Software Architect

Sauce is a premier restaurant technology platform that helps businesses grow with our Commission-Free Delivery & Pickup structure and proprietary delivery optimization technology. We are serving a 105 billion dollar US local restaurant business. Headquartered in NYC and Tel-Aviv, Sauce wants restaurants to fulfill their highest potential, this means giving local establishments everything they need to connect directly with their customers. The Sauce team pools together decades of restaurant tech experience, along with seasoned tech, sales, marketing, product and operations executives who produce an industry-changing delivery system for successful local restaurants and chains.

We are looking for senior level architect to join our R&D remotely. This position will report to either our CTO or VP of R&D.

What You Will Do:

• Work with engineering teams to re-architect the system to simplify dependencies and improve scalability, maintainability, and reliability
• Define and enforce architectural principles, patterns, and best practices across engineering teams
• Document the current architecture, identify inefficiencies, and propose structured improvements
• Evaluate new projects and features for architectural alignment and ensure a proper fit within the system
• Work closely with engineering teams to guide them on architectural decisions and trade-offs
• Establish design reviews, architectural governance processes, and technical standards
• Lead technical discussions and knowledge-sharing sessions to upskill teams on modern architectural practices
• Identify and implement performance optimization strategies, improving system latency and resilience
• Define and track key architecture KPIs, ensuring continuous improvement in system design
• Implement CTO and VP, R&D vision into software architecture

What You Bring:

• 10+ years of software development experience, with at least 3+ years as an architect or similar role
• Strong expertise in .NET (C#) backend development, microservices architecture, and distributed systems
• Proven experience in re-architecting complex systems, improving service dependencies, and optimizing performance
• Hands-on experience with API design, service orchestration, event-driven architectures, and domain-driven design (DDD)
• Deep understanding of scalability, security, high availability, and observability in cloud-based environments (Azure/GCP)
• Ability to analyze and document existing architecture, design future-state architecture, and drive technical alignment
• Strong communication skills to collaborate effectively with engineering teams, leadership, and cross-functional stakeholders
• Experience with CI/CD, DevOps, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Pulumi)
• Proven experience with e-commerce or adjacent fields projects
• Experience with backend monitoring and performance measurement tools
• Passionate about great designs, code quality, user experience and performance

Would Be Nice If You Had:

• Experience in the e-commerce industry, working with order management, payments, and catalog systems
• Knowledge of GraphQL, gRPC, or asynchronous messaging (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus)
• Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks and governance models
• Familiarity with event sourcing, CQRS, and polyglot persistence
• Project management experience with complex technological and business projects 

Sauce is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy and related conditions), national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability (physical or mental), gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, immigration status, or any other classification, category or characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. We understand the importance of creating a more diverse and inclusive workplace and celebrate our employees for their differences.