BambooHR · 13 hours ago
Distinguished Architect, Data Technology
Draper, UT
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
10+ years expBambooHR is seeking a Distinguished Architect to partner with the VPs of Software Engineering and Cloud Engineering in leading the Data Technology Architecture. This role is accountable for the cohesive architecture of BambooHR's product data platform, ensuring alignment and interoperability across domains.
SaaSSoftwareHuman Resources
Responsibilities
Set data storage vision & reference architectures for a resilient, secure, compliant, multi‑tenant SaaS: identity & permissions, tenancy, configuration, notifications, audit, and compliance guardrails
Architect and guide the evolution of our data storage technology: continuity of data, relational databases, replication strategy, caching, graphing, and multi-tenancy. Work closely with the platform on how these systems support UDM and API platform data innovation
Architect and influence data technology modernization: evolve BambooHR's core data architecture—modernizing legacy systems, enabling scalable cloud-native patterns, and ensuring the platform is positioned for future innovation and growth
Collaborate with Product and Engineering leadership to define and communicate the product vision and strategy from a data architecture perspective—representing the architectural vision and tradeoffs to the executive leadership team to ensure alignment across business, product, and technology
Elevate how internal developers build on top of the data platform: evolve the Internal Developer Platform (IDP) to empower teams with standardized, self-service developer workflows, standard approaches, and self-service tooling that accelerate delivery and improve DORA metrics and time-to-first-service
Provide architectural guidance for Data & AI platform patterns: guide data modeling, streaming, analytics, AI/agent platform patterns, and evaluation/observability
Ensure reliability, security & compliance by design: public SLOs and error budgets, progressive delivery (canaries), chaos testing, multi-region DR; authN/authZ (OAuth2/OIDC/SAML; RBAC/ABAC), secure webhooks, audit logging; SOC 2/ISO 27001/GDPR baked into designs and pipelines
Guide growth, monetization & FinOps enablement: usage metering, entitlements, pricing tiers, quotas/rate limits; embed unit-economics telemetry (cost per call/event/tenant) to guide caching, capacity, storage tiers, and retention policies
Multiply architectural impact: run ADR/RFC processes, lead design reviews & guilds, mentor Staff/Principal engineers, and prototype to de-risk major bets and migrations
Qualification
Required
10+ years designing and operating data storage technology at scale in cloud‑native SaaS (AWS/GCP, MySQL, relational, graph database, NoSQL, caching, event systems, progressive delivery)
Proven ownership of data movement through developer portals and partner onboarding/marketplaces; shipped versioning/deprecation programs and webhook/event architectures (REST/GraphQL; Kafka/PubSub or equivalents)
Deep security & tenancy: OAuth2/OIDC, scope design, RBAC/ABAC, multi‑tenant isolation, auditing, privacy‑preserving patterns, and compliance baked into workflows
Reliability & observability fluency: tracing/logs/metrics, SLO/error‑budget culture, chaos/DR patterns, secure webhook delivery
DevEx & efficiency impact: measurable DORA improvements, faster time‑to‑first‑service, and improved unit economics/FinOps
Preferred
You've transformed developer experience—measurably improving DORA metrics and internal satisfaction through intuitive platforms and golden paths
You've inspired architectural clarity and alignment across teams, helping leadership and engineers alike rally around a cohesive technical vision
You've cultivated thriving developer ecosystems—both internally and externally—through SDKs, integrations, and marketplaces
You bring deep technical fluency in modern architectural patterns: event-driven systems, GraphQL federation, and emerging data/AI platforms
You're a multiplier of talent: a coach, mentor, and community-builder who elevates architecture culture across the organization
You're known for driving change through influence—able to balance pragmatism with innovation and communicate complex ideas simply
Benefits
Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance
Generous leave policies that include 4 weeks of vacation, 12 company holidays, parental leave, and volunteer time off so you can enjoy quality of life
401k plans with up to 6% company match
$2000 Paid-Paid Vacation bonus
EAP through Headspace
Company
BambooHR
BambooHR is a SaaS-based company providing subscription-based HR software for SMEs.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
Sorenson Capital
2016-08-01Series Unknown
2012-01-01Series Unknown
Leadership Team
Bradley Rencher
Chief Executive Officer
Ben Peterson
Co-founder and Co-chairman
Recent News
2026-01-23
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