Software Architect

Summary

Join SecurityScorecard's growing Technology team as a Software Architect specializing in Node.js/TypeScript. You will play a key role in modernizing our platform, leading architectural decisions, mentoring engineers, and developing a technical roadmap. This position requires extensive experience in backend and frontend development, refactoring large codebases, and designing scalable systems. The role involves collaboration with cross-functional teams and requires strong communication skills. The position is based in Austin, TX, with an expectation of being onsite 3 days a week starting in early Q2 2025. SecurityScorecard offers a competitive salary, stock options, health benefits, unlimited PTO, parental leave, and tuition reimbursements.

Requirements

• Full-stack proficiency, with expertise in both backend and frontend development
• 5+ years of experience in agile environments (Scrum preferred)
• Advanced expertise with Node.js and its ecosystem
• Strong experience refactoring large TypeScript/JavaScript codebases
• Extensive experience designing and extending REST APIs
• Strong experience designing scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems
• Familiarity with DRY and YAGNI principles in code design
• Experience with performance benchmarking, profiling, and observability tools
• Strong knowledge of source control best practices (Git)

Responsibilities

• Architect and guide the transition of a large-scale legacy TypeScript/JavaScript codebase while implementing greenfield development
• Define best practices, patterns, and tooling for a large team of full-stack engineers
• Lead and mentor engineers on architectural decisions to ensure long-term technical sustainability
• Spearhead architectural discussions, driving alignment on best practices across engineering teams
• Develop and maintain a 12-24 month technical roadmap for API and frontend evolution, balancing short-term goals with long-term scalability
• Optimize system performance by designing highly available, distributed, and fault-tolerant solutions
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product Managers and UX Designers, to define and implement scalable solutions
• Implement monitoring, logging, and performance tuning to ensure system stability and uptime
• Guide and mentor developers on best practices in Node.js, TypeScript, and frontend architecture
• Lead architectural decision-making to ensure maintainability, scalability, and security
• Evaluate and introduce emerging technologies to enhance platform efficiency
• Own and document system-wide architectural standards and patterns
• Drive the modernization of a large-scale TypeScript/JavaScript codebase
• Design and optimize REST APIs
• Define data models optimized for OLTP and OLAP workloads
• Maintain high-quality, testable, and maintainable code adhering to clean code principles
• Partner with engineering, product, and data teams to drive innovation
• Conduct code reviews, fostering a culture of continuous learning
• Communicate complex technical challenges and solutions to stakeholders with clarity

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with event-driven architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Familiarity with GraphQL and gRPC
• Experience with modern functional programming techniques
• Cybersecurity industry experience is a plus but not required
• Ability to present and defend architectural decisions with confidence
• Skilled at estimating project complexity and setting technical priorities
• Strong attention to documentation and maintaining project-wide standards

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Stock options
• Health benefits
• Unlimited PTO
• Parental leave
• Tuition reimbursements
• Annual performance-based incentive compensation awards
• Equity