Application Architect

Please note: This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Company Overview

We are the better way to work in finance. As private equitys value creation partner we sit at the heart of PEwhere sponsors and CFOs meet. Through financial consulting rooted in data technology and AI we help clients drive valuesupporting the office of the CFO to drive end-to-end value creation.

If you crave challenging work and are looking to grow come solve complex issues alongside 1600 finance & technology experts in a supportive collaborative environment.

Backed by premier private equity firms and headquartered in New York with 11 offices around the globe we are a high-growth entrepreneurial firm looking for people who want to be part of building something great. Come make your mark.

Application Architect

The Application Architect defines application design patterns modularity system structure and technical design standards to ensure solutions are scalable and maintainable. This impactful role will be critical in providing the application-layer blueprint for how Accordions software should be built.

This position will ideally be based in one of our US offices and is a hybrid role with the flexibility to work remotely 2 days per week (also eligible for remote candidates).

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

What Youll Do:

Architecture Standards

• Define application architecture patterns reference designs and engineering standards
• Review major solution designs to ensure scalability maintainability and alignment to target-state principles
• Guide teams on modularity APIs service boundaries and reusable components

Design Leadership

• Partner with Product Engineering and Solution Architecture on target-state design decisions
• Contribute to roadmap planning by identifying architectural dependencies and technical investment needs
• Evaluate tradeoffs between speed reuse and long-term maintainability

Quality & Enablement

• Mentor engineering teams on design quality and architecture best practices
• Support code review and design review processes for high-impact initiatives
• Document and evolve application standards as the portfolio grows

You Have:

• 8 years of software architecture or senior application engineering experience
• Expertise as a systems thinker with a deep understanding of APIs modular applications integration patterns and scalable system design
• Ability to communicate architecture concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Comfortability influencing without becoming a bottleneck you are practical and collaborative but able to balance ideal-state architecture with business needs
• Consistent commitment to reuse clarity and technical quality
• Experience in cloud-based and enterprise application environments
• Bachelors degree required

You Are:

• Excited to be part of a growing team with a focus on driving future growth
• Passionate about delivering exceptional client service
• Knowledgeable about the relationship between Private Equity sponsors and their portfolio companies particularly within the office of the CFO
• Willing to get your hands dirty in the details of a project while simultaneously seeing the whole picture
• Comfortable managing projects with multiple complex workstreams while also focused on your single workstream (you are managing and doing)
• A self-starter with a strong work ethic
• Full of entrepreneurial spirit and comfortable in a fluid flat organization
• Able to effectively communicate complex issues and solutions and raise issues to senior team members when necessary
• A team player able to work with team members across all levels
• Someone who enjoys mentoring others and doing meaningful work
• A leader of others; you lead by example

The annual salary for this role ranges from: $175000 to $230000 benefits bonus.

Actual compensation packages are determined by evaluating a wide array of factors unique to each candidate including but not limited to geographic location skill set years and depth of experience education certifications cost of labor and internal equity.

Accordion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds perspectives and skills. We do not discriminate on the basis of race color religion marital status age national origin ancestry physical or mental disability medical condition pregnancy genetic information gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression veteran status or any other status protected under federal state or local law.

Please note that as per Accordion policy we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening and in alignment with our inclusive diversity values. Any employment agency person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that Accordion will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency person or entity.

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