Syndio · 17 hours ago
Principal Software Architect (San Francisco, CA or Seattle, WA)
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$200K/yr - $240K/yrSyndio is a Series C technology company focused on equitable compensation practices. They are seeking a hands-on Principal Software Architect to shape the architecture of their AI-native compensation platform, guiding technical integrations and leading design initiatives to enhance customer value.
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Hiring Manager
Whitney Hillis
Responsibilities
Architect the convergence of disparate systems and swimlanes into a unified, composable powering AI-native platform
Guide technical integration of modern agentic patterns with existing systems, including monolithic legacy services and micro frontends
Lead design and application of graph-based data models and graph databases to power contextual, explainable, and interconnected compensation intelligence workflows
Serve as a bridge between present-day constraints and future-state goals, helping teams move fast today without sacrificing tomorrow
Work with Product leadership to anticipate roadmap needs and ensure platform capabilities scale with Syndio’s product evolution
Lead cross-functional technical design reviews, aligning engineers, product, and design on implementation strategies that balance speed, scalability, and customer value
Help shape a headless architecture that powers flexible user experiences, including embeddable workflows across platforms like Slack, Teams, and HRIS tools
Provide hands-on technical leadership — pairing with teams, writing proofs of concept, and refactoring key components when needed
Model and promote a crawl-walk-run approach, enabling fast iteration and progressive investment in architecture and testing
Act as a technical steward and mentor, helping to raise the bar on architectural thinking, system design, and engineering maturity across the org
Translate complex technical concepts into clear narratives for product, customer success, sales, and leadership
Partner with security, data, and AI teams to ensure the platform is scalable, secure, and explainable
Define logging, observability, and auditability frameworks across agent workflows to meet EU AI Act and pay transparency compliance requirements
Qualification
Required
Proven track record building and scaling multi-tenant SaaS applications on major cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), including designing for elasticity, high availability, and global performance
Deep understanding of agentic systems, LLM integration patterns, and AI-native design principles
Practical experience designing and using graph databases (e.g., Neo4j, Amazon Neptune, ArangoDB) in production environments — especially to model relationships between data entities for context-aware reasoning or recommendation systems
Hands-on experience with headless frontend architectures, including GraphQL, BFF patterns, and composable UI
Familiarity with legacy system integration, monolith decomposition, and pragmatic trade-offs
Experience building with AI development tools (e.g., Github Copilot, Cursor, etc.)
Pragmatic problem solver who knows when to take risks and when to invest deeply — especially when navigating from MVP to scale
Background in API lifecycle management (design, governance, versioning, deprecation strategies)
Familiarity with compensation, HR tech, or other highly regulated domains where explainability and compliance are critical
Track record of designing secure, privacy-preserving architectures that handle sensitive/PII data
Comfort building cross-functional alignment between product, data science, Engineering and platform teams in ambiguous environments
Benefits
Syndio Equity. So you can share in Syndio’s success.
Flexible Vacation Policy. We encourage our team to recharge when they need to, plus paid sick & safe time, compassion leave, and voting leave.
Paid parental leave
Medical, Dental, Vision. Syndio pays 90% of employee premiums, and 50% for dependents.
Life Insurance & Disability. Syndio covers the full premium.
401(k). To help you save for your future
Remote-first work model -
Company
Syndio
Syndio is a technology company that helps companies measure, achieve, and sustain workplace equity.
Founded in 2016
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$83.42MKey Investors
Penny Jar CapitalBessemer Venture PartnersFrontier Venture Capital
2021-09-27Series C· $50M
2021-06-22Series Unknown· $1M
2021-01-07Series B· $17.1M
Leadership Team
Milan Parikh
Chief Financial Officer
Zev Eigen
Founder; Strategic Advisor
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