Software Architect

Software EngineeringCollege Station,TexasTroy,Michigan
Salary: USD 140000.00 - 160000.00 Annually

We’re hiring a Software Architect to help shape the technical future of Enforcement Mobile, a widely used platform for citation management and crash reporting used by public safety agencies.

This role is focused on architecture, technical strategy, and engineering influence. You’ll partner closely with engineering leadership, product management, and development teams to guide the evolution of a mature, proven product toward a modern, cloud-native, event-driven architecture on AWS.

This is not a people management role, but it is a high-impact technical leadership role. You’ll help define architectural direction, evaluate tradeoffs, mentor engineers, and ensure our technical decisions improve product quality, scalability, reliability, and customer experience.

Enforcement Mobile is evolving incrementally, so this role requires strong technical judgment, practical decision-making, and the ability to balance near-term product needs with long-term platform health.

Responsibilities:

• Define and guide architectural strategy for Enforcement Mobile as the platform evolves toward cloud-native, event-driven architecture.
• Partner with engineering managers, product leaders, and senior engineers to align technical decisions with customer needs and business priorities.
• Evaluate system design tradeoffs across scalability, performance, reliability, security, maintainability, and user experience.
• Provide technical leadership for modernization initiatives, helping teams make incremental improvements while continuing to deliver customer value.
• Design and review architecture for complex features, services, integrations, and platform capabilities.
• Mentor engineers by asking thoughtful questions, challenging assumptions, and fostering strong technical judgment across the team.
• Establish and promote engineering standards, patterns, and practices that improve quality and consistency across the codebase.
• Guide adoption of modern engineering practices, including automated testing, continuous delivery, observability, and operational readiness.
• Partner with teams to leverage AI-assisted development practices and evaluate opportunities for AI-enabled product capabilities.
• Communicate architectural recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including significant experience designing and delivering production software systems.
• Strong technical foundation in .NET/C# and experience working with established systems and modernization efforts.
• Experience designing or evolving systems toward event-driven and distributed architectures.
• Experience building or operating systems in AWS and applying cloud-native design principles.
• Experience designing RESTful APIs, service integrations, and scalable backend systems.
• Strong understanding of relational databases, data modeling, and system performance considerations.
• Strong understanding of modern software engineering practices, including automated testing, continuous delivery, observability, and secure development.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code, containerization, or cloud deployment patterns.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, make decisions with incomplete information, and clearly communicate technical tradeoffs.
• Ability to mentor engineers and influence technical direction without relying on direct authority.
• Experience using AI tools to improve engineering workflows, quality, and outcomes.
• Required to undergo and satisfactorily pass a fingerprint background check in accordance with CJIS requirements.

Nice to Have

• Experience leading platform modernization or incremental migration efforts across production systems.
• Experience with mobile applications across iOS, Android, or Windows platforms.
• Experience with cross-platform mobile development approaches.
• Experience with modern front-end development frameworks such as Angular, React, or similar.
• Experience working in public sector, public safety, or regulated environments.
• This role is primarily in-office to support close collaboration with the team.
• Hybrid flexibility is available, with an expectation of at least three days per week in the office.