Software Architect
Job Summary
Job Description
Holocene is seeking a Software Architect to lead architecture decisions, design scalable systems, and contribute hands-on to both backend and frontend development. The role focuses on evolving core systems, modularizing services, and building high-quality features that impact global supply chain operations. The architect will work closely with product, QA, and engineering teams to ensure robust, secure, and observable systems while mentoring mid-level engineers and supporting DevOps processes.
Responsibilities:
- Own architecture decisions for core systems including tracking, document pipelines, and analytics.
- Lead technical projects from design to implementation across backend (Nest.js, Postgres) and frontend (Next.js, Vercel).
- Guide refactoring of existing monolith and modularize services like tracking, booking, and email processors.
- Establish and enforce engineering best practices: code quality, testing, observability, and security.
- Collaborate with product managers, QA, and engineers to deliver stable and scalable features.
- Mentor and support mid-level engineers, fostering technical excellence.
- Define deployment and release strategies on AWS (EBS) and Vercel.
- Contribute to hiring and onboarding of new engineers as the team scales.
Requirements:
- 9+ years of professional engineering experience.
- Strong command of Nest.js and TypeScript with deep architectural knowledge.
- Hands-on experience with Next.js/React and deployment on Vercel.
- Proven experience architecting and scaling web applications in startup or SaaS environments.
- Familiarity with distributed systems, messaging queues (Kafka, SQS), and asynchronous architecture.
- Solid grounding in API design, system security, observability, and CI/CD practices.
- Experience mentoring or leading small engineering teams.
- Strong communication skills and startup mentality: ownership, speed, and pragmatism.
Nice to Have:
- Experience with document automation or LLM integrations.
- Background in logistics or supply chain technology.
- Familiarity with Postgres performance tuning and data pipelines.
- Comfortable writing technical documentation and planning refactors.
Benefits:
- Fully remote work environment.
- Opportunity to influence architecture and technical direction in a high-growth startup.
- Work on complex, impactful supply chain technology solutions.
- Collaboration with a skilled, mission-driven engineering team.
This role is ideal for hands-on architects who thrive in fast-paced environments and want to shape the future of supply chain technology.
