principal Engineer, or Senior Technical Leadership role, with demonstrable experience in setting technical direction and influencing multiple teams and defining architecture for production systems at scale.
• Extensive experience with cloud architecture (AWS preferred), including microservices, serverless, containerization (Kubernetes), and advanced database design (SQL).
• Exceptional communication with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences and document architectural decisions effectively, influence, mentor, and align senior engineers and leadership.
• Deep expertise in modern backend and frontend ecosystems (e.g., Node.js, React/React Native, TypeScript) and a strong understanding of their architectural trade-offs.
• Familiar with common industry compliance processes - Nice to Have.