Top Software Architect Jobs in Denver & Boulder, CO

Designs and leads the architectural strategy for a next-generation sports betting and trading platform. Responsibilities include developing enterprise-scale architecture, roadmaps, governance frameworks, and vision documents; evaluating technical risks through proofs of concept; ensuring adherence to architectural standards; integrating third-party solutions; and aligning stakeholders across departments and leadership teams.

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.

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.

Define scalable SaaS architecture and technical direction while remaining hands-on in software development. Design APIs, integrations, security, and modernization roadmaps; establish engineering standards and DevSecOps practices; write production code; lead architecture and code reviews; coordinate development and QA teams; and ensure secure, accessible, compliant platform delivery.

Provides architectural oversight for complex mainframe software products and mission-critical systems. Designs and validates enterprise architectures, documents components and interfaces, advises technical teams, integrates developer-built components, and communicates with technical, non-technical, and government stakeholders. Requires extensive COBOL and mainframe expertise, healthcare claims and CMS experience, Agile/SAFe knowledge, and ability to obtain Public Trust clearance.

Provides enterprise software architecture leadership, governance, and technical direction. Designs scalable, secure, highly available platforms, APIs, frameworks, and distributed systems; guides modernization from monoliths to microservices; evaluates emerging technologies; supports architecture and code reviews; analyzes performance and operational metrics; and communicates recommendations to technical and business stakeholders.

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.

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.

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

Provide hands-on technical leadership for Keeper’s cross-platform browser extension architecture. Design secure, scalable solutions using JavaScript and TypeScript; guide extension components, messaging, storage, APIs, native integrations, performance, and reliability. Lead architecture and design reviews, security collaboration, modernization efforts, and cross-functional technical decisions while mentoring senior engineers. The role requires broad full-stack expertise across cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, databases, application security, CI/CD, and modern web technologies.

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.

Define and lead cloud and platform architecture for scalable, secure, cost‑efficient cloud-hosted applications. Oversee shared platform capabilities, review solution designs, embed security and governance, design data and integration platforms, lead migrations and modernization, set observability and resilience patterns, and provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering and SRE teams.

Lead architecture and evolution of enterprise observability platforms (APM, infrastructure monitoring, session replay, log analytics). Define integration patterns, telemetry standards, and governance. Partner with Engineering, SRE, Product, and Infrastructure to embed observability best practices, evaluate new technologies (OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, AI-driven observability), drive platform standardization, and manage vendor relationships to improve MTTD/MTTR and system reliability.