Software Architect

About Responsive

Responsive (formerly RFPIO) is the global leader in strategic response management software, transforming how organizations share and exchange critical information. The AI-powered Responsive Platform is purpose-built to manage responses at scale, empowering companies across the world to accelerate growth, mitigate risk and improve employee experiences. Nearly 2,000 customers have standardized on Responsive to respond to RFPs, RFIs, DDQs, ESGs, security questionnaires, ad hoc information requests and more. Learn more at responsive.io.

About the Role

Responsive is looking for a Software Architect who combines deep technical expertise with strategic leadership to design and evolve scalable, reliable, and secure SaaS architectures. In this role, you will collaborate with engineering, product, and security teams to define architectures, drive technical decision-making, and ensure solutions align with business goals. You will play a critical role in building trust with stakeholders, mentoring engineering teams, and driving innovation across the organization.

We welcome candidates who thrive at the intersection of architecture, technology strategy, and hands-on problem-solving, and who are eager to make an impact in a fast-paced SaaS environment.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Architecting Solutions at Scale : Design, document, and evolve large-scale distributed systems that balance performance, reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration : Partner with product, security, and engineering teams to shape and continually refine Responsive’s technology stack and architecture.
• Technical Leadership : Embed with engineering teams for large projects, providing architectural guidance, and act as a consultant for smaller initiatives.
• Hands-On Contribution : Lead by doing—coding, optimizing, and troubleshooting across the stack (Java, Spring Boot, React, MongoDB)—while partnering with feature development teams.
• Performance & Reliability : Investigate, analyze, and resolve bottlenecks to optimize system performance, maintain high uptime SLAs, and ensure efficient resource utilization.
• Cloud-Native Expertise : Design architectures leveraging AWS, Azure, or GCP, containerization (Kubernetes, Docker), and Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Innovation & Adoption : Evaluate emerging tools, frameworks, and approaches; drive adoption where beneficial to improve developer productivity, performance, or customer experience.
• Mentorship & Enablement : Mentor engineers, foster best practices in solution design, and participate in technical roundtables and architectural reviews across the organization.
• Incident Leadership : Participate in architectural governance and, over time, join on-call rotations for high-severity incidents to support system reliability.
• Emerging Tech : Evaluate emerging tech (databases, LLM APIs, orchestration tools) and translating hype into grounded engineering choices.

What We’re Looking For

Education

Experience

Skills, Qualifications & Ability

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