Senior Technical Architect
Slingshot AerospaceBase Salary
$175k - $250k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect and oversee backend service ecosystems built with .NET and Python.
- Define frontend architecture patterns and guide scalable React application implementation.
- Lead 3D visualization and user-interface architecture using Three.js.
- Lead SQL Server database architecture, including schema design, indexing, and performance optimization.
- Architect caching, messaging, and high-speed data layers using Redis or similar systems.
- Design RAG architectures, vector search integrations, and retrieval-optimized AI solutions.
- Define patterns and frameworks for agentic AI workflows using LangChain, AutoGen, DSPy, or similar tools.
- Establish Secure SDLC, architecture governance, code quality, and CI/CD standards.
- Conduct architecture reviews, perform threat modeling, and ensure security best practices.
- Drive AWS cloud-native architecture, including containerization, Kubernetes, networking, and security.
- Guide resolution of complex production, system, and performance challenges across distributed systems.
- Partner with product, security, and engineering leadership to align architecture with business goals.
- Mentor engineering teams and provide architectural leadership across end-to-end platform design.
Requirements
- Extensive architecture and engineering experience with .NET, C#, and .NET Core.
- Strong architectural understanding of React applications, including state management, performance, and security.
- Deep experience designing distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
- Strong SQL Server experience with schema design, query optimization, indexing, and performance tuning.
- Expertise with Redis or similar high-performance in-memory data systems.
- Hands-on architectural experience with RAG frameworks, vector databases, and retrieval pipelines.
- Experience with agent-driven AI architectures using LangChain, AutoGen, DSPy, or similar technologies.
- Strong background with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, and cloud-native deployment models.
- Ability to diagnose complex system issues across multiple layers of a distributed environment.
- Strong grounding in Secure SDLC, secure architecture principles, and platform hardening.
- Bachelor’s or advanced degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
- Familiarity with space industry data is a plus.
Benefits
- Remote role in the US.
- Hiring is limited to specified US states and the United Kingdom.
- Equal Opportunity Employer with a stated commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
About Slingshot Aerospace
Slingshot Aerospace is the leader in Space Operations Intelligence & Autonomy (SOIA), delivering AI-powered solutions that help government and commercial partners track, interpret, and act on activity in space. By combining proprietary sensor data, advanced astrodynamics, artificial intelligence, and data fusion, Slingshot powers mission-ready space operations across defense, civil, and commercial sectors. The company integrates data from the Slingshot Global Sensor Network, the Slingshot Seradata satellite and launch history database, satellite owner-operators, and other third-party sources to provide a dynamic operational picture of the space domain for training, planning, and live mission execution. Slingshot is driven by its mission to make space safe and secure. Founded in 2017, the company has offices in Colorado, Texas, Canada, Taiwan, and the UK.