Principle Software Architect

About the role

As a Principal Architect, you'll shape the technical direction of Keyloop's automotive SaaS platform. You'll define cross-cutting architectural standards, influence product and engineering strategy, and lead the most complex design challenges across the organisation. This is a senior individual-contributor role operating at the intersection of technology leadership and business outcomes, reporting to the Engineering Director.

What you'll do

• Define cross-cutting architectural patterns and standards across Keyloop's platform
• Lead multidisciplinary architecture initiatives spanning product, infrastructure, and data
• Research and evaluate emerging technologies, and make strategic build / buy / adopt recommendations
• Own architectural standards for multi-tenancy, data sovereignty, and regulatory compliance
• Champion developer experience and engineering productivity as a platform-level outcome
• Influence product and engineering strategy at senior leadership level
• Coach and develop Architects and Senior Architects, and contribute to ROI analysis for major technical investments

What we're looking for

• 15+ years in software development, including 5+ years in a senior architecture role
• Demonstrated track record of leading enterprise-scale architecture transformation
• Experience with large-scale SaaS or multi-tenant platform architecture
• Mastery across cloud platforms, distributed systems, and platform engineering
• Deep understanding of observability, reliability engineering (SRE), and cost optimization
• Strong data architecture — scalable, reliable, and analytically capable systems
• Executive-level communication; able to influence without authority and balance long-term vision with near-term delivery

Nice to have

• Production experience with microservices, event-driven, or SOA architectures
• Exposure to automotive retail, DMS, or enterprise SaaS domains…