Software Architect

Role overview

As a Software Architect at Bugcrowd, you will design, implement, and optimize cloud-native platforms powering API-driven systems and microfrontend applications. You will set architectural standards, lead cloud-native design efforts, and guide backend teams to ensure smooth integration across microservices, APIs, and microfrontends.

Responsibilities

• Define architectural standards and lead cloud-native design efforts
• Architect cloud-native backend systems for scalability, resilience, and cost-efficiency
• Collaborate with frontend and platform teams to ensure integration of microservices, APIs, and microfrontends
• Develop and maintain a multi-cloud architecture strategy
• Implement API governance, gateways, and standards for maintainability and scale
• Design and maintain modular, scalable microservices aligned with business domains
• Promote cloud-optimized patterns such as microservices and event-driven architecture
• Implement and operate monitoring, logging, and alerting (observability)
• Provide architectural guidance to backend teams

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in at least one backend language: Go, Java, Python, Node.js, .NET, etc.
• 4+ years architecting cloud-native solutions on AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Deep practical experience with Kubernetes (EKS/GKE), Docker, and containerized deployment strategies
• Experience designing and scaling microservices architectures
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB)
• Strong understanding of API-first design: REST, GraphQL, and/or asynchronous APIs
• Deep knowledge of networking, security, and observability
• 10+ years of cloud/platform/backend engineering experience with strong distributed systems expertise

Nice to have

• Cloud professional certification (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect)
• Experience in high-growth SaaS or the security industry
• Background with event-driven systems (Kafka, Kinesis, Pub/Sub)
• Experience with service mesh (e.g., Istio, Linkerd)
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001)
• Experience building large-scale SaaS and multi-tenant platforms
• Familiarity with microfrontend ecosystems/patterns (Module Federation, Web Components)
• Experience with DynamoDB specifically (listed among NoSQL examples)