Staff Software Architect, LearnWith.AI (Remote) - $200,000/year USD

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Job Specifications

We are seeking Platform Architects to build the foundational systems that enable other engineering teams to deliver. In this role, you will focus on platform-level products where your decisions around APIs, architectural design, and technical documentation directly influence how multiple teams execute their work.

Example Products In Scope

TimeBack: An educational platform that supports Alpha School's 2-hour learning model (achieving 99th percentile test outcomes)
Incept: A content generation platform producing personalized educational materials for diverse learning applications
Crossover: An AI-driven hiring platform managing tens of thousands of applicants each month
This is a design-intensive position: you will spend 50% of your time authoring specifications, API contracts, and technical decisions; 30% building intricate platform capabilities; and 20% conducting reviews and providing technical guidance. You hold architectural authority. Once aligned with the team, your specifications become binding.

You will join a compact team of capable engineers, enjoy substantial ownership, and operate without bureaucracy. You design it, you implement it, you maintain it.

What You Will Be Doing

Authoring detailed specifications prior to any implementation work
Crafting APIs that ensure backward compatibility and future extensibility
Producing Important Technical Decisions (ITDs) complete with justification and context
Developing sophisticated platform features
Conducting pull request reviews to maintain architectural coherence

What You Won’t Be Doing

Extensive team leadership or direct people management
Building straightforward application-level products
Spending time in prolonged meetings
Doing pure architectural work with no hands-on implementation

Basic Requirements

Staff Software Architect key responsibilities

A minimum of 5 years of professional software development experience
At least 2 years spent designing systems in which other teams relied on your APIs or architectural decisions
Demonstrated history of producing technical specifications or decisions that were implemented by others
Practical experience integrating AI tools into your development workflow

About LearnWith.AI

LearnWith.AI is an edtech startup that leverages AI and subject matter experts to cultivate a new way of learning. Our unique approach leverages 50+ years of learning science, cutting-edge data analytics and AI-powered coaching. In doing so, we can help students learn more, learn faster, and learn better - and have fun while doing it. We are a remote-first company that hires globally via Crossover.

There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited. Hit the Apply button if you found this interesting and want to learn more. We look forward to meeting you!

Working with us

This is a full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position. The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record. The compensation level for this role is $100 USD/hour, which equates to $200,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.

Crossover Job Code: LJ-5737-FR-COUNTRY-StaffSoftwareA.002

About the Company

Crossover is a global recruitment company, founded in 2014. We're the world's largest recruiter that specializes in elite full-time remote jobs, hiring the top 1% of tech talent from every corner of the planet. We find awesome talent in overlooked places, by posting jobs all over the world, and giving everyone an equal opportunity to prove their skills are world-class. Our system of AI-powered assessments is based on objective factors that are scientifically proven to predict high performance (e.g. cognitive aptitude). : ... Know more

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