Senior Software Architect

Your Job

Guardian Glass is seeking you to become our next Senior Software Architect.

We are a global manufacturer of float glass and fabricated glass products for commercial and residential construction, with operations across North America, Europe, South America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship now or at any time in the future. This position is not eligible for work visa sponsorship.

What You Will Do

• Design and implement product features to Claria, Guardian's customer-facing AI platform
• Mentor software engineers and technical leads, helping grow architecture, design, and software engineering capabilities across the organization
• Guide the design and operation of AI-powered systems, including LLM integrations, orchestration frameworks, evaluation processes, and production monitoring
• Collaborate with cloud, security, and platform teams to ensure solutions meet enterprise standards for security, compliance, and reliability
• Communicate technical strategy, architectural decisions, risks, and trade-offs to business stakeholders, product owners, and leadership in a clear and actionable manner
• Drive the adoption of AI-assisted software engineering practices, developer productivity tools, and modern SDLC standards across the organization
• Partner with development teams to establish automated testing, CI/CD, observability, and operational excellence practices for both traditional and AI-enabled applications

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Expert in full-stack application architecture and development, including modern web frameworks, APIs, AWS cloud services, and distributed systems
• Deep expertise in AI/LLM application architecture and delivery, including orchestration patterns, tool integration, prompt engineering, RAG, evaluation frameworks, and production AI system operations
• Strong software engineering fundamentals, including object-oriented design, SOLID principles, testing strategies, and maintainable code practices
• Experience establishing and evolving AI-driven software development lifecycle (SDLC) practices, developer platforms, and engineering standards
• Advanced knowledge of AWS cloud-native architectures, containerization, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and DevOps practice
• Strong understanding of application security, identity and access management, secure-by-design principles, and threat modeling
• Proven ability to evaluate technology platforms, architectural patterns, and engineering tools, balancing business outcomes, security, maintainability, and operational requirements
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and technical leads while driving engineering excellence, architecture consistency, and long-term technology strategy

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or other related field; Master’s preferred
• Proven experience designing and delivering scalable, secure, and highly available customer-facing applications
• Strong project management and presentation skills
• Knowledge of Python and FastAPI
• Knowledge of TypeScript
• Knowledge of Azure AI services

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength – focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).