Software Engineering Architect (MuleSoft)

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Software Engineering

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As a Software Engineering Architect, you will play a critical role in designing and implementing robust and scalable infrastructure solutions. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure architectural designs align with business objectives and technical requirements, driving the success of our infrastructure projects. Your deep technical expertise and leadership will help resolve complex challenges, promote best practices, and support the success of our engineering initiatives.

What you’ll do:

• Architectural Design: Develop and document high-level and detailed architectural designs, ensuring scalability, security, and performance. Provide technical expertise across all areas owned by MuleSoft Trust & Infrastructure including writing and reviewing architecture and design documents.

• Technical Leadership: Offer expert guidance to development teams, ensuring adherence to architectural standards and best practices. Resolve technical challenges by providing solutions and coordinating cross-organizational efforts for Infrastructure Engineering.

• Collaboration: Partner with service teams to understand and address their challenges. Actively participate in meetings, sprint ceremonies, and RCA reviews, and support teams through hands-on code and design reviews.

• Innovation: Stay current with emerging trends and technologies, championing innovative ideas and supporting their adoption across different domains. Present and defend architectural designs at VAT and Tech Summits.

• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate potential risks to ensure the stability and reliability of the infrastructure. Drive service ownership best practices and service fundamentals within MuleSoft Trust & Infrastructure.

• Performance Optimization: Continuously monitor and enhance the performance of infrastructure components, addressing issues proactively. Provide a long-term vision and backlog of proposed projects that align with Trust & Infrastructure goals.

• Coaching and Mentorship: Coach and influence LMTS and PMTS, driving technical excellence and supporting their professional development.

• Delivery and Support: Take a proactive approach in supporting technical deliveries, driving organizational mandates, and completing training in a timely manner. Demonstrate a commitment to doing whatever it takes to ensure successful project delivery.

What you should have:

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

• Experience: At least 15 years of experience in software architecture with a focus on infrastructure and platform projects. Proven ability to manage multiple engineering projects and influence cross-functional teams.

• Technical Skills:

• Expertise in building and maintaining high scale low latency distributed systems

• Expertise in infrastructure technologies (e.g., cloud platforms, containerization, orchestration tools).

• Strong understanding of networking, DNS, and database technologies.

• Experience with Service Mesh, EKS, Nginx, and DevOps practices.

• Soft Skills:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.

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For Washington-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $230,700 to $351,800.

For California-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $251,900 to $384,100.

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