Software Architect - Back-End Serverless (U.S. Remote)

Unison

Remote regions

US

Salary range

$150,000–$250,000/yr

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Role Overview:

  • Lead architectural reviews, design discussions, and trade-off analyses across teams.
  • Serve as a technical authority and mentor for senior and mid-level engineers.
  • Guide data modeling strategies, including DynamoDB single-table design, access patterns, and scalability considerations.

Responsibilities:

  • Drive Infrastructure as Code practices using AWS CDK, enabling repeatable, auditable environments.
  • Embed monitoring, logging, alerting, and automated remediation into system designs.
  • Architect systems with defense-in-depth security, least-privilege access, and compliance-aware designs.

Qualifications:

  • 8+ years of professional experience in backend or platform engineering, with architect-level responsibility for production systems.
  • Strong hands-on experience with AWS serverless architectures (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, EventBridge).
  • Proven experience designing and governing GraphQL APIs at scale.

Unison

Unison provides software for federal agencies and government contractors, making federal processes and acquisitions simpler and effective. They are trusted by over 200,000 federal employees. Unison's software and expertise help contract shops, cost engineers, program managers, and budgeting professionals.

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