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Expel · 3 hours ago

Software Architect

United States

Full-time

Remote

Lead/Staff

$192K/yr - $278K/yr

10+ years exp

Expel is on a mission to make security easy to understand, use, and improve. They are seeking a Distinguished Engineer (Software Architect) to define the long-term technical vision for their Ingest and Detection Data Platform, which processes vast amounts of security data. The role involves guiding architectural decisions, mentoring engineers, and ensuring the platform's scalability and resilience.

Cloud SecurityCyber SecurityNetwork SecuritySaaS

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Responsibilities

Guide architectural decisions across multiple teams, unblocking complexity and ensuring interoperability. Partner with product, engineering, and compliance teams to ensure platform capabilities meet business and regulatory needs

Act as the ultimate technical guide for multiple engineering teams, ensuring their work aligns with the long-term strategy

Make the critical design and technology choices that will ensure our platform remains scalable, resilient, and ahead of the curve

Define the blueprint for our data platform's future, creating the architectural vision and technical roadmap for the next 2+ years that will influence the entire engineering organization

Architect our data lakehouse using AWS services like S3, Iceberg, Glue, and LakeFormation

Define patterns for ingestion, transformation, normalization (e.g. OCSF), and governance across billions of records

Mentor our most senior engineers, helping to grow the next generation of technical leaders at Expel. Jump in when needed to code a POC, debug a platform issue, or mentor an engineer through a tough design problem

Represent Expel's technology in the broader community, influencing the industry and attracting top talent

Qualification

Architectural patternsCloud-native data architectureAWS servicesDistributed systemsGoPythonData lakehouseApache IcebergDistributed processingSecurity practicesMentoringObservability

Required

A distinguished career building and designing large-scale, complex distributed systems that are foundational to a company's success

Strategic thinking around platform testing, security guardrails, and identity management

A strategic mindset, a history of thought leadership, and the ability to create and communicate a compelling long-term technical vision

Mastery of architectural patterns, observability, monitoring strategies, and secure software development practices

A passion for mentoring other senior and principal-level engineers and a track record of cross-team influence

Expertise in Go and/or Python, and a mindset for reliability with a history of improving testing culture

Deep expertise in cloud-native data architecture, especially using AWS (S3, Glue, LakeFormation), and experience designing and optimizing modern data lake tables using Iceberg or Delta Lake

Hands-on experience with Apache Iceberg or Delta Lake; schema evolution and partitioning best practices

Familiarity with distributed processing (Spark, Flink) and logging/observability platforms (e.g. ElasticSearch, DataDog)

Typically 10+ years of professional software engineering experience