Chief Software Architect

Chief Software Architect

Company:

The Boeing Company

The Boeing Company is currently seeking a Chief Software Architect to join the Model-Based Software/team located in Berkeley, MO. This position will focus on supporting the Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) business organization.

As a Chief Software Architect, you will play a critical role in shaping the company's product architecture. This is an exciting opportunity to work on multiple aspects of the business, including Backend Architecture, Front-End Architecture, and Large-Scale Software System Architecture.

At The Boeing Company, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. From the seabed to outer space, you can contribute to work that matters. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

Position Responsibilities:

• Oversees the architecture, design, development, analyses, and maintenance of large scale software systems that meet industry, customer and quality.
• Partners with appropriate stakeholders to inform system definition and oversees translation of system-level requirements into software requirements and models that meet customer, operational and performance requirements and have clear traceability to design, code and test artifacts.
• Oversees code reviews to ensure alignment to requirements and standards.
• Oversees monitoring and reviewing test completion, verification processes and issue resolution for software systems.
• Oversees review of product and process for alignment with project plans and industry standards by consulting on tracking and evaluation of internal team and supplier performance.
• Researches and oversees implementation of current and emerging technologies, tools, frameworks and changes in regulations relevant to software development.
• Oversees software project management and software supplier management activities.
• Provide comprehensive technical oversight for different systems, guiding teams in designing and operating production-ready systems.
• Engage in architectural discussions, influence the roadmap, and take ownership of key projects and initiatives.
• Resolving complex technical issues and driving innovations that improve system availability, resilience, and performance.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and seek innovative solutions to address existing and new challenges.
• Mentor and develop engineers across all levels through sharing and learning.
• Ability to take projects from beginning to end with little direct supervision.
• Teamwork and coordination skills with ability to create clarity from ambiguity.

We work in a casual but professional environment with multi-disciplined teams of engineers that take pride in developing, integrating, testing and delivering innovative solutions. There is long-term potential for career growth into technical leadership or management positions and we value the curiosity, tenacity and imagination our engineers bring to our teams each day.

To be considered for this position you will be required to complete a technical assessment as part of the selection process.  Failure to complete the assessment will remove you from consideration.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/ Experience):

• Ability to obtain a Top Secret US Security clearance (Post-Start).
• 8+ years of experience in large-scale software system architecture, design, and development of distributed/on-premises end-to-end scalable software.
• 10+ years of software development experience.
• Proven understanding of microservices, client-server architecture, event-driven architecture, domain-driven design (DDD), and other modern architectural styles to build robust and adaptable systems.
• 5 years of experience with databases (SQL and NoSQL), caching strategies, and data pipelines.
• Strong experience with programming languages such as Go, Node.js, Java, or Python.
• Familiarity with the Agile software development process.

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science
• Cloud integration experience.
• Real-world experience working with large datasets and NoSQL database technologies.
• Ability to evaluate trade-offs in architectural decisions, balancing scalabilit