Top Software Architect Jobs in Denver & Boulder, CO

Leads architecture for complex mission software and simulation capabilities, defining end-to-end mission data flows, interfaces, models, and software designs. Translates mission requirements into implementable architectures, evaluates reuse opportunities, leads technical trades, guides multidisciplinary implementation teams, and resolves integration issues. Supports lifecycle activities including integration, verification, validation, testing, technical reviews, and program sell-off. Requires strong technical communication and leadership across systems engineering, payload, software, modeling and simulation, and test organizations.

Provides technical leadership for mission software architectures, modeling and simulation capabilities, mission data flows, interfaces, and end-to-end processing. Translates mission needs and requirements into software functions and architectures, evaluates reuse opportunities, leads architectural trades, documents designs, guides implementation teams, and supports integration, verification, validation, testing, and technical program reviews. Collaborates across systems, payload, ground, software, simulation, and test teams.

Lead the architectural design and strategy for a next-generation sports betting and trading platform. Define enterprise architecture, create vision and roadmaps, validate solutions via POCs, govern third-party integrations, and align stakeholders and leadership to ensure scalable, maintainable, high-performance systems.

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.

Leads software architecture, technical vision, standards, governance, and strategy for a high-visibility missile defense program. Designs scalable, secure, resilient systems; manages technical debt, risks, dependencies, and evolving requirements; selects messaging solutions; documents decisions; collaborates with stakeholders; and mentors engineering staff. Requires extensive software development and MOSA system-of-systems experience, Kubernetes expertise, knowledge of advanced design patterns, parallelization, and application messaging technologies.

Lead architecture, design, and deployment of scalable, production-grade cloud-native services. Define architectural standards, decouple a monolith into modular services, integrate secure AI/LLM patterns, and partner with engineering and product leaders to balance security, cost-efficiency, observability, and long-term scalability.

Lead architecture for migrating legacy tools to AWS cloud and developing new space-weather and environmental science products. Define architecture, models, interfaces, and validate designs. Guide developers, integrate components, and provide technical leadership on DevOps, cloud deployments, and modern UI frameworks for DoD/space systems.

Develop and maintain agile simulation scenarios, analytical tools, and scientific applications supporting aerospace defense warning and assessment systems. Analyze requirements, write and test code, develop modular GUI-based tools, document verification and validation activities, support installations, perform statistical analysis, and present results. The role collaborates with government leads, vendors, test personnel, and engineers while applying software development lifecycle, DevSecOps, system engineering, and automated testing practices.

As a Cloud Software Architect/Developer, you will design and implement software solutions on a cloud-based platform, focusing on both frontend and backend development while collaborating with a small team.

The Software Architect will design and implement intelligent document processing and agentic evaluation frameworks, leading architectural direction and coding in Python and Scala/Java.

The role involves leading frontend architecture, defining standards, mentoring engineers, and driving AI-assisted development practices while collaborating with UX and product teams.

As a Software Architect, you will define architectural changes, collaborate on priorities, build and improve code, and train team members.

Define technical visions and architecture for products, platforms, and enterprise systems. Evaluate emerging technologies, lead proofs of concept, and design scalable cloud-native, distributed, and hybrid solutions. Establish engineering standards, assess technical risks, conduct architecture reviews, and guide modernization initiatives. Collaborate with customers and stakeholders, support engineering teams through complex decisions, mentor technical leaders, and contribute to product roadmaps, DevOps practices, and technology strategy.

Hands-on Software Architect to design and build full-stack, AI-enabled SaaS products and internal tools. Define architecture, reusable components, CI/CD, security, and AI-assisted development practices. Write production code, lead technical decisions, integrate LLMs/RAG/agents and vector search, and establish standards for deployment, testing, and maintainability while accelerating prototype-to-MVP delivery.

As a Datacenter System Software Architect at SiFive, you'll design RISC-V Linux systems for datacenters, engage with customers, and optimize performance across software and hardware.

Design reusable software tools and subsystems, lead implementation and estimation, ensure systems integration and multi-platform compatibility, drive projects to completion, and perform feasibility analyses for future projects.

Lead cross-disciplinary software architecture for next-generation CPUs and SoCs, collaborating with hardware, software, ASIC, verification, and platform teams. Influence hardware decisions via deep system software, OS/driver, and performance expertise, advise partners and senior management, and drive optimized solutions for AI and HPC workloads.

Lead the architecture and evolution of SHI's eCommerce platform, focusing on design, scalability, security, and collaboration with stakeholders while mentoring engineers.

Lead design and implementation of enterprise software using Microsoft technologies. Architect scalable, secure cloud-native microservices on Azure, guide development teams, drive DevOps/CI-CD and automated testing, ensure integration with existing systems, and promote best practices in performance and security.

Lead architectural strategy and modernization for large-scale distributed systems. Design modular, extensible services, migrate legacy monoliths to microservices, optimize AWS infrastructure and costs, document and visualize systems, facilitate cross-functional design, mentor engineering teams, and scout emerging technologies.

Lead architecture and hands-on development of cloud-native, microservices-based systems and company-wide integrations (AWS and MuleSoft) using Python. Own provisioning, billing, telemetry, and integration landscapes; define AI-SDLC and AI tooling; implement infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD; ensure observability, testing, security, and operational readiness; translate architecture into Jira work and mentor engineering teams.

The role involves leading the design of optical DWDM communication systems, setting architectural specifications, and collaborating with multiple teams to develop robust telecommunications products.

Defines and manages software architecture for a Java-based missile defense command-and-control planner. Conducts trade studies, analyzes performance, manages architecture artifacts, assesses design changes, supports cyber requirements, coordinates integration testing, installs Linux and Windows platforms, and diagnoses software integration issues. Collaborates with chief architects, engineers, developers, customers, and program leadership across Agile and DevOps environments.

As a Software Architect, you will lead projects, architecting solutions and guiding teams in delivering software and cloud technologies, while engaging with clients to ensure impactful solutions.

Lead architecture and engineering of systems-of-systems, transition R&D efforts into deployable platforms, and develop capabilities for social media persona generation and management. Provide technical leadership, influence stakeholders, and drive process and system improvements for mission-focused national security software and data platforms.