Software Architect at Space Coast Credit Union (SCCU) designing, developing, and delivering high-quality software solutions delivering value to technology and business teams across the organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a technology related field, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience required.
- 10+ years in software engineering with 5+ years in a senior technical leadership role (Software Architect, Lead Engineer, or Principal Engineer) designing and delivering production systems.
- Hands-on experience architecting applications, including networking basics, identity, secrets management, and cost-conscious designs.
- Experience designing modern architectures (modular monoliths and/or microservices), API-first integrations (REST/GraphQL), and event-driven patterns (queues/streams) with clear service boundaries and versioning strategies.
- Demonstrated success enabling high-performing delivery via modern DevOps practices: CI/CD, automated testing, infrastructure as code, and release strategies (blue/green, canary, feature flags).
- Strong application security and risk mindset (threat modeling, secure coding, encryption, authentication/authorization, vulnerability management) and ability to design within regulated/financial services environments.
- Experience building for reliability and operations: observability (logs/metrics/traces), performance tuning, incident response/root cause analysis, and designing for availability and disaster recovery.
- Ability to collaborate across product, security, infrastructure, and vendors; communicate architecture decisions clearly; and mentor engineers through design reviews, standards, and pragmatic guidance.
- Track record of influencing technical direction through architecture artifacts (diagrams, ADRs, reference architectures), and driving measurable improvements in quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes.
- Experience leading enterprise automation initiatives, including identifying, prioritizing, and delivering workflow automation with measurable outcomes (cycle-time reduction, quality, and operational efficiency).
- Hands-on exposure to RPA delivery and governance (bot standards, security, monitoring) and integrating an enterprise platform such as ServiceNow for intake, workflow orchestration, and cross-system integrations.
- Strong stakeholder management skills—able to translate between business outcomes and technical tradeoffs, align roadmaps, and guide teams through change.
Benefits
- Health & Wellness: Medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus an Employee Assistance Program.
- Financial Perks: 401(k) match (5%), HSA match, and SCCU-paid insurance (short/long-term disability, life insurance).
- Education Support: Tuition reimbursement after one year of service.
- Generous Time Off: 20+ days of PTO, birthday PTO, and 11 federal holidays.
- Exclusive Discounts: Lower rates on loans, credit cards, and no fee SCCU accounts!
