Software Architect, Platform Services

$214,960 - $295,570/Yr

Procore Technologies - Austin, TX

Full-time - Senior

Austin, TX

Construction of Buildings

About the position

The Software Architect for Platform Services at Procore will lead the technical direction and execution of a reliable, cost-effective, and compliant cloud platform. This role involves crafting a multi-quarter architectural roadmap and collaborating closely with engineering teams to deliver scalable systems that meet the future needs of the business. The architect will also focus on improving developer experiences and ensuring security and compliance across various cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of cloud-agnostic systems for observability, ingress traffic management, and secrets management.
• Partner with Engineering Leadership to apply Domain-Driven & Test-Driven Development concepts to deliver extensible APIs.
• Facilitate the development of robust, decoupled event-driven systems to reduce coordination costs and enable self-service delivery.
• Empower developers to self-manage and forecast application costs across various vendors.
• Design highly scalable and resilient systems with high availability and disaster recovery capabilities.
• Collaborate with security teams to embed security controls and compliance checks into Platform Services.
• Stay updated on the latest cloud technologies and lead the adoption of cutting-edge tools and practices.
• Serve as an evangelist for Platform Services, working with feature teams to understand application requirements and drive adoption.
• Educate and mentor team members on cloud-agnostic practices and best practices in cloud security and compliance.

Requirements

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science or related discipline, or comparable work experience; technical certifications are a plus.
• 15+ years of combined experience in Infrastructure / Platform Engineering.
• Customer-facing architecture, engineering, and operations experience at enterprise-grade SaaS companies serving millions of users per day.
• Experience architecting and designing a multi-cloud platform-as-a-service for internal product and development teams.
• Strong bias towards developer empathy and streamlining developer experiences at organizational scale.
• Proven track record of thought leadership & collaboration across multiple teams in a large organization.
• Experience driving security, compliance, and disaster recovery in enterprise-grade runtime platforms.
• Deep experience with multiple public cloud native offerings (AWS, GCP, Azure), edge network and compute infrastructure, secrets & configuration management tooling, data engineering, and observability vendors.

Nice-to-haves

• Technical certifications in relevant fields.
• Experience with edge network and compute infrastructure tools like Cloudflare and Kong.
• Familiarity with secrets and configuration management tooling such as Vault and Parameter Store.

Benefits

• Generous paid time off
• Healthcare coverage
• Career enrichment and development programs