Enterprise Architect

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Experienced Enterprise Architect needed to define technology vision and modernize systems at Ncontracts. Leading a team while driving architectural strategy for integrated risk and compliance solutions.

Responsibilities:

  • Define and evolve Ncontracts' technology vision, ensuring alignment between business strategy and IT capabilities
  • Shape the architectural direction of our integrated risk and compliance platform
  • Drive modernization of legacy systems
  • Establish AI-ready architecture patterns
  • Enable scalability across our multi-cloud environment
  • Lead and mentor a small team of Architects and Engineers providing technical direction
  • Ensure consistent architectural standards and coverage across product team
  • Foster a collaborative, enablement-focused culture rather than gatekeeping
  • Define and maintain the enterprise architecture vision, principles, and roadmaps aligned with Ncontracts' business strategy
  • Develop architecture spanning applications, data, integration, data flows, infrastructure, and security
  • Drive technology evaluation and ensure alignment with an AI-first direction
  • Lead architectural due diligence and integration planning for acquisitions
  • Shape the architectural foundation for AI capabilities, including LLM integration patterns and data readiness
  • Establish responsible AI practices including governance, explainability, and audit trails appropriate for financial services
  • Evaluate and recommend AI infrastructure approaches (cloud AI services, vector databases, orchestration frameworks)
  • Guide teams in modernizing legacy systems through pragmatic, incremental approaches
  • Promote modern application patterns such as microservices, event-driven architecture, and API-first design
  • Get hands-on when needed to validate patterns, prototype solutions, or remove blockers
  • Provide architectural oversight across .NET, React, Python, and cloud environments
  • Establish and reinforce architecture governance, best practices, and decision frameworks
  • Partner closely with the Data Architect to ensure systems generate high-quality, well-structured data for Snowflake ingestion
  • Define integration patterns (API, event-driven, service-to-service) that ensure reliability and scalability
  • Architect solutions that leverage the strengths of our multi-cloud environment (Azure and AWS)
  • Support the Platform Engineering team to define DevOps practices and secure CI/CD pipeline architecture
  • Communicate architectural decisions clearly to engineers, leaders, and non-technical stakeholders
  • Produce consumable documentation, reference architectures, and standards
  • Build strong cross-functional relationships and influence without authority

Requirements:

  • 10+ years of progressive experience in lead software engineering, architecture, or enterprise architecture roles in B2B SaaS environments
  • Experience leading or mentoring technical staff—you've managed architects, tech leads, or senior engineers
  • Recent hands-on coding experience—you've written production code within the last 2–3 years and can credibly dive into implementation details
  • Expertise in cloud platforms, with experience in Azure and/or AWS
  • Proven experience modernizing legacy systems
  • Strong experience with modern application architectures: microservices, event-driven architecture, API-first design
  • AI/LLM architecture exposure—experience designing systems that incorporate LLM capabilities, understanding of LLMOps patterns, or demonstrated ability to rapidly learn and apply AI architectural concepts
  • Experience architecting multi-tenant SaaS platforms at scale
  • Experience with data architecture
  • Familiarity with DevOps and CI/CD practices
  • Strong written communication skills—you can produce clear documentation, architectural guidelines, and decision records that teams will actually read and use
  • Effective verbal communicator at all levels—comfortable presenting to executives and collaborating with engineers alike.

Benefits:

  • Responsible PTO Plan that meets or exceeds state and local medical and family leave laws
  • 11 paid holidays
  • Community and social events to keep you connected and engaged
  • Mental Health Benefits
  • Medical, Dental and Vision insurance
  • Company-paid Group Life Insurance, Short- and Long-Term Disability
  • Flexible Spending Account & Health Savings Account
  • Aflac Benefits – Critical Illness, Cancer Protection, & Hospital Choice
  • Pet Insurance
  • 401 (k) with company match with eligibility on Day 1 of employment
  • 2 Paid Volunteer Time Off Days
  • And much more!