Software Architect
The Software Architect role at Conga is a pivotal technical leadership position within the B2B Platform Engineering team. This role is designed for experienced engineers and technical leaders who aim to expand their architectural influence, deepen platform-level impact, and help shape the future of Conga’s Revenue Lifecycle Management (RLM) products. The position is based in either Houston, TX, or Boston, MA, with a hybrid work arrangement.
Key responsibilities include providing architectural direction and technical leadership to product engineering teams, reviewing and guiding designs for major enhancements, refactoring initiatives, and new capabilities. The Software Architect ensures engineering teams adhere to Conga’s Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), architectural standards, and DevOps best practices. Additionally, the role involves balancing business requirements with non-functional requirements such as security, performance, scalability, reliability, availability, and operability. Mentoring and coaching engineering teams to elevate the technical bar across teams is also a critical aspect of this position.
The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of Conga’s B2B products, platform architecture, and customer use cases, or demonstrate the ability to quickly ramp up. Proven experience leading technical design discussions and driving architectural decisions within a product team is essential. Deep experience delivering enterprise Java-based SaaS solutions using Agile methodologies and CI/CD pipelines is required. The candidate should have a solid background in designing and building backend services, including REST APIs and data-intensive systems, as well as hands-on experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases. Experience working with containerized environments such as Docker and Kubernetes is also necessary. The role requires comfort operating across teams and influencing without direct authority, along with clear, pragmatic communication skills to translate complex technical concepts for diverse audiences.
This role offers the opportunity to have a direct impact on the architectural quality, scalability, and long-term sustainability of Conga’s products. It provides increased scope beyond a single team, with visibility across multiple product areas, and the chance to grow towards broader technical leadership paths. The Software Architect will influence engineering standards, patterns, and best practices used company-wide and work closely with senior technology leadership to shape Conga’s future platform.