Principal Software Architect, API

How you'll add value:

• Own and evolve the end-to-end architecture for core Platform services, including identity, permissions, workflow, integration, and shared domain capabilities. 
• Define clear service boundaries, contracts, and patterns that enable modularity, reusability, and safe change across the platform. 
• Shape and advance the platform’s marketplace and extensibility architecture, including API exposure patterns, eventing and webhook models, app/extension sandboxing, and partner integration approaches that allow third parties and internal teams to build safely on top of R365. 
• Lead platform-focused architecture reviews and technical governance, ensuring consistency with enterprise architecture and long-term strategy. 
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Infrastructure, and Security to embed platform-first and marketplace-ready thinking into roadmaps and execution plans, aligning platform investments with ecosystem and extensibility goals. 
• Drive modernization of legacy components into well-defined platform services and extension points, aligning teams on migration strategies, sequencing, and success criteria. 
• Establish and maintain reference architectures, patterns, and frameworks (including marketplace and integration blueprints) that product teams can adopt to build on the platform efficiently. 
• Anticipate platform-level risks (scalability, reliability, performance, security, data integrity, and ecosystem complexity) and design long-term solutions that prevent systemic issues. 
• Mentor architects and principal engineers across product lines, raising architectural maturity and promoting shared platform and marketplace patterns and practices. 
• Provide deep architectural guidance on complex cross-team initiatives, acting as a key decision-maker for platform and marketplace-related tradeoffs. 
• Represent the Platform architecture in cross-functional forums, translating technical direction—especially around extensibility and ecosystem growth—into clear business value and outcomes. 
• Contribute to external technical communities as a platform subject-matter expert, reinforcing R365’s position as a leading, extensible SaaS platform provider

What you'll need to be successful in this role:

• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience. 
• 14+ years of engineering experience, including significant experience with large-scale, distributed systems and platform architecture. 
• Proven leadership in architecture, standards, and cross-functional collaboration across multiple teams and domains. 
• Recognized expertise in multiple domains such as identity and access management, permissions models, workflow/orchestration, integrations/APIs, and data-intensive services. 
• Demonstrated success leading modernization and decomposition efforts (e.g., from monolith to modular or service-oriented/platform architectures). 
• Experienced designing or evolving extensible platforms or marketplaces (e.g., APIs, extensions, partner integrations, or app ecosystems) is strongly preferred. 
• Mastery of system design, architectural patterns, and tradeoff analysis, including scalability, reliability, performance, security, and cost optimization. 
• Track record of influencing technical strategy through platform and ecosystem decisions. 
• Excellent communication skills, capable of articulating complex platform concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences, including executives and external partners. 
• Strong coaching and mentorship skills, with experience developing senior engineers and architects in platform and systems design. 
• Experienced with SaaS, ERP, and/or restaurant technology. 
• Familiarity with Domain-Driven Design (DDD), event-driven architecture, API lifecycle / governance, and observability / SLO-based engineering. 

R365 Team Member Benefits & Compensation

• This position has a salary range of $190,000-$285,000 per year. The above range represents the expected salary range for this position. The actual salary may vary based upon several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant skills/experience, time in the role, business line, and geographic location. Restaurant365 focuses on equitable pay for our team and aims for transparency with our pay practices.
• Comprehensive medical benefits, 100% paid for employee
• 401k + matching
• Equity Option Grant
• Unlimited PTO + Company holidays
• Wellness initiatives


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