Lead Architect

Lead Architect Lead Architect ABOUT US Procurify is the Intelligent Spend Management company. We’re on a mission to give all organizations unprecedented visibility and control over their business spend. Our industry-leading platform unifies data across procurement, AP, and expenses, helping finance and operations teams capture, analyze, and optimize every dollar of spend. We’re a remote-first company backed by leading investors, helping mid-market organizations modernize how they manage spend. THE OPPORTUNITY We’re looking for a Lead Architect to define the next generation of Procurify’s cloud, data, and AI platforms. This is a high-impact technical leadership role that spans system design, platform scalability, and data intelligence - ensuring our architecture remains resilient, extensible, and AI-ready as we scale. You’ll partner closely with Product, Design, Engineering, and Data leaders (including the CPTO) to align architecture with business strategy, mentor senior engineers, and chart a vision that powers intelligent spend management at scale. This role is perfect for someone who combines deep technical expertise with system-level thinking, a pragmatic bias for action, and a desire to make architecture a multiplier of innovation and velocity. WHAT YOU’LL DO Architectural Leadership - Define and evolve Procurify’s platform architecture across data, AI, and core systems. - Partner with product and engineering leadership to align architecture with long-term business strategy. - Guide technology decisions balancing innovation, maintainability, and performance. - Drive the design of scalable, secure, and reliable distributed systems spanning APIs, data pipelines, integrations, and infrastructure. Hands-On Technical Impact - Lead complex architectural and design reviews across multiple teams. - Build reference architectures, proofs of concept, and technical standards that accelerate velocity, raise the bar in engineering excellence, and improve developer experience. - Partner with Data and AI teams to design next-gen AI infrastructure and systems that enable intelligent automation. - Champion modern engineering practices, including CI/CD, observability, security, and reliability. - Stay current on emerging technologies (AI/ML, cloud, large-scale distributed systems) and bring the right innovations into our stack. Cross-Functional Influence - Collaborate with the CPTO and senior leaders to define and communicate the long-term technical direction. - Act as a connector between teams, ensuring consistent patterns, shared tooling, and architectural alignment. - Mentor engineers and technical leads, helping elevate engineering excellence and decision quality across the organization. - Contribute to hiring, technical culture, and knowledge sharing within the broader engineering org. Strategic Outcomes - Translate architectural vision into actionable, measurable initiatives. - Simplify and scale our platform while improving developer productivity and system resilience. - Contribute to technical hiring decisions and help shape the engineering organization’s growth. LEAD WITH CARES: - Commitment: Demonstrates accountability and follow-through, delivering reliably and owning outcomes in a way that others can depend on. - Ambition: Takes initiative with curiosity and a growth mindset, pursuing bold ideas that elevate impact and performance. - Resilience: Shows adaptability, composure, and perseverance through challenges, staying focused and effective in a fast-changing environment. - Excellence: Brings rigor, collaboration, and a strong quality focus to deliver high-performing solutions and raise the bar for outcomes. - Simplicity: Applies focus, clarity, and streamlining to cut through complexity and enable efficient, impactful execution. WHAT YOU BRING Required - 15+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years in senior or architectural roles. - Deep expertise in data systems, distr ... (truncated, view full listing at source)