Staff Software Architect

When you work for John Crane, you join a community driven by pioneering spirit and a legacy of innovation. Our engineered solutions drive reliability, uptime and energy efficiency, empowering the world’s largest energy service providers to achieve sustainability goals that shape the future of our world. If you’re ready to accelerate the new energy transition through technology leadership, innovative solutions and service excellence , you'll fit right in.

Key activities:

Define and govern architecture standards, patterns, and design principles across teams

Design and implement cloud-native, microservices-based, and API-driven solutions

Provide technical leadership to development teams and review solution designs

Work hands-on in critical components and complex problem solving

Integrate security controls into SDLC and ensure secure design practices.

Collaborate with business, product, and program teams to align technology with priorities.

Monitor system performance and continuously improve solutions based on metrics.

Key accountabilities:

End-to-End Architecture Ownership

Technical Leadership & Design Authority

Hands-on Engineering & Complex Problem Solving

DevOps, Security & Quality Integration

Stakeholder Alignment & Business Impact

Skills and Experience:

8+ years overall, including 5+ years in architecture roles

Experience designing complex, large-scale distributed systems

Exposure to Agile/DevOps environments

Strong ability to translate business needs into technical solutions

Technical Skills

Cloud platforms: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS

Architecture: Microservices, API-first, event-driven systems

DevOps: Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Observability

Programming: Java, Python, C#, .NET, C/C++

Security: Secure design, IAM, Web/App security, WAF, IDS

Systems: Linux, networking, cloud-native, edge/IoT

Data: Event streaming, real-time analytics, ML/AI platforms (Preferable)

People Skills

Must demonstrate the ability to work in diverse, cross-functional teams in a dynamic business environment

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Key Matrices:

System scalability & performance

Architecture compliance & Standardization

Defect rate / production incidents

Security posture adherence

Business impact & Innovation

Reusability & platform efficiency

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.

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