Technical Architect_Tempe, AZ

Required Qualifications Technical Expertise * 15\+ years of progressive software engineering experience, with demonstrated expertise in large\-scale system design, technical architecture, and cross\-functional leadership across multiple technology domains. * Deep experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred), DevOps practices, and CI/CD automation. * Proven ability to design, scale, and optimize systems supporting millions of users. * Strong understanding of security engineering, compliance standards, and secure development practices. * Experience with mobile infrastructure, crash analytics, feature deployment frameworks, and release automation. * Expertise in integration platforms, vendor ecosystems, and enterprise workflow automation. * Experience using AI\-assisted development, agentic software engineering, automation, or emerging developer productivity tools to improve how teams design, build, test, deploy, and operate software. * Strong background in monitoring, observability, event\-driven systems, and operational analytics. * Spec\-first practice — authors complete technical specifications and drives design reviews from written artifacts * Proven ability to take ownership of an existing codebase, standards set, and roadmap at speed * Proven ability to influence product strategy, investment decisions, technical direction, AI adoption, and business outcomes through credibility, clarity, sound judgement, and technical insight. * 7\+ years of demonstrated track record of leading engineering initiatives with measurable business impact in a distributed environment (Retail, Hospitality, etc) **Compensation, Benefits and Duration** Minimum Compensation: USD 64,000 Maximum Compensation: USD 224,000 Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role. Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full\-time employees. This position is available for independent contractors No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post.