PLACE

Technical Architect/Lead

PLACE  •  $165k - $180k/yr  •  Remote  •  3 months ago
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Job Description

We are a high-growth, venture-backed company scaling up to revolutionize the mortgage industry with our comprehensive microservices-based point of sale platform. Our POS platform streamlines the loan origination process, serving lenders, borrowers, and administrators through multiple frontend portals with robust backend processing capabilities.

We are seeking an experienced Technical Architect/Lead to join our engineering team and provide strategic technical leadership for our microservices platform. Reporting directly to the CTO, you will be responsible for architectural decisions, technical debt prioritization, and hands-on technical leadership of our development team. This is a critical role for someone who can balance high-level system design with practical implementation guidance.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Architecture

  • Drive architectural decisions across all microservices and the entire application ecosystem
  • Lead technical debt prioritization and modernization initiatives
  • Break down complex feature development and bug fixes into actionable plans
  • Mentor and provide hands-on technical guidance to the team of 8-12 developers
  • Establish and enforce coding standards, best practices, and development processes
  • Conduct thorough code reviews and ensure quality across all services

System Design & Strategy

  • Own the technical roadmap and architecture evolution for the platform
  • Make technology stack decisions and lead modernization efforts
  • Design scalable solutions for our microservices architecture (Ruby on Rails, Node.js/TypeScript, React)
  • Ensure system reliability, performance, and security across all services
  • Lead integration strategies with third-party systems and partners

Partner Customization & Business Logic

  • Oversee partner customization strategy and custom sagas development
  • Identify opportunities to consolidate custom sagas into standard workflows
  • Collaborate with product and business teams on partner-specific requirements
  • Ensure custom solutions align with overall platform architecture

Team Collaboration

  • Work closely with QA, Product Management, UI/UX design, and Technical Customer Support functions
  • Facilitate technical discussions and decision-making processes
  • Translate business requirements into technical specifications
  • Foster a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence

Required Qualifications

Experience

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience
  • 5+ years in technical architecture or team lead roles
  • Proven track record leading engineering teams and complex technical projects
  • Experience with microservices architecture at scale

Technical Skills

  • Backend Strong proficiency in Ruby on Rails and Node.js/TypeScript
  • Frontend Experience with React, TypeScript, and modern frontend tooling
  • Databases PostgreSQL, Redis, and database design/optimization
  • Infrastructure Docker, Kubernetes, AWS services, message queues (RabbitMQ)
  • API Design RESTful APIs and GraphQL (Apollo Server experience preferred)
  • Development Tools Git workflows, CI/CD, monitoring and observability tools

Industry Knowledge

  • Preferred Experience in fintech, mortgage, or lending industry
  • Understanding of regulatory requirements and compliance considerations
  • Experience with document management and workflow automation systems

Leadership Skills

  • Strong communication and mentoring abilities
  • Experience establishing technical standards and processes
  • Ability to make data-driven technical decisions
  • Collaborative approach to cross-functional team work

What We Offer

  • Competitive Salary $165,000 - $180,000
  • Remote Fully remote position with flexible working arrangements
  • Growth Opportunity Join a fast-growing, venture-backed company
  • Technical Impact Shape the architecture of a platform serving the mortgage industry
  • Learning & Development Work with modern technologies and cutting-edge practices
  • Comprehensive Benefits Health, dental, vision, 401k, and equity compensation

Our Technology Stack

  • Frontend React + TypeScript, Vite, Nx monorepo
  • Backend Ruby on Rails (API-only), Node.js/TypeScript
  • Databases PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch
  • Infrastructure Docker, Kubernetes, AWS S3
  • Message Queues RabbitMQ, Sidekiq
  • API GraphQL (Apollo Server), REST APIs
  • Monitoring CloudWatch, New Relic, Datadog, custom observability tools

What You'll Be Working On

  • Leading technical debt initiatives and platform modernization
  • Architecting solutions for complex mortgage workflows and partner customizations
  • Optimizing performance across our microservices ecosystem
  • Implementing scalable solutions for document processing and data management
  • Building robust integration patterns with third-party mortgage industry tools
PLACE

About PLACE

PLACE is an end-to-end technology and business services platform designed to simplify the real estate lifecycle for both consumers and their real estate agents. We partner exclusively with leading real estate teams, regardless of brokerage, in 100+ locations across the United States and Canada. Some of the nation’s top producing real estate teams choose to partner with PLACE because, unlike many of the other tech companies in our industry, we feel cutting-edge proptech should support the hardest working agents instead of eliminating them.

At the forefront of our business is a consumer services model that takes the guesswork out of real estate. Clients of PLACE-powered agents will have access to a one-stop shop that streamlines the traditionally complicated process of buying, selling, maintaining, and investing in properties. Our upcoming products include in-house mortgage brokers, title and escrow services, an insurance portal, and a home improvement network referral system, among other exciting initiatives.

In addition, PLACE’s proprietary technology and business services platform helps agents offload up to 75% of their operations tasks so they can focus on being a key advisor to their clients. PLACE partners value relationships over transactions because we take care of team accounting, bookkeeping, human resources, in-house legal, design and marketing, videography, talent acquisition, business training and coaching. Agents within PLACE-powered teams have access to employee-like benefits that are notoriously unavailable to Realtors, even at the highest production levels.

Our industry is changing and we want to bring the best candidates along for the ride. We are actively recruiting for new PLACE partners, open positions within our headquarters team, and on behalf of existing PLACE partners across the US. If you want to contribute to changing the real estate transaction and homeownership process for the better, join us today.

Industry
Real Estate & Property
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Bellingham, WA
Year Founded
2020
Website
place.com
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