Principal Software Architect - Up To $260,000 P/A - Boston

Hunter Bond

Waltham, United States of America

yesterday

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Working hours

Regular working hours

Languages

English

Experience level

Senior

Compensation

$ 260K

Waltham, United States of America

Java

API

Big Data

Cloud Engineering

Data Architecture

Distributed Systems

PostgreSQL

Redis

Software Engineering

Event Driven Architecture

Kubernetes

Kafka

Microservices

Define and own the architectural vision for a large-scale, cloud-native platform handling high-volume transactional workloads.
Design event-driven, distributed systems with a focus on performance, resilience, scalability, and operational excellence.
Guide technology decisions across APIs, data architecture, messaging, and application design patterns.
Partner with engineering leadership and senior stakeholders to drive technical governance and strategic design initiatives.

15+ years of software engineering experience, including significant time in a senior architecture or principal-level role.
Strong background designing high-throughput distributed systems within financial services, fintech, or other highly regulated environments.
Expertise with event-driven architectures, cloud-native application design, and modern microservices ecosystems.
Hands-on experience with technologies such as Kafka, Java, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Redis, and large-scale data platforms., If you're an experienced architect looking to influence the design of a business-critical platform from the ground up, we'd love to have a confidential conversation.