Software Architect

Who you are:

As a Software Architect, you’ll join a team responsible for setting the vision for Hometap’s technology. This position will be instrumental in the design and development of new and existing products, while ensuring strong quality with adherence to defined development processes. You’ll take the lead in implementing coherent and scalable development processes, designing innovative technical solutions and strategies, providing guidance to the engineering team, and fulfilling a technical lead role on projects. The ideal candidate is well-versed in software architecture, highly collaborative, and motivated to build tools that meaningfully help homeowners.

What you'll do:

• Collaborate with Hometap’s business stakeholders and technical team to determine functional and non-functional requirements for new features or applications
• Craft, propose, and document architecture designs, and implement systems to fulfill business initiatives  
• Advise on coding and design practices that enable resilient, maintainable systems, drawing on modern Python principles where applicable
• Define and estimate required work, provide advice on system designs, track dependencies, report progress, highlight blockers, and validate that architecture guidelines are followed
• Design and develop proof-of-concept implementations of new technology or design recommendations
• Evaluate, guide, and recommend architecture patterns, implementation approaches, and other platform and/or tooling choices
• Oversee the progress of the development team to ensure consistency with initial design
• Lead software development projects, and perform design and code reviews

What you bring:

• 2+ years of experience as a Software Architect, with a strong track record designing and scaling complex systems
• 7+ years of professional software development experience, with deep expertise in Python (Django experience preferred)
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills (written, verbal, and listening), with the ability to build positive working relationships across multiple functions and levels within the organization.
• Comprehensive knowledge of modern cloud infrastructure development and tech stacks
• Experience designing and writing high-quality application code using emerging technologies and frameworks primarily targeting cloud-based ecosystems (AWS Preferred)

Our team is what makes us great. The salary range for this role is $190,000 - $200,000, depending on your experience, skills, location, and other factors. You’ll also receive meaningful equity, so you can share in our growth and success. We offer generous medical, dental, and vision coverage, a work-from-home stipend, parental leave, and plenty of paid time off to recharge.