Senior Software Architect

Location: Tel Aviv, Israel

Department: R&D

Reports to: VP R&D

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced and hands-on Senior Software Architect to play a key role in shaping the technological future of our company.

In this position, you will lead architectural decisions across complex software systems, drive engineering excellence, and help build scalable, high-performance solutions that support our business growth.

You will work closely with engineering teams and technology leaders, combining strategic architectural thinking with hands-on development and a strong focus on innovation, modern technologies, and AI-driven engineering practices.

The ideal candidate is a highly technical leader with deep expertise across backend, frontend, cloud, and mobile application architectures, capable of driving end-to-end technology decisions while remaining actively involved in software development.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and evolve the company's software architecture, ensuring scalability, reliability, performance, security, and maintainability.
Design architecture for new products, platforms, mobile applications, and complex technology initiatives.
Remain hands-on, contributing to critical development projects and solving complex technical challenges across the technology stack.
Define and promote engineering standards, architectural best practices, code quality, and software development methodologies across R&D.
Lead architecture reviews, design discussions, and technical decision-making processes.
Mentor senior engineers and technical leaders, supporting technical growth, innovation, and knowledge sharing.
Drive the adoption of AI-assisted development tools, AI-enabled engineering workflows, and modern software delivery practices to enhance productivity and software quality.
Identify architectural risks and technical debt, and develop effective long-term solutions.
Collaborate closely with Infrastructure, Cloud, DevOps, Security, Data, Product, and Engineering teams to ensure alignment across technology platforms.
Lead architecture decisions across Backend, Frontend, Mobile, Cloud, and Data platforms to ensure a consistent and scalable end-to-end customer experience.
Evaluate, introduce, and govern new technologies, frameworks, tools, and AI capabilities that improve engineering effectiveness and product quality.
Support strategic technology planning, modernization initiatives, and architectural transformation programs.

Requirements

Requirements

10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, including at least 5 years in a senior software architecture role, with proven experience in end-to-end architectural ownership and active involvement in software development. (Lead Architect or equivalent).
Extensive hands-on software engineering experience combined with a strong architectural mindset and technical leadership capabilities.
Proven experience designing, building, and delivering large-scale, complex distributed systems and cloud-native architectures.
Strong experience designing end-to-end application architectures across Backend, Frontend, and Mobile platforms.
Practical experience with modern frontend technologies and frameworks, with the ability to guide architectural decisions for web applications.
Experience with mobile application architectures, including native or cross-platform development environments.
Excellent coding skills and a strong hands-on approach, with the ability to contribute directly to development efforts when needed.
Deep understanding of software architecture principles, design patterns, integration patterns, scalability strategies, security principles, and modern development methodologies.
Experience establishing engineering standards and leading architecture reviews, design reviews, and code reviews.
Strong technical leadership, mentoring, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Demonstrated experience working with AI-assisted development tools and leveraging AI technologies to improve software engineering processes and developer productivity.
Passion for innovation, emerging technologies, continuous improvement, and AI-driven software development.
Experience collaborating with cross-functional technology teams in fast-paced and evolving environments.
B.Sc. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Advantages

Experience in Fintech, trading platforms, capital markets, or financial technology environments.
Experience leading architectural transformations, modernization programs, or large-scale cloud migration initiatives.
Experience establishing AI engineering practices, developer productivity platforms, or software development acceleration initiatives.
Experience with customer-facing digital products, web platforms, and mobile applications at scale.