Syndio builds expert-backed technology that helps companies measure, achieve, and sustain workplace equity.

Principal Software Architect

Full-stack EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 51-200H1B SponsorCompany Site LinkedIn

Location

California + 1 more

Posted

127 days ago

Salary

$200K - $240K / year

EnglishAWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformGraph QLNeo4j

Job Description

• Architect the convergence of disparate systems and swimlanes into a unified, composable powering AI-native platform. • Guide technical integration of modern agentic patterns with existing systems, including monolithic legacy services and micro frontends. • Lead design and application of graph-based data models and graph databases to power contextual, explainable, and interconnected compensation intelligence workflows. • Serve as a bridge between present-day constraints and future-state goals, helping teams move fast today without sacrificing tomorrow. • Work with Product leadership to anticipate roadmap needs and ensure platform capabilities scale with Syndio’s product evolution. • Lead cross-functional technical design reviews, aligning engineers, product, and design on implementation strategies that balance speed, scalability, and customer value. • Help shape a headless architecture that powers flexible user experiences, including embeddable workflows across platforms like Slack, Teams, and HRIS tools. • Provide hands-on technical leadership — pairing with teams, writing proofs of concept, and refactoring key components when needed. • Model and promote a crawl-walk-run approach, enabling fast iteration and progressive investment in architecture and testing. • Act as a technical steward and mentor, helping to raise the bar on architectural thinking, system design, and engineering maturity across the org.

Job Requirements

Proven track record building and scaling multi-tenant SaaS applications on major cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), including designing for elasticity, high availability, and global performance.
Deep understanding of agentic systems, LLM integration patterns, and AI-native design principles.
Practical experience designing and using graph databases (e.g., Neo4j, Amazon Neptune, ArangoDB) in production environments — especially to model relationships between data entities for context-aware reasoning or recommendation systems.
Hands-on experience with headless frontend architectures, including GraphQL, BFF patterns, and composable UI.
Familiarity with legacy system integration, monolith decomposition, and pragmatic trade-offs.
Experience building with AI development tools (e.g., Github Copilot, Cursor, etc.).
Pragmatic problem solver who knows when to take risks and when to invest deeply — especially when navigating from MVP to scale.
Background in API lifecycle management (design, governance, versioning, deprecation strategies).
Familiarity with compensation, HR tech, or other highly regulated domains where explainability and compliance are critical.
Track record of designing secure, privacy-preserving architectures that handle sensitive/PII data.
Comfort building cross-functional alignment between product, data science, Engineering and platform teams in ambiguous environments.

Benefits

Competitive Compensation. For this role our base salary is targeted at $200-240k USD. Final offer amounts are determined by factors such as experience and expertise. We take a geo neutral approach to compensation within the US, meaning that we pay based on job function and level, not location.
Syndio Equity. So you can share in Syndio’s success.
Flexible Vacation Policy. We encourage our team to recharge when they need to, plus paid sick & safe time, compassion leave, and voting leave.
Paid parental leave
Medical, Dental, Vision. Syndio pays 90% of employee premiums, and 50% for dependents.
Life Insurance & Disability. Syndio covers the full premium.
401(k). To help you save for your future
Remote-first work model - #LI-Remote