Software Architect - Distributed Systems & Platform Engineering

Software Engineer – Distributed Systems & Platform Engineering

Are you passionate about building systems that are resilient, scalable, and thoughtfully designed? Do you light up in technical discussions and bring fresh ideas to the table? As part of our CAD Infrastructure Development group, you'll help build and evolve the distributed systems that power our products at scale. You'll ensure our services can seamlessly and efficiently handle large-scale demands. Joining this group means you'll be responsible for contributing to the platform infrastructure that fuels our products. Together, you and your team will build the foundation that enables our engineering organization to deliver reliable, performant experiences to our customers. In this role, you will get to work on distributed systems and cloud-native technologies that enable other engineers to build better products, faster.

In this highly visible and cross-functional role as a member of our CAD Infrastructure Development team, you will be responsible for contributing to the development of distributed systems and microservices architectures. You will collaborate with multiple product and engineering teams to implement and maintain scalable, event-driven platforms. Your work will enable us to increase system reliability, improve development velocity, and deliver high-quality services at scale.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience architecting and driving development of complex distributed systems and platform software
• Experience in software architecture and systems design, including microservices decomposition and service contracts
• Experience in backend or systems-level languages, such as Go, Java, or Python
• Experience in using container orchestration platforms, such as Kubernetes
• Experience designing event-driven architectures and asynchronous communication patterns
• Experience of software quality methodologies, including design review, code review, and testing strategies
• Minimum requirement of BS + 5 years of relevant industry experience, with demonstrated ownership of architecture or systems design

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience architecting large-scale systems with Kubernetes-native patterns, including operators, CRDs, and service mesh
• Experience with message queues and streaming platforms, such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, NATS, or Pulsar
• Experience in DevOps and CI/CD methodologies, platforms, and tools, such as ArgoCD, Flux, or Jenkins
• Strong understanding of distributed systems fundamentals: consistency models, fault tolerance, and partitioning strategies
• Strong API design abilities across REST, gRPC, and event-driven interfaces
• Familiar with infrastructure-as-code tools, such as Terraform or Pulumi
• Familiar with GitOps workflows and progressive delivery practices
• Knowledgeable in observability and reliability engineering, including SLOs, distributed tracing, and circuit breakers
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and build consensus across teams on cross-cutting technical decisions

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