Lead Software Architect

Lead Software Architect

Blackpoint Cyber is the leading provider of world-class cybersecurity threat hunting, detection and remediation technology. Founded by former National Security Agency (NSA) cyber operations experts who applied their learnings to bring national security-grade technology solutions to commercial customers around the world, Blackpoint Cyber is in hyper-growth mode, fueled by a recent $190m series C round.

The Lead Software Architect will drive and execute the technology strategy for Blackpoint, delivering critical architectural initiatives while collaborating with and influencing technical team members across the organization. This role is accountable for the overall architecture across our product portfolio, collaborating with Product leadership to define and deliver highly scalable, secure SaaS solutions and a reliable endpoint agent. This position demands exceptional technical expertise, analytical skills, and leadership, alongside strong business insight and cross-functional communication abilities. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in cloud-native SaaS architectures, large-scale data platforms, and AI-driven software solutions. This individual will help drive the next generation of intelligent, AI-powered security products and platform capabilities while leveraging AI to accelerate architecture, design, development, and delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Champion AI-driven approaches to software architecture, solution design, development workflows, and product delivery.
• Execute software architecture deliverables and take hands-on ownership of delivering critical initiatives across the product portfolio, ensuring scalability, reliability, extensibility, and maintainability.
• Define and drive software architecture across the product portfolio, establishing architectural principles, frameworks, and standards in collaboration with engineering teams.
• Lead and participate in the design review process within the Product organization, guiding architectural principles and ensuring alignment across teams.
• Provide architectural leadership for software design and implementation, ensuring alignment across the Product organization through effective communication and collaboration.
• Work closely with business stakeholders and foster strong cross-functional partnerships.
• Provide technical leadership to development and test engineering teams, fostering innovation and driving engineering excellence.
• Drive research and execution of Proof of Concepts (PoCs) on leading-edge AI technologies, including AI-powered solutions and intelligent automation, and recommend the best approaches for adoption across the product portfolio.
• Participate in the engineering on-call rotation and support production systems by helping troubleshoot critical issues, drive root cause analysis, and ensure platform reliability and availability.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience in software architecture and engineering.
• Proven experience in building and optimizing data pipelines, architectures, and data sets.
• Expertise in big data and streaming technologies (e.g., Elastic, Kafka, Spark).
• Deep knowledge of AWS cloud infrastructure, including services and cloud technologies such as containers (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Demonstrated mastery of microservices and SaaS enterprise-scale architectures.
• Experience with various data storage methods and building data platforms.
• Track record of designing and delivering high-volume SaaS applications and enterprise-scale endpoint agents.
• Strategic thinker with proactive problem-solving abilities.
• Exceptional verbal, presentation, listening, and written communication skills to inspire and align teams.
• Strong organizational awareness and the ability to anticipate and address challenges proactively.
• Demonstrated commitment to hands-on execution and technical delivery.
• Ability to operate effectively in a rapid production support environment, including on-call responsibilities.

Blackpoint Cyber welcomes and encourages applications from qualified individuals of all races, colors, religions, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, or any other legally protected status. We are committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment.

For eligible employees in the US, Blackpoint offers competitive Health, Vision, Dental, and Life Insurance plans, a robust 401k plan, Discretionary Time Off, and other minor perks. International employees receive competitive benefits in accordance with local market standards and applicable country requirements.

Blackpoint believes all employees should share in the company's success – equity participation is available to employees globally, with program details varying by location and employment structure.