Top Software Architect Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Leads the architecture, development, testing, debugging, maintenance, and hardware integration of embedded mission systems software. Translates customer requirements into compliant software designs, oversees system efficiency and stability, guides architecture and technology decisions, manages supplier and internal team performance, and provides technical leadership on embedded software projects. The role supports avionics capabilities including navigation, motion planning, estimation, control, and autonomous fault protection.

Design and scale distributed, high-availability systems and platform architectures. Define frameworks, tooling, and standards, contribute hands-on to prototypes and production, guide teams on reliability, observability, and operational excellence, and align technical decisions with product and business priorities.

Lead the design and development of the next-generation video platform, collaborating across teams to implement best practices and ensure high-quality software applications.

Provides enterprise software architecture leadership, governance, and technical direction. Designs scalable, secure, highly available platforms, APIs, frameworks, and distributed systems; guides modernization from monoliths to microservices; evaluates emerging technologies; supports architecture and code reviews; analyzes performance and operational metrics; and communicates recommendations to technical and business stakeholders.

Lead architecture, design, and deployment of scalable, production-grade cloud-native services. Define architectural standards, decouple a monolith into modular services, integrate secure AI/LLM patterns, and partner with engineering and product leaders to balance security, cost-efficiency, observability, and long-term scalability.

Lead the technical vision for enterprise software, guiding teams in architecture for secure systems, integrating cloud solutions, and mentoring engineers to align with mission goals.

The Software Architect will design and implement intelligent document processing and agentic evaluation frameworks, leading architectural direction and coding in Python and Scala/Java.

The role involves leading frontend architecture, defining standards, mentoring engineers, and driving AI-assisted development practices while collaborating with UX and product teams.

As a Software Architect, you will define architectural changes, collaborate on priorities, build and improve code, and train team members.

Define technical visions and architecture for products, platforms, and enterprise systems. Evaluate emerging technologies, lead proofs of concept, and design scalable cloud-native, distributed, and hybrid solutions. Establish engineering standards, assess technical risks, conduct architecture reviews, and guide modernization initiatives. Collaborate with customers and stakeholders, support engineering teams through complex decisions, mentor technical leaders, and contribute to product roadmaps, DevOps practices, and technology strategy.

Hands-on Software Architect to design and build full-stack, AI-enabled SaaS products and internal tools. Define architecture, reusable components, CI/CD, security, and AI-assisted development practices. Write production code, lead technical decisions, integrate LLMs/RAG/agents and vector search, and establish standards for deployment, testing, and maintainability while accelerating prototype-to-MVP delivery.

As a Datacenter System Software Architect at SiFive, you'll design RISC-V Linux systems for datacenters, engage with customers, and optimize performance across software and hardware.

Design reusable software tools and subsystems, lead implementation and estimation, ensure systems integration and multi-platform compatibility, drive projects to completion, and perform feasibility analyses for future projects.

Provides systems engineering and integration leadership for secure, software-intensive DoD and Space Force mission capabilities. Defines and validates requirements, interfaces, architecture, verification strategies, and integration plans across contractors and government teams. Oversees deployment into classified and air-gapped environments, supports DevSecOps delivery, manages risks and technical artifacts, and briefs recommendations to stakeholders. Mentors engineers and improves integration reliability, testability, and sustainment readiness.

Design, develop, test and maintain web-based Java/J2EE applications using MVC frameworks and front-end tech (AngularJS, Bootstrap). Lead full project lifecycle, mentor juniors, support production, research new technologies, and provide off-hours support as needed.

Lead the architecture and evolution of SHI's eCommerce platform, focusing on design, scalability, security, and collaboration with stakeholders while mentoring engineers.

Provide hands-on technical leadership for Keeper’s cross-platform browser extension architecture. Design secure, scalable solutions using JavaScript and TypeScript; guide extension components, messaging, storage, APIs, native integrations, performance, and reliability. Lead architecture and design reviews, security collaboration, modernization efforts, and cross-functional technical decisions while mentoring senior engineers. The role requires broad full-stack expertise across cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, databases, application security, CI/CD, and modern web technologies.

The Software/Systems Architect will design systems to integrate EHR systems with web applications, requiring expertise in architecture and healthcare.

Lead architectural strategy and modernization for large-scale distributed systems. Design modular, extensible services, migrate legacy monoliths to microservices, optimize AWS infrastructure and costs, document and visualize systems, facilitate cross-functional design, mentor engineering teams, and scout emerging technologies.

Lead architecture for cloud networking and security solutions involving DPUs and NICs. Design end-to-end systems from application to hardware, define architecture specifications, evaluate technologies, develop proof-of-concept prototypes, and collaborate with global software, hardware, product, engineering, and customer teams. The role requires strong C and Python development, Linux, networking protocols, cloud technologies, and systems architecture expertise.

Lead architecture and hands-on development of cloud-native, microservices-based systems and company-wide integrations (AWS and MuleSoft) using Python. Own provisioning, billing, telemetry, and integration landscapes; define AI-SDLC and AI tooling; implement infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD; ensure observability, testing, security, and operational readiness; translate architecture into Jira work and mentor engineering teams.

The role involves leading the design of optical DWDM communication systems, setting architectural specifications, and collaborating with multiple teams to develop robust telecommunications products.

The Senior Software Architect will lead the design of next-generation ticketing platforms, ensuring robust, scalable systems while collaborating across teams and driving architectural strategy.

Lead architecture and engineering of systems-of-systems, transition R&D efforts into deployable platforms, and develop capabilities for social media persona generation and management. Provide technical leadership, influence stakeholders, and drive process and system improvements for mission-focused national security software and data platforms.

Define and lead cloud and platform architecture for scalable, secure, cost‑efficient cloud-hosted applications. Oversee shared platform capabilities, review solution designs, embed security and governance, design data and integration platforms, lead migrations and modernization, set observability and resilience patterns, and provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering and SRE teams.