Fusion Risk Management

Staff Architect - Platform & Integration

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Hiring Remotely in United States

Remote or Hybrid

175K-175K Annually

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Professional Services • Software

Our software enables you to understand how your business works how it breaks and how to put it together again.

The Role

The Staff Architect will define and scale Fusion's platform and integration strategies ensuring scalability security and adaptability for enterprise SaaS workloads while providing technical leadership across teams.

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The Role
We're looking for a platform-focused systems-oriented Staff Architect to help define and scale the core platform and integration capabilities at Fusion. This role will shape how our platform connects data services and ecosystems across some of the world's most complex and resilience-critical organizations.
This role holds architectural ownership for Fusion's expanding off-platform footprint in Microsoft Azure and defines the integration patterns between cloud-native services and external enterprise platforms. The Staff Architect will establish architectural standards service boundaries and data movement strategies to ensure long-term scalability security and platform optionality.
This is a high-impact high-ownership role for someone who wants to operate at both strategic and hands-on levels-defining architectural direction guiding engineering teams and building extensible integration frameworks that power Fusion's next generation of products.
You'll work closely with product engineering and customers to ensure our platform is scalable secure and adaptable to a rapidly evolving integration landscape.
Key Responsibilities

Own and govern the architecture for Azure-based off-platform services

Provide final architectural decision authority for off-platform and cross-platform initiatives

Design scalable secure multi-tenant systems supporting enterprise SaaS workloads

Define integration patterns and service boundaries across cloud-native services and external platforms

Establish standards for APIs event-driven systems and platform extensibility

Define and implement guardrails for AI-first development including agentic workflows and automated evaluation

Partner with engineering teams to operationalize AI-driven development practices

Align platform architecture with product strategy and long-term roadmap

Provide technical leadership and mentorship across engineering teams

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

Deep expertise in platform architecture distributed systems and cloud-native design

Proven ability to design and build multi-tenant enterprise SaaS systems with strong isolation scalability and security characteristics

Strong understanding of integration patterns and experience defining architecture across heterogeneous platforms (e.g. APIs event-driven systems SaaS and cloud-native services)

Ability to operate hands-on when needed contributing to both system design and implementation

Experience building API-first platforms and designing systems that balance scalability performance and maintainability

Experience applying AI-first development concepts including agentic workflows code generation and evaluation-driven engineering practices

Strong technical leadership with the ability to influence across teams and translate architecture into actionable guidance

Product-minded with strong communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders

Qualifications (Education and Experience)

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field (or equivalent experience)

10+ years of experience in software engineering including significant experience in architecture roles

Proven experience designing and scaling multi-tenant cloud-based SaaS platforms (AWS Azure or GCP)

Strong experience with microservices distributed systems and event-driven architectures in enterprise environments

Experience defining and implementing integration architectures using technologies such as REST APIs messaging systems (e.g. Kafka) webhooks or iPaaS platforms

Experience with identity and access management (e.g. OAuth SSO) in distributed systems

Experience working in enterprise B2B software environments

Experience applying AI-assisted or agent-based development approaches in production or near-production environments

Milestones for the First Six Months
In one month you will:

Complete all HR and onboarding requirements

Gain a deep understanding of Fusion's platform architecture systems and integration landscape

Build relationships with engineering product and architecture stakeholders

In three months you will:

Contribute to architectural direction for key platform and integration initiatives

Partner with teams to improve or standardize integration patterns and APIs

Begin influencing platform roadmap and technical decision-making

In six months you will:

Lead design and delivery of major platform or integration capabilities

Establish and drive adoption of architectural standards across teams

Act as a key technical authority for platform and integration strategy

Compensation & Benefits
The annual base salary for this position starts at $175000 depending on the candidate's experience qualifications and relevant skill set. The position is also eligible for an annual bonus. Fusion offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical dental vision and a 401(k) plan.
Disclaimers
Fusion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion disability age pregnancy military service or discharge status genetic information sex sexual orientation gender identity or national origin. Nothing in this job posting should be construed as an offer or guarantee of employment.

Top Skills

APIs

Cloud-Native Design

Event-Driven Systems

Identity And Access Management

Kafka

Microservices

Azure

Oauth

Rest

SaaS

Sso

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The Company

HQ: Chicago IL

258 Employees

Year Founded: 2006

What We Do

Fusion Risk Management is recognized as the most innovative and fastest growing provider of cloud-based enterprise software for business continuity risk management IT disaster recovery and crisis management. Fusion is transforming the industry and has been named a leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Business Continuity Management software.

Why Work With Us

Fusion provides a highly collaborative work environment where motivated employees can advance their careers and contribute to Fusion’s success. Work-life balance is of high importance at Fusion. We are committed to fostering an environment of trust inclusion transparency innovation and one that encourages hard work passion and having fun.

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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

We have a Chicago headquarters and another office in London. While very much a remote environment we encourage attendance for those that wish to work in office and sponsor a number of in-person & remote engagement activities.

Typical time on-site: Flexible

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