Senior Technical Architect
First seen by Alion on Oct 5, 2026.
About the Role :
We are looking for a highly experienced Technical Architect/Senior Technical Architect to lead the architecture and technical direction of our platform.
This role is ideal for a hands-on technology leader who enjoys solving complex engineering challenges, mentoring teams, and building scalable cloud-native products.
Key Responsibilities :
Platform Architecture :
- Define and own the overall technical architecture for MADTECH.AI's cloud-native multi-tenant SaaS platform.
- Design scalable, secure, resilient, and highly available distributed systems.
- Architect multi-tenant solutions with tenant isolation, RBAC, and usage metering.
- Establish architecture governance through ADRs, design reviews, and technical standards.
Cloud & Infrastructure :
- Design and implement enterprise-grade cloud-native architectures on AWS.
- Architect applications leveraging EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, RDS, Redshift, and DynamoDB.
- Optimize for scalability, reliability, security, and cost efficiency.
Application Engineering :
- Lead architecture of modern microservices-based applications.
- Establish engineering standards for Python, React, Node.js, and TypeScript.
- Drive adoption of Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and event-driven architecture.
Data Engineering & Analytics :
- Architect enterprise-scale cloud-native data platforms and Lakehouse architectures.
- Design scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and robust enterprise data models.
- Work with PostgreSQL, Redshift, Snowflake, and NoSQL databases.
AI & Intelligent Automation :
- Partner with AI/ML teams to integrate LLMs, RAG, and vector databases.
- Architect AI orchestration frameworks using LangChain and LangGraph.
- Design AI governance frameworks and MLOps practices.
Security & Compliance :
- Ensure platform architecture follows Secure-by-Design and Zero Trust principles.
- Collaborate with Security teams to meet SOC 2, ISO 27001, and GDPR requirements.
Leadership :
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams.
- Drive architecture strategy and long-term technology roadmap.
- Partner with Product Management, Engineering Leadership, and DevOps teams.
Required Qualifications :
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related discipline.
- 12+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years in solution/application architecture.
- Proven experience architecting enterprise-scale multi-tenant B2B SaaS platforms.
- Strong experience designing cloud-native applications on AWS.
- Deep understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and DDD.
- Strong programming knowledge in Python and React.
- Expertise in REST APIs, GraphQL, and integration architecture.
- Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Excellent leadership and stakeholder management skills.
Skills
Technical Architect, SaaS, AWS, Python, Microservices Architecture, Kubernetes, Generative AI, Cloud Infrastructure, Native Cloud, Distributed Systems