Top Software Architect Jobs in Denver & Boulder, CO

Leads the architecture and development of advanced mission modeling and simulation software. Defines end-to-end simulation architectures spanning physical phenomenology, signal propagation, sensors, onboard processing, telemetry, commanding, and mission data products. Translates mission requirements and physical behavior into models, software components, interfaces, and data flows; guides technical trades, development, integration, verification, and validation. Collaborates across physics, payload, mission systems, and software teams while supporting design reviews and technical presentations.

Leads the architecture and development of integrated mission modeling and simulation software. Defines end-to-end simulation architecture spanning physical phenomenology, signal propagation, sensors, onboard processing, telemetry, commanding, and mission data products. Translates mission requirements and physical behaviors into models, software components, interfaces, and data flows; conducts architecture trades; directs developers; and supports integration, verification, validation, testing, and major program reviews.

Designs and leads the architecture strategy for a next-generation sports betting and trading platform. Responsibilities include developing architectural roadmaps, evaluating enterprise-wide solutions, overseeing proofs of concept, governing implementation, integrating third-party solutions, communicating architecture to senior leadership, and coordinating cross-departmental technical initiatives. The role requires expertise in scalable distributed systems, cloud architecture, high-throughput platforms, microservices, and enterprise-level greenfield development.

Design and evolve the architecture of DraftKings’ regulated prediction-markets exchange. Own the technical roadmap, distributed-system foundations, scalability, reliability, performance, operational health, and resilience testing. Collaborate with product, infrastructure, platform, brokers, market makers, and clearing partners. Contribute hands-on to critical systems, guide design standards, mentor engineers, and implement AI tooling and guardrails for engineering workflows.

Designs and leads software architecture for .NET and web solutions, guiding Agile teams in application design, implementation, integration, secure development, and delivery. The role provides technical leadership, promotes reusable architecture and development practices, collaborates with Solution Architects and business teams, and periodically contributes backlog work. Candidates need substantial software development and technical leadership experience, full-stack expertise, strong communication skills, and the ability to obtain a 6C Federal security clearance.

Architects and develops embedded and application software for spacecraft SDR terminals and optical communication systems. Defines reusable software frameworks, waveforms, protocols, and architecture standards; leads design reviews, technical trade studies, integration, verification, and validation across SIL and HIL environments. Builds CI/CD, testing, and diagnostic infrastructure, authors technical documentation, and implements secure OTA update capabilities. Collaborates with systems, hardware, and firmware teams on mission-critical, fault-tolerant communications software.

Principal Architect serving as a hands-on technical leader responsible for designing and building scalable cloud-native services, defining modular architecture patterns, and migrating monolithic systems to distributed services. The role includes AWS infrastructure design, frontend framework consolidation, observability, security, cost optimization, ISO 27001 alignment, and secure AI/LLM integration. The architect will advise executive, product, and engineering stakeholders while guiding distributed teams through technical decisions.

Defines and evolves software architectures for AR-based aerospace and mission systems. Leads architecture across embedded, real-time graphics, simulation, networking, cloud, edge, AI/ML, and aircraft integration. Establishes standards for secure, scalable, safety-critical software; supports DO-178 compliance, DevSecOps, CI/CD, containerization, and digital engineering. Collaborates with engineering, product, systems, and program teams on technical baselines, interfaces, verification, customer engagements, and proposals.

Defines solution architectures, technical standards, and technology direction for healthcare software products. Leads complex design decisions, evaluates AWS and integration technologies, promotes scalable microservices and event-driven architectures, and oversees performance, security, compliance, and reliability. Partners with Product, Program Management, Infrastructure, Security, and Engineering teams to guide implementation and governance. Mentors engineers, documents architectural decisions, supports integrations, and provides technical leadership without direct people management.

Designs, develops, documents, tests, and debugs software systems for an internal research and development team. Leads software architecture, system integration, process evolution, software baseline planning, gap analysis, and development of complex systems involving multiple subsystems and vendors. Collaborates with hardware engineers and equipment designers while ensuring software standards and program goals are met.

Designs and improves build and delivery infrastructure, including CI/CD pipelines, cloud-native automation, Kubernetes platforms, and infrastructure tooling. Enables development teams, resolves delivery blockers, implements product features, contributes to platform roadmaps and architectural decisions, and ensures reliability, security, and compliance in a regulated healthcare environment.

Designs scalable, secure, resilient, and cost-efficient cloud-native applications across the enterprise. Leads software architecture, microservices, APIs, serverless, containers, DevOps, security, governance, and AI/ML integration. Advises clients and internal stakeholders, supports pre-sales activities, develops technical proposals, mentors engineering teams, evaluates emerging technologies, and guides proofs of concept and implementation handoffs.

Define software architecture, design standards, and technical direction for healthcare solutions. Lead complex system designs, technology selection, cloud and integration architecture, performance, security, compliance, and governance. Partner with Product, Program Management, Infrastructure, Security, and Engineering teams to guide implementation. Establish architectural best practices, document technical decisions, mentor engineers, and support scalable microservices, event-driven, and cloud-based systems.

Leads software architecture and development for internal research and development systems in a complex defense environment. Responsibilities include defining software baselines, analyzing capability gaps and maturity, developing and integrating software systems and subsystems, evolving engineering processes, coordinating vendors, and ensuring software standards. The role requires active Secret clearance, advanced software architecture experience, configuration management expertise, team leadership, and 10% travel.

Designs and evolves DraftKings’ regulated prediction-markets exchange, including market data, order entry, matching, clearing, and settlement. Owns the technical roadmap, architecture, scalability, reliability, performance, and operational health of distributed systems. Leads resilience testing, incident improvements, design reviews, mentoring, and cross-functional technical alignment. The role also requires building practical AI tooling and guardrails, integrating with external partners, and balancing compliance, cost, and platform strategy.

Develop client requirements, architect software solutions, estimate project work, identify risks and mitigation strategies, and prepare technical proposal content. The role involves presenting solution approaches, partitioning programs, collaborating across hardware and embedded engineering teams, supporting product and R&D opportunities, and undertaking project work. Candidates should have substantial embedded software design experience, system-level architecture expertise, FPGA and hardware knowledge, strong communication skills, and willingness to travel within North America.

Lead software architecture across Keeper’s security platforms, including PAM, browser extensions, clients, APIs, and distributed systems. Define scalable technical standards, evaluate architectural trade-offs, guide major design decisions, and ensure security, reliability, performance, and maintainability. Build prototypes, review code, partner with Engineering, Product, and Security leadership, address technical debt, mentor senior engineers, and influence architecture across multiple teams. The role requires strong full-stack, cloud-native, SaaS, identity, authentication, authorization, and secure application architecture expertise.

Define multi-generation hardware/software architectures for AI inference silicon, including boot, memory, DMA, scheduling, security, telemetry, and host/device interfaces. Integrate firmware, Linux, runtimes, simulation, and developer tooling; lead architecture reviews; resolve cross-team technical issues; prototype high-risk interfaces; and mentor senior engineers. The role requires deep systems expertise, strong C or C++ skills, and architecture-level ownership across pre-silicon, silicon bring-up, and production software.

Lead the architecture and delivery of secure, distributed, data-intensive software for defense and intelligence missions. Design microservices, event-driven systems, APIs, data models, and integrations across mission systems, sensors, intelligence platforms, and tactical-edge environments. Provide technical leadership across Agile and SAFe delivery, DevSecOps, cybersecurity, reliability, interoperability, and deployment in disconnected or bandwidth-limited environments. Collaborate with engineers, analysts, government stakeholders, product owners, and program leadership.

Design and guide secure, distributed, cloud-native software architectures for defense and mission applications. Lead systems integration through APIs, data contracts, messaging, and mission-system interfaces. Collaborate with government customers, engineers, analysts, and product owners to translate operational needs into technical designs and delivery plans. Support Agile development, modeling and simulation integration, secure deployment, resiliency, observability, and operation across classified, disconnected, and tactical-edge environments.

Leads architecture for unified native mobile and cross-platform systems, scalable personalization and media delivery pipelines, distributed services, APIs, and client applications. Guides multi-team technology strategy, governance, security, privacy compliance, cost optimization, deployments, incident response, and code quality. Mentors engineers, conducts reviews, evaluates technologies, and contributes resilient production code across iOS, Android, cloud, CDN, and data systems.

Develop and support operational processes, documentation, requirements, system integration, deployment, troubleshooting, and sustainment for fielded mission systems. Collaborate with developers, engineers, mission stakeholders, internal teams, and external partners to maintain system functionality, interoperability, and delivery across distributed mission environments.

Leads the architecture, development, and evolution of enterprise BI and analytics solutions for healthcare coding and clinical data products. Designs data, semantic, cloud, and distributed-system architectures; builds scalable data pipelines and embedded analytics; establishes engineering standards and governance; evaluates technologies and mentors development teams. The role requires extensive software engineering and architecture experience across AWS or Azure, analytics platforms, data modeling, ETL, security, reliability, and large-scale data processing.

Design and scale distributed, high-availability systems and platform architectures. Define frameworks, tooling, and standards, contribute hands-on to prototypes and production, guide teams on reliability, observability, and operational excellence, and align technical decisions with product and business priorities.

Lead cross-cutting architecture for a globally distributed fraud-detection platform. Own end-to-end system architecture, identify scaling and reliability risks, establish API and service standards, guide foundational initiatives, and drive adoption across eight engineering groups. Mentor Staff engineers, lead design reviews, advise executives on technical strategy and risk, establish AI-assisted engineering practices, and remain hands-on with prototypes, documentation, and production issues.