Restaurant365 · 1 hour ago
Principal Software Architect, API
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$190K/yr - $285K/yr
14+ years expRestaurant365 is a SaaS company disrupting the restaurant industry with its cloud-based platform for accounting and back-office operations. The Principal Software Architect, API will be responsible for driving the design and architecture of core platform services, ensuring they are secure, scalable, and reusable while guiding the organization toward a scalable marketplace ecosystem.
AccountingProductivity ToolsRestaurantsSaaSSoftware
Responsibilities
Own and evolve the end-to-end architecture for core Platform services, including identity, permissions, workflow, integration, and shared domain capabilities
Define clear service boundaries, contracts, and patterns that enable modularity, reusability, and safe change across the platform
Shape and advance the platform’s marketplace and extensibility architecture, including API exposure patterns, eventing and webhook models, app/extension sandboxing, and partner integration approaches that allow third parties and internal teams to build safely on top of R365
Lead platform-focused architecture reviews and technical governance, ensuring consistency with enterprise architecture and long-term strategy
Partner with Product, Engineering, Infrastructure, and Security to embed platform-first and marketplace-ready thinking into roadmaps and execution plans, aligning platform investments with ecosystem and extensibility goals
Drive modernization of legacy components into well-defined platform services and extension points, aligning teams on migration strategies, sequencing, and success criteria
Establish and maintain reference architectures, patterns, and frameworks (including marketplace and integration blueprints) that product teams can adopt to build on the platform efficiently
Anticipate platform-level risks (scalability, reliability, performance, security, data integrity, and ecosystem complexity) and design long-term solutions that prevent systemic issues
Mentor architects and principal engineers across product lines, raising architectural maturity and promoting shared platform and marketplace patterns and practices
Provide deep architectural guidance on complex cross-team initiatives, acting as a key decision-maker for platform and marketplace-related tradeoffs
Represent the Platform architecture in cross-functional forums, translating technical direction—especially around extensibility and ecosystem growth—into clear business value and outcomes
Contribute to external technical communities as a platform subject-matter expert, reinforcing R365’s position as a leading, extensible SaaS platform provider
Qualification
Required
BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience
14+ years of engineering experience, including significant experience with large-scale, distributed systems and platform architecture
Proven leadership in architecture, standards, and cross-functional collaboration across multiple teams and domains
Recognized expertise in multiple domains such as identity and access management, permissions models, workflow/orchestration, integrations/APIs, and data-intensive services
Demonstrated success leading modernization and decomposition efforts (e.g., from monolith to modular or service-oriented/platform architectures)
Mastery of system design, architectural patterns, and tradeoff analysis, including scalability, reliability, performance, security, and cost optimization
Track record of influencing technical strategy through platform and ecosystem decisions
Excellent communication skills, capable of articulating complex platform concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences, including executives and external partners
Strong coaching and mentorship skills, with experience developing senior engineers and architects in platform and systems design
Preferred
Experienced designing or evolving extensible platforms or marketplaces (e.g., APIs, extensions, partner integrations, or app ecosystems) is strongly preferred
Experienced with SaaS, ERP, and/or restaurant technology
Familiarity with Domain-Driven Design (DDD), event-driven architecture, API lifecycle / governance, and observability / SLO-based engineering
Benefits
Comprehensive medical benefits, 100% paid for employee
401k + matching
Equity Option Grant
Unlimited PTO + Company holidays
Wellness initiatives
Company
Restaurant365
Restaurant365 is an enterprise management software for restaurants that provides accounting, inventory, scheduling, and payroll solutions.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$437.5MKey Investors
ICONIQ GrowthBessemer Venture Partners
2024-05-15Private Equity· $175M
2023-05-19Private Equity· $135M
2019-06-27Series C· $88M
Leadership Team
Morgan Harris
Co-Founder
Kate Kemp
Chief People Officer
Recent News
2025-09-17
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