Job Url: https://www.remoterocketship.com/company/planetbids/jobs/software-architect-united-states-remote Job Description: PlanetBids Website LinkedIn All Job Openings PlanetBids is a company that provides advanced eProcurement solutions designed to streamline and enhance procurement processes across various industries. Their platform helps organizations manage bid and vendor interactions efficiently, ensuring compliance, transparency, and cost savings. With a focus on vendor management, bid management, document management, and contract management, PlanetBids offers a centralized system that reduces redundancies and administrative burdens. Their solutions are tailored for government agencies, educational institutions, commercial sectors, and non-profits, aiming to simplify procurement, promote eco-friendly practices, and support diverse vendor participation. Trusted by numerous agencies and organizations, PlanetBids is committed to improving procurement efficiency and sustainability. Simplify Vendor and Bid Management • Increase Efficiency • Reduce Risk • Cost Effective Solutions • Procurement 11 - 50 employees Founded 1998 ☁️ SaaS 🤝 B2B 🏢 Enterprise Software Architect Yesterday 🏄 California – Remote 🐊 Florida – Remote 💵 $150k - $165k / year ⏰ Full Time 🟢 Junior 🟡 Mid-level 🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer AWS Cloud DynamoDB Ember.js JavaScript Node.js Python React Apply Now Receive Emails with Similar Jobs Report problem 📋 Description • PlanetBids is a web-based procurement solutions provider for governmental, non-profit, and educational entities in the United States.\n• Since 2000, PlanetBids has been at the forefront of the industry with a focus on client service.\n• Role: software architect within the engineering team to design and oversee scalable solutions.\n• You will work closely with product and engineering leadership to deliver features and improve the platform.\n• The role includes embedding with squads as a coding architect (~20% hands-on) and guiding design practices.\n• Fully remote environment; US-based; occasional travel to LA or Ormond Beach. 🎯 Requirements • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or another relevant field is preferred but not required\n• 2+ years as an architect; 5+ years in software delivery\n• Previous experience building software for multi-tenant SaaS applications\n• Polyglot technologist that shows the ability to adapt; our primary tech stack is NodeJS, React, and AWS, with Python and Ember also in the mix\n• Energized by system-of-systems thinking and gaining stakeholder alignment\n• Demonstrated success decomposing monoliths into domain-aligned services using Domain-Driven Design, event-driven, or other cloud-native patterns\n• Knowledge of Generative AI implementations, including RAG, agentic, and MCP capabilities\n• Hands-on ownership of one-table or single-table design in Amazon DynamoDB and/or deep relational schema design at scale\n• Production experience with AWS core services such as EKS, S3, SNS/SQS, Kinesis\n• Solid grasp of secure coding and audit/compliance frameworks common to government SaaS, such as SOC2\n• Ability to define SLOs and integrate distributed tracing, structured logging, and metrics via Datadog/ELK stack\n• Proven record of writing crisp design docs/ADRs and influencing cross-team engineering direction in a remote, async environment\n• Procurement/GovTech domain exposure\n• Event streaming and CQRS experience\n• Data-analytics pipeline familiarity to support product insights/business intelligence\n• Exposure to cost-optimization practices in multi-tenant SaaS\n• Front-end architecture patterns in React and accessibility compliance\n• The ability to travel to the Los Angeles, CA or Ormond Beach, FL office around once per quarter.\n• Ability to work both autonomously as well as within a team in a remote work environment.\n• As a requirement, all candidates must be physically based in the United States and able to legally work for any employer. 🏖️ Benefits PlanetBids is pleased to provide all full-time team members with the following benefits:\n• Competitive pay that recognizes your skills and contributions\n• Flexible scheduling in a fully remote environment\n• Unlimited PTO with an annual vacation bonus to encourage recharging\n• Medical insurance with generous company contributions\n• Dental and vision insurance with 100% of employee premiums paid by the company\n• Company-paid short-term and long-term disability coverage\n• Company-paid life and AD&D insurance, with options to increase your coverage\n• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Dependent Care FSA options\n• 401(k) plan with both Traditional and Roth options, immediate vesting, and an employer match\n• Legal Club membership for personal legal support\n• Employee Assistance Program for confidential counseling and resources\n• Career pathing and professional development to help you grow and thrive\n• A collaborative, engaged culture where your ideas matter and your voice is heard