Overview

As a Senior Software Architect, you will play a critical role in building and evolving Verse's client-facing products and internal platforms that power a premium customer experience. You will help shape the technical direction of the product by designing scalable, API-first systems, shipping high-quality production code, and contributing to our conversational AI platform.

As a Sr Software Architect, a typical day might include the following: 

• Set the end-to-end technical direction for the team, including platform, technology, tools, and infrastructure
• Partner closely with Product, Design, and Engineering to shape product strategy, scope, and technical execution
• Design and build API-first, cloud-native services that integrate with web clients, internal tools, and external partners
• Own projects end-to-end: architecture, implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring, and iteration
• Develop and maintain scalable, distributed systems with a focus on performance, reliability, and security
• Contribute to the evolution of our conversational AI platform, including messaging pipelines, integrations, and data flows
• Write clean, testable, well-documented code while raising engineering standards through reviews and technical leadership
• Continuously improve development workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and operational excellence
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across application, database, and infrastructure layers
• Identify ways to accelerate overall R&D throughput and quality using leading architectures and standards
• Communicate architecture in an effective and professional manner
• Drive technical decisions, solve tough problems, and coordinate multiple project execution
• Foster a strong teamwork environment and create passion and energy within the team.
• Represents self and department with professionalism and competence.

To Land This Gig You'll Need:

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent work experience is required
• 15+ years of software development experience
• 5+ years of software development experience on large scale and high-volume enterprise products
• Strong understanding of developing in C#
• Experience architecting systems for performance and scalability
• Expertise in designing applications using relational and/or non-relational databases
• Working Knowledge of ci/cd
• Experience developing RESTful web services
• Excellent problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent decision-making skills.
• Working Knowledge of design patterns.
• Working Knowledge of Agile development processes
• Strong communication skills
• Strong quality orientation
• Must possess strong organizational and time management skills.

Bonus Experience: 

• MS in Computer Science
• 2+ years of software architecture experience
• 7+ years of technical leadership experience.
• Proficiency in Angular
• Experience building and operating systems on Azure, including services such as:
• App Services, Azure Functions, Azure SQL Server, CosmosDB, Service Bus,
• SignalR, Storage Accounts, Logic Apps, Application Insights
• Practical understanding of machine learning concepts and how they apply to real-world products
• Experience integrating AI-powered features or working with data-driven systems is a strong plus