We are looking for a Software Architect to join our engineering team. You will be working on architecting, building, and scaling all of our services that power all of our customer-facing applications.&nbsp; Data engineering is core to all of Censys. Censys processes terabytes of data about networks each day, and you’ll be key to ensuring we can effectively leverage it in our products. You’ll be directly responsible for supporting us in our ultimate mission to help organizations understand their infrastructure and security. We expect all of our employees to consider customer happiness as our primary goal and a willingness to come to work everyday with a great attitude, both eager to learn and educate, which helps to make us a better organization every day. What You’ll Bring:<ul>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Experience building and deploying backend services, preferably that power data pipelines or external-facing applications.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Have knowledge of cloud computing (preferably GCP) offerings and operations.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">You can work with your teammates to design, build, and deploy backend microservices, and can scale them without breaking the bank.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Deep understanding of relational as well as NoSQL data stores (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, BigTable, Spark) and approaches.&nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">You’re willing to pair up with anybody to solve problems, with an eye towards developer experience and delivery.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">You understand how to design and architect service-based solutions for maintainability and scalability.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">You prefer solutions that are simple and testable, and are great at deciding when a company should bet on the latest technology.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">You’re more of a builder than a consultant. You are interested in getting your hands dirty not just trying to manage others..</li>
</ul> What You’ll Do:<ul>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Work closely with engineering to ensure the existing architecture will satisfy the business requirements. Where it doesn’t, you will be responsible for guiding us to the correct architecture, and working with management to lay out a plan for refactoring towards a solid architecture.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Work with PM to understand business needs and market trends, and determine how our services need to evolve to fit upcoming needs.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Provide architectural guidance to the engineering team during the design phase for new features and functionality</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Work with other engineers to prove our unknown/risky features prior to production development.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Lead research efforts that will influence our long term roadmap. (Where to invest and grow beyond incremental features). Collaborating with both developers and PM to get these items into the roadmap.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Ensure we have the ability to effectively communicate about the architecture.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Ensure we have high quality standards for our development process.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Perform code and architecture reviews to ensure new features fit the architecture and to keep an eye for architectural deficiencies.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Occasionally support the PM or SE team with customer or partnership calls to provide technical expertise</li>
</ul>&nbsp;We're headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan but open to hiring this position to be located 100% remote.&nbsp;We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Censys is an equal opportunity employer.

We are looking for a **Software Architect** to join our engineering team. You
will be working on architecting, building, and scaling all of our services
that power all of our customer-facing applications.  Data engineering is core
to all of Censys. Censys processes terabytes of data about networks each day,
and you’ll be key to ensuring we can effectively leverage it in our products.
You’ll be directly responsible for supporting us in our ultimate mission to
help organizations understand their infrastructure and security.

  

We expect all of our employees to consider customer happiness as our primary
goal and a willingness to come to work everyday with a great attitude, both
eager to learn and educate, which helps to make us a better organization every
day.

  

 **What You’ll Bring** :

  * Experience building and deploying backend services, preferably that power data pipelines or external-facing applications.
  * Have knowledge of cloud computing (preferably GCP) offerings and operations.
  * You can work with your teammates to design, build, and deploy backend microservices, and can scale them without breaking the bank.
  * Deep understanding of relational as well as NoSQL data stores (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, BigTable, Spark) and approaches. 
  * You’re willing to pair up with anybody to solve problems, with an eye towards developer experience and delivery.
  * You understand how to design and architect service-based solutions for maintainability and scalability.
  * You prefer solutions that are simple and testable, and are great at deciding when a company should bet on the latest technology.
  * You’re more of a builder than a consultant. You are interested in getting your hands dirty not just trying to manage others..

  

**What You’ll Do** :

  * Work closely with engineering to ensure the existing architecture will satisfy the business requirements. Where it doesn’t, you will be responsible for guiding us to the correct architecture, and working with management to lay out a plan for refactoring towards a solid architecture.
  * Work with PM to understand business needs and market trends, and determine how our services need to evolve to fit upcoming needs.
  * Provide architectural guidance to the engineering team during the design phase for new features and functionality
  * Work with other engineers to prove our unknown/risky features prior to production development.
  * Lead research efforts that will influence our long term roadmap. (Where to invest and grow beyond incremental features). Collaborating with both developers and PM to get these items into the roadmap.
  * Ensure we have the ability to effectively communicate about the architecture.
  * Ensure we have high quality standards for our development process.
  * Perform code and architecture reviews to ensure new features fit the architecture and to keep an eye for architectural deficiencies.
  * Occasionally support the PM or SE team with customer or partnership calls to provide technical expertise



We're headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan but open to hiring this position to
be located 100% remote.

We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for
all employees. Censys is an equal opportunity employer.

