Lead Solutions Architect

Inspira Financial
Any Location, IL
Remote
Job Description
Role Overview

The Lead Solution Architect serves as a senior technical leader responsible for shaping architecture strategy, guiding cross-portfolio technology decisions, and ensuring alignment between business objectives and technology investments. This role provides architectural leadership across multiple product teams, programs, and business capabilities while establishing standards, reusable patterns, and long-term roadmaps that enable scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions.

What You Will Do

Define and evolve architecture roadmaps, translate business strategy into practical technology strategies, provide architectural leadership, evaluate emerging technologies, and ensure solutions support long-term business goals.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have 12+ years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, enterprise architecture, or related technical leadership roles, and a deep understanding of application architecture, integration patterns, APIs, event-driven architectures, distributed systems, data architecture concepts, and cloud-native design principles.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • 12+ years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, enterprise architecture, or related technical leadership roles
  • Demonstrated success leading architecture across large-scale, cross-functional initiatives involving multiple systems, teams, and business domains
  • Deep understanding of application architecture, integration patterns, APIs, event-driven architectures, distributed systems, data architecture concepts, and cloud-native design principles
  • Experience establishing architecture governance processes, standards, reference architectures, and reusable patterns
  • Experience designing and governing solutions on modern cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure
  • Strong understanding of security, compliance, resiliency, observability, and operational readiness practices
  • Exceptional communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, and influence skills

Benefits

  • Salary
  • Equity
  • Healthcare
  • PTO
  • Retirement
  • Learning budget
  • Parental leave
  • Wellness
  • Visa/relocation
  • Remote flexibility
  • Stipends
  • Bonus/commission
  • Paid holidays
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