Lead Software Architect

At Everway (formerly n2y/Texthelp), our goal is to lead the world in Neurotechnology software, helping transform the way we understand and are understood. 

We’re a global community of over 600 team members spanning seven countries, including the UK, USA, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Australia, and New Zealand. By understanding and addressing the unique needs of each individual, we're creating a world where differences are recognized and valued. A world where everyone can thrive.

We can only achieve our goals and continue to grow by having high performing people in our team, people who share our goals and are passionate about our mission. We pride ourselves on our core values that are embedded within our culture. These are to be curious, have courage, and commit fully.

Join us at Everway - together, we can unlock the full potential of every mind.

About the role

As Lead Architect for Everway Engineering, your experience and leadership will help guide the product engineering team to continue to evolve in all aspects of technical excellence. You will collaboratively define and guide the architectural standards, practices, and technical direction of our engineering organization. This role requires a hands-on technical leader with a deep understanding of modern web architectures, a passion for scalable software systems, and the ability to influence engineering teams toward excellence in software design and delivery.

You will lead and mentor across our full technical stack, including both frontend and backend, and the end to end software development lifecycle, including devops and production operations. You will work cross-functionally with Product and Design peers to guide our technical roadmap and decision-making in bringing the best products and user experiences to life. You will also partner with AI/ML, security, and infrastructure peers to help make sure we define great architectures and practices across our teams.

If you are a strong fullstack software architect with extensive experience and are passionate about technology, people, and thoughtfully crafted user-facing products, we'd love to talk to you.

 

Responsibilities:

• Lead and oversee application architecture and software design for complex distributed systems and applications, with a particular emphasis on .Net-based cloud solutions
• Manage a small team of architects
• Collaborate with senior members of the Engineering, Product, and Design teams to shape and drive our technical strategy and vision, leveraging cloud services, best of breed software, and engineering best practices
• Align architecture with product vision and delivery goals in a fast-moving environment
• Effectively communicate and collaborate across functions and groups to influence the strategic direction, driving improvements in the technology stack, user experience, and technical standards and practices
• Evaluate and introduce new technologies, tools, and frameworks where appropriate
• Solve complex problems without overly complex solutions
• Provide expert technical leadership and mentor other architects and engineers
• Elevate engineering and operational excellence by setting and maintaining high standards and best practices in scalable distributed systems design
• Help ensure software meets all requirements of quality, security, compliance, modifiability, extensibility, and other best practices
• Foster a positive, collaborative, and empathetic culture that empowers team members to grow and succeed
• Operate in a rapidly evolving environment, adapting and prioritizing as needed to ensure success
• Be a strategic, business-minded, and product-oriented technical leader, maintaining a focus on delivering outstanding products
• Understand strategic goals of the business
• Hands-on development where needed, including prototyping and technical spikes

Essential Criteria 

• 5+ years as a senior architect with deep software development and design experience, with a strong background in C#/.Net-based solutions and AWS services
• Extensive technical experience in designing and implementing SaaS products at scale, with a strong emphasis on quality, reliability, maintainability, and scalability
• Strong fullstack experience across both the frontend and backend
• Strong understanding of web accessibility (WCAG, ARIA, semantic HTML)
• Expertise in modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js)
• Strong command of HTML5, CSS3, and responsive web design principles
• Experience with front-end build tools, state management libraries, and component-based architectures.
• Understanding of UI/UX principles and ability to ensure a high-quality user experience.