Chief Architect

📋 Description

• Own and lead the overall architectural direction across multiple products, defining the
• Chair and run the ARB — establishing standards, reference architectures, decision records and
• Embed directly in the development process where complex deliverables require an architecture or
• Represent Showpad's technology to customers and prospects — architecture, security and AI deep
• Lead modernization of complex, dated products in the portfolio: assess, sequence, de-risk and drive
• Recommend staffing and sourcing models to the CTO that are efficient on both cost and execution —

🎯 Requirements

• 15+ years of industry experience, with substantial depth in B2B SaaS.
• Has led architecture and development for large-scale enterprise products — multi-tenant, security-
• Deep, demonstrable expertise in distributed systems, microservices, and cloud-native SaaS
• Proven track record working with and through globally distributed engineering teams across multiple
• Experience establishing architecture practices across multi-team engineering orgs (RFCs, ADRs
• Has owned and delivered significant technical transformation or modernization inside a matrix