Solution Architect

Solution Architect / Software Architect II

Solution Architect

Software Architect II

Born digital, UST transforms lives through the power of technology. We walk alongside our clients and partners, embedding innovation and agility into everything they do. We help them create transformative experiences and human‑centered solutions for a better world.

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We are seeking an experienced and highly analytical Solution Architect with a strong background in guiding and optimizing the end‑to‑end execution across multiple agile development squads. This pivotal role will be responsible for ensuring architectural consistency, technical excellence, and efficient delivery across our product ecosystem.

• Provide architectural guidance and technical leadership across multiple development squads, ensuring alignment with enterprise architectural principles, standards, and roadmaps.
• Review and approve squad‑level technical designs and solutions, ensuring they are scalable, secure, performant, and maintainable.
• Act as a bridge between high‑level architectural vision and squad‑level implementation details.
• Analyze current development processes, workflows, and inter‑squad dependencies to identify inefficiencies and areas for improvement.
• Design and implement strategies to streamline execution, reduce friction, and improve collaboration between squads.
• Facilitate technical discussions and decision‑making across squads to resolve architectural conflicts and dependencies.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement within and across squads, focusing on process optimization, code quality, and technical excellence.
• Research and evaluate new technologies, tools, and methodologies that can enhance development efficiency, product quality, and architectural robustness.
• Lead initiatives for technical uplift, automation, and best practice adoption (e.g., CI/CD, testing methodologies, observability).
• Drive post‑mortem analysis and retrospective sessions to extract learnings and implement corrective actions.
• Work closely with Product Owners, Engineering Managers, and other Architects to ensure technical feasibility, alignment with business goals, and effective roadmap execution.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly and concisely to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Mentor and guide technical leads and engineers within squads, fostering their architectural understanding and problem‑solving skills.

• 15+ years of experience in software development, with at least 5+ years in a Solution Architect or Lead Architect role.
• Proven experience working in an agile, squad‑based development environment across multiple teams/products.
• Demonstrable experience in identifying bottlenecks in processes and implementing solutions for continuous improvement in software delivery.

• Deep understanding of modern architectural patterns (e.g., Microservices, Event‑Driven Architecture, APIs, Cloud‑Native).
• Strong proficiency in Java, JavaScript and its associated frameworks.
• Extensive experience with AWS cloud platform, including serverless, containers, and data services.
• Solid understanding of Dev Ops principles, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code (IaC).
• Familiarity with various database technologies (SQL, No
  
  SQL).

Texas

$106,000 – $159,000

Full‑time, regular employees accrue a minimum of 10 days of paid vacation per year, receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro‑rated for new hires), 10 paid holidays, and are eligible for paid bereavement leave and jury duty. Employees are eligible to participate in the Company's 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching. They and their dependents residing in the US are eligible…