Staff Architect

About the Position

At SPD Technology, we bring together a team of like-minded people who are driven by the desire to bring value through their work, united in their commitment to high performance and delivering custom, cutting-edge tech solutions that drive clients’ growth. We empower our people with a culture of excellence and enable them with the opportunity to uphold their accountability to contribute on each level. We value humanity and collaboration, encourage professional and personal growth, and foster a supportive and flexible work environment where everyone’s contribution is welcomed.

And now we are looking for a Staff Architect (Senior Solution Architect) to join us as part of our team.

About the Project

PitchBook - a platform for investment professionals. Our software provides access to data and the analytical tools to get answers fast and discover promising opportunities. Uncovers actionable insights and trends hidden within the financial data of more than three million companies. Users all over the world include large corporations, start-ups, venture capital and private equity firms, investment banks, and many others.

Features of PitchBook: Advanced search / Discovery & insights / Company profiles / Workflow & efficiency / Many more.

Our Tech Stack & Focus Areas

• Java
• Spring
• React
• Typescript
• Apache Beam
• Flink
• LangGraph
• GCP/AWS
• K8s

Responsibilities

As a Staff Architect, you will:

• Translate high-level business initiatives into concrete architectural vision and technical standards, collaborating closely with Product and Engineering to design cost-efficient, scalable solutions that maximize customer value
• Devise technology and architecture solutions that propel engineering excellence across the organization, simplify otherwise complex problems, and address the “-ilities” (portability, usability, maintainability, scalability, recoverability, availability, extensibility, and security)
• Author AI-ready solution specifications as a part of the design lifecycle, actively participating in AI-enabled workflows and continuously integrating modern tools into the architectural process
• Drive system evolution toward well-defined target and transition (interim) states, utilizing robust system diagrams to convey clear, actionable execution paths for engineering teams
• Describe technical context in intuitive ways for different audiences, adapting communication from highly technical deep dives with engineers to non-technical dialogue with senior stakeholders
• Drive system innovation by leveraging AI as a core enabler, prototyping high-impact capabilities to prove technical feasibility and steer future-ready architectural directions
• Learn constantly, including in available cloud managed services (PaaS/SaaS/IaaS), libraries, frameworks and platforms (commercial and open source)
• Propose pragmatic, organized, and balanced technical decisions in areas such as build vs. buy, now vs. later, and refactor vs. rebuild
• Provide and oversee high-level estimates for scoping non-trivial features
• Coach engineering teams, grow their level constantly and enable them making high-quality autonomous decisions in the software design

Requirements

• 7+ years of hands-on software development experience with strong core engineering principles
• 3+ years of experience in designing complex software architectures for the multi-stack environment (e.g., Java, C#, Python microservices, data analytical systems, AWS/GCP/Azure)
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, acting as a trusted partner to both Product Management and Engineering – capable of articulating technical vision clearly to any audience while actively listening and synthesizing feedback to refine solutions
• A strong, disciplined approach to architectural decision-making, systematically evaluating technical trade-offs, risks, and technology pros/cons to deliver resilient, cost-effective platform solutions
• Proven capability to manage stakeholder expectations, build cross-organizational alignment, and articulate technical trade-offs to business and engineering leadership
• Practical experience designing data solutions across relational databases, distributed caching, replication, and enterprise search engines (e.g., PostgreSQL, MS SQL, Redis, Elasticsearch)
• Experience architecting on major cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure) using containerization and orchestration technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
• Prior experience in pre-sales, technical discovery, or solution consulting is considered a strong plus
• Hands-on experience driving AI enablement initiatives and architecting agentic AI systems (e.g., multi-agent frameworks, LLM orchestration) is considered a strong plus
• English - Upper Intermediate or higher; Ukrainian - fluent.

We Offer

• Join the team of experts who create custom, cutting-edge tech solutions for world-renowned businesses, fueling client growth.
• Experience an agile and flexible working environment with a fully remote work setup and flexible working schedule.
• Embrace the opportunity for personal and professional growth with performance and merit reviews, personal development plans, and individual learnings through the corporate library, public speaking support, and more.
• Be among like-minded people who care about what they do and how they do it. Collaborate with top-notch experts who are always ready to help and support you through any challenges.

Interview Steps

1. Pre-screening with recruiter
2. Technical Interview
3. Manager Interview
4. HR BP Interview
5. Final client Interview

About the Company

SPD Technology is a global software product development company that creates cutting-edge tech solutions that drive clients’ growth. We provide software engineering, product development, and IT consulting services to world-renowned companies, ranging from Fortune 500 firms to emerging startups across the globe. Founded in 2006, we’ve delivered over 460 custom projects for high-growth startups, SMBs, and enterprises, building strong partnerships with industry leaders such as PitchBook, Morningstar, Blackhawk Network, Poynt, Space Needle, and many more. Specialising in fintech and digital payment solutions, data engineering, AI/ML, and Cloud technologies, we build products ranging from MVPs to complex, enterprise-grade solutions. We are presented globally: we have 2 development centers in Europe, a representative office in Romania, the U.K., Cyprus, and remote teams, working worldwide from 32 countries around the globe.

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