Lead Architect
Role: Product Area Lead ArchitectWork: USA (est/cst) - Fully RemoteI’m working with a growing technology organization looking for a Product Area Lead Architect to provide hands-on architectural leadership across multiple product teams.This is a Principal-level architecture role, but it’s not an “ivory tower” position. You’ll be deeply involved with engineering teams, helping solve complex technical problems, establish standards, manage cross-team dependencies, and turn architectural strategy into practical execution.What you’ll be doing:Lead architecture across multiple autonomous engineering teamsIdentify and address architectural gaps, technical debt, and scalability risksDesign scalable distributed systems, APIs, and cloud-native architecturesEstablish standards around APIs, authentication, observability, resiliency, and frontend architectureGuide modernization and decomposition of legacy systemsPartner with Engineering, Product, Data Science, Platform, and DevOps teamsArchitect GenAI/LLM solutions, including RAG, conversational AI, and model integrationsEstablish responsible AI patterns around evaluation, privacy, guardrails, and output validationHelp scale the effective use of AI coding tools across engineeringMentor senior engineers and architects while raising overall architectural maturityWhat we’re looking for:8–12+ years in software engineering and architectureStrong JavaScript/TypeScript and Node.js experienceDeep understanding of distributed systems and modern architectureExperience designing and evolving APIs and SaaS platformsCloud-native experience, preferably AWSExperience with GenAI/LLMs, RAG, or ML integrationsExperience working across multiple engineering teamsStrong communication and technical leadership skillsPragmatic approach to architecture — able to balance long-term strategy with immediate executionHands-on experience with AI coding tools such as Cursor, Claude, GitHub Copilot, or similarIf you're a senior/principal engineer or architect who enjoys being hands-on while influencing architecture across an organization, feel free to reach out or send me a message.