NPR - Senior Software Architect, Audience Lifecycle
Requirements
• 5+ years of experience designing and leading solutioning and architecture planning in a multi-team environment. • 5+ years of experience designing systems with scalability, reliability, and cost-efficiency as first-class concerns. • 5+ years of experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, etc) and infrastructure as code (eg. Terraform). • 5+ years of experience building applications that span multiple platforms such as web, mobile, voice, API’s, and system integrations using modern languages and frameworks. • Demonstrated experience integrating with external API's / Services. • Ability to design and lead practical technical design. • Demonstrated expertise in designing real-time integrations and data-centric applications & services that power personalized user experiences at scale. • Expertise in data governance strategy and implementation. • Familiarity with medallion architecture. • Fluent in Node/TypeScript, Python. • Experience building consumers facing high traffic applications and related concerns - SEO, Browser performance, CDN configurations etc. • Experience with Data Privacy and Compliance (GDPR, CPPA etc) concerns. • Experience with test and development automation. • Experience working with a version control system (Git preferred). • Experience with cost-optimization & controls, forecasting, and evaluating trade offs for high availability systems. • Experience with large-scale data processing frameworks (e.g., Apache Spark, Snowflake) or medallion architecture implementations. • Familiarity with Machine Learning architectures, distributed search engines (Elasticsearch), or NoSQL databases (DynamoDB). • History of contributing to open-source software projects or public technical communities. • System Architecture & Design: Deep understanding of distributed systems, event tracking, and API integration design. • System Architecture & Design: • Technical Leadership & Collaboration: Ability to guide cross-functional teams and synthesize technical feedback into actionable designs. • Technical Leadership & Collaboration: • Data Strategy & Governance: Practical knowledge of end-to-end data lifecycles, refinement, and activation. • Data Strategy & Governance: • Problem Solving & Resiliency: Strong operational mindset for diagnosing high-traffic production challenges and optimizing cloud costs. • Problem Solving & Resiliency: • Inclusive Communication: Skill in explaining complex architecture concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Inclusive Communication: • NPR Remote-Permitted: This is a remote-permitted role. This role is based out of our Washington, D.C. office, but the employee may choose to work on a remote basis from a location that NPR approves. You will have the option of working (a) remotely from a location of your choosing within the United States that is supported by NPR; (b) on-site at an NPR facility, based on the availability of desks and approval from NPR; or (c) a combination of both. Regardless of where you choose to work from, you may be expected to travel to other locations from time to time to perform the duties of your position. • NPR Remote-Permitted • Job Type • Job Type • This is a full-time, exempt position.
Responsibilities
• Architect Personalization & Data Systems: Lead the design, optimization, and scaling of real-time data ecosystems and event-driven pipelines that power personalized audience experiences across NPR digital platforms. • Architect Personalization & Data Systems: • Establish Self-Service Infrastructure: Design robust frameworks, governance standards, and APIs that enable engineering, analytics, and marketing teams to autonomously leverage data and personalization tools. • Establish Self-Service Infrastructure: • Guide Technology Strategy & Standards: Evaluate emerging technologies, establish modern architecture standards (including medallion architecture and orchestration frameworks), and drive adoption across product lines. • Guide Technology Strategy & Standards: • Technical Oversight & Governance: Provide technical direction and cross-divisional oversight for complex, high-impact engineering projects impacting multiple teams and systems. • Technical Oversight & Governance: • Collaborative Solutioning & Planning: Partner with product managers, engineering leaders, and stakeholders during OKR planning, roadmap development, and technical proposal reviews. • Collaborative Solutioning & Planning: • Code & Architecture Quality: Mentor engineering peers through substantive design reviews, code standards definition, security/privacy alignment (GDPR/CPPA), and cost-optimization practices. • Code & Architecture Quality: • Production Excellence & Operational Support: Participate in system deployments, establish CI/CD best practices, troubleshoot production incidents, and join the engineering on-call rotation after initial onboarding. • Production Excellence & Operational Support: • Team Growth & Inclusion: Assist in onboarding new technical staff, participate in inclusive hiring practices, and proactively contribute to continuous process improvements within scrum environments. • Team Growth & Inclusion: • The above duties and responsibilities are not an exhaustive list of required responsibilities, duties and skills. Other duties may be assigned, and this job description can be modified at any time.
Benefits
• Salary Range: The U.S. based anticipated salary range for this opportunity is $184,758.33 - $211,081.45 plus benefits. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum salaries NPR expects to provide for new hires for the position across all US locations. • NPR Benefits: NPR offers access to comprehensive benefits for employees and dependents. Regular, full-time employees scheduled to work 30 hours or more per week are eligible to enroll in NPR’s benefits options. Benefits include access to health and wellness, paid time off, and financial well-being. Plan options include medical, dental, vision, life/ accidental death and dismemberment, long-term disability, short-term disability, and voluntary retirement savings to all eligible NPR employees. • Does this sound like you? If so, we want to hear from you. • #LI-REMOTE • The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum salaries NPR expects to provide for new hires for the position across all US locations. • $184,758.33—$211,081.45 USD
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