Director

Sr Director, Software Architecture

Accurate Background·Posted 1 month ago

Location

All India, Hyderabad

Experience

12–16 years

Required Skills

Software ArchitectureEnterprise ArchitectureMicroservicesAPIsRegulatory ComplianceSecurityData PrivacySaaSEngineering LeadershipCommunication SkillsCloudNativeEventDriven SystemsDomainDriven DesignB2B Product Platforms

About the Role

Role Overview:
When you join Accurate Background, you become an integral part of ensuring every hire leads to a success story. Your contributions will play a key role in advancing the background screening experience, providing visibility and insights to empower clients in making smarter, unbiased decisions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Enterprise Architecture Strategy & Governance: - Report directly to the CIO and serve as the senior-most authority for software architecture. - Define and maintain enterprise software architecture vision, principles, and roadmap aligned with company and product strategy. - Establish guiding principles, reference architectures, design frameworks, and engineering standards for screening platforms.

- Own architectural governance, including design reviews, exception management, and technology lifecycle decisions.
• Platform & Technology Leadership: - Partner with Engineering leadership to guide system design and architectural decisions.

- Define and evolve the technology stack to ensure secure, cloud-native, extensible, and cost-effective solutions.
- Lead architectural modernization efforts, including legacy platform evolution and migration to modern architectures.
- Ensure architecture supports regulatory, security, privacy, availability, and performance requirements.
• Product & Business Partnership: - Collaborate with Product Management to translate product strategy into scalable architectural solutions.

- Partner with various business functions to ensure "architecture by design" across all initiatives.
- Evaluate architectural tradeoffs to balance speed-to-market with long-term platform health.
• Engineering Enablement & Design Leadership: - Provide hands-on architectural leadership for complex initiatives and cross-platform designs.

- Define reusable patterns, shared services, and platform capabilities to accelerate delivery.
- Mentor and develop architects and senior engineers, building a strong internal architecture community.
- Champion engineering excellence, design rigor, and architectural consistency.
• Measurement & Continuous Improvement: - Establish architectural health metrics to monitor platform resilience, scalability, technical debt, and security posture.

- Stay updated on emerging technologies and industry best practices for platform competitiveness and future readiness.
- Drive continuous improvement in architectural maturity across the organization.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent.

• 12+ years of experience in software engineering and architecture, with expertise in enterprise and platform architecture.

• Experience defining and governing architecture for large-scale SaaS or B2B product platforms.

• Strong background in modern architectures: cloud-native, microservices, event-driven systems, APIs, and domain-driven design.

• Experience in regulated environments with understanding of security, data privacy, and compliance.

• Ability to influence and guide engineering organizations without direct line authority.

• Excellent communication skills to articulate architectural concepts to technical and executive audiences.

• Strategic yet hands-on leader passionate about building sustainable, high-quality software platforms.
Company Details:
At Accurate, we offer a fun and fast-paced environment with ample room for growth. We are committed to diversity, ensuring a sense of belonging for all based on four guiding principles: Take Ownership, Be Open, Stay Curious, Work as One. We prioritize customer and employee needs, providing comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, and 401k.
Note: This JD is open for U.S.-based candidates residing in specific states, and candidates should be cautious of fraudulent job postings or offers misrepresenting Accurate Background. Role Overview:
When you join Accurate Background, you become an integral part of ensuring every hire leads to a success story. Your contributions will play a key role in advancing the background screening experience, providing visibility and insights to empower clients in making smarter, unbiased decisions.
Key Responsibilities:
• Enterprise Architecture Strategy & Governance: - Report directly to the CIO and serve as the senior-most authority for software architecture.

- Define and maintain enterprise software architecture vision, principles, and roadmap aligned with company and product strategy.
- Establish guiding principles, reference architectures, design frameworks, and engineering standards for screening platforms.
- Own architectural governance, including design reviews, exception management, and technology lifecycle decisions.

• Platform & Technology Leadership:

- Partner with Engineering leadership to guide system design and architectural decisions.
- Define and evolve the technology stack to ensure secure, cloud-native, extensible, and cos

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