Software Architect - Fort Wayne - Maximize Learning

Description

Enterprise Software Architect

Sharetec is looking for an Enterprise Software Architect to join our team. Sharetec is a people-first business that develops innovative core banking and lending software solutions for credit unions and their members. This full‑time, exempt, remote position is open to candidates residing in any U.S. state except California.

Starting salary: $165,000 – $185,000 based on experience.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the design and execution of a comprehensive modernization strategy that transitions Sharetec's monolithic application into a modular, scalable architecture while maintaining system stability and customer uptime.
• Define a multi‑year technology roadmap that balances near‑term pragmatism with long‑term architectural vision, identifying critical refactoring opportunities and establishing clear migration paths.
• Establish architectural principles, patterns, and standards for both greenfield development and legacy system transformation, ensuring consistency and maintainability across teams.
• Conduct comprehensive technical assessments of existing systems, identifying technical debt, bottlenecks, performance constraints, and security vulnerabilities that impact scalability and developer velocity.
• Partner with engineering leadership to design decomposition strategies for moving from monolithic architecture to distributed, service‑oriented systems while managing risk and minimizing disruption.
• Own critical architectural decisions across backend, frontend, and data layers, ensuring decisions are data‑driven and aligned with business objectives.
• Lead architecture review boards and design discussions, evaluating new technologies, frameworks, and tools for adoption within the organization.
• Mentor senior engineers and engineering managers on architectural thinking, helping them develop the systems perspective needed for large‑scale distributed systems.
• Create and maintain comprehensive architectural documentation, decision records (ADRs), and design patterns that guide teams through complex technical transitions.
• Establish and enforce code quality standards, security practices, and architectural guardrails across all development teams.
• Partner closely with the CTO and VP of Engineering to align architectural vision with business strategy, resource allocation, and organizational capabilities.
• Collaborate with Product Management to ensure technical feasibility of product roadmap items and to identify opportunities for architectural improvements within feature development.
• Work with DevOps and Infrastructure teams to design cloud‑native architectures, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment strategies that enable safe, frequent releases.
• Engage with QA and Security teams to define testability, observability, and security requirements within the architecture.
• Communicate architectural vision and critical decisions to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders, translating complexity into clear strategic narratives>Provide strategic guidance on the evolution of Sharetec's tech stack (Angular frontend, .NET middle tier, Progress OpenEdge backend/database), defining what stays, what changes, and how to manage the transition.
• Lead technical due diligence on critical platform decisions, including evaluating migration paths away from legacy systems and identifying opportunities for modern tooling that improve developer velocity.
• Establish patterns and standards for integrating new technologies into the existing ecosystem without creating technical silos or unnecessary complexity.

Success Timeline

• First 30 Days: Deeply understand Sharetec's current architecture, technology stack, business model, and customer base; assess technical debt and architectural bottlenecks; meet key stakeholders.
• By 60 Days: Present a comprehensive assessment outlining current state, key risks, and priority areas; define initial architectural principles and governance frameworks; communicate quick wins.
• By 120 Days And Beyond: Deliver a detailed, multi‑year modernization roadmap with phases, milestones, and success metrics; establish architectural standards and review processes; begin mentoring senior engineers; drive adoption of new architectural patterns and technologies across the engineering organization.

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional software engineering and architecture experience, with at least 5+ years in a formal or informal architect role designing large‑scale systems.
• Proven track record of successfully modernizing large, monolithic, mission‑critical applications in production while maintaining system stability.
• Deep proficiency with at least one primary backend platform (C#/.NET, Java/Spring Boot, Python, or ).
• Advanced experience with relational database design and optimization (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or Oracle). Experience with Progress OpenEdge is a strong plus.
• Hands‑on experience designing and building distributed systems, microservices architectures, or service‑oriented architectures at scale.
• Proven expertise in cloud architecture, modern deployment patterns (containers, orchestration), and DevOps tooling (CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure‑as‑code).
• Strong understanding of scalability patterns, performance optimization, and high‑availability system design.
• Proven ability to define and communicate technical vision to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Experience in financial services, fintech, or similarly regulated industries is strongly preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience leading architecture initiatives across multiple engineering teams (20+ engineers).
• Hands‑on experience with Angular or modern JavaScript frameworks.
• Expertise designing systems for regulatory compliance (SOC 2, PCI‑DSS, or financial services regulations).
• Experience with event‑driven architectures, asynchronous processing, or real‑time data systems.
• Track record of building and mentoring other architects or senior technical leaders.
• Experience with database migration strategies or data platform modernization.
• Familiarity with Progress OpenEdge, especially in core banking or financial systems contexts.
• Published articles, talks, or open‑source contributions related to system design or modernization.

Why Sharetec

Acquired by Evergreen Financial Technology Group (EFTG) in late 2020, Sharetec is rapidly expanding into new markets. We offer a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability coverage, paid time off, paid holidays (including birthday off), a $1,000 employee referral program, 401(k) and 401(k) matching. We enjoy team outings and virtual team‑building activities.

Sharetec is an equal opportunity employer.

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