At loanDepot, the Senior Software Architect position offers deep expertise in architectural guidance and governance within critical technology areas such as microservices, cloud design, AI/LLMs, and observability. This role involves leading technical strategy by producing reference implementations and tooling to accelerate teams, embedding with them on complex initiatives, and maintaining an enterprise applications knowledgebase. The architect will introduce new platform capabilities through deliberate scaling processes and establish best practices across the organization. Ideal candidates have over ten years of software architecture experience, preferably in mortgage or financial services, with expertise in the Microsoft stack including C#, .NET, SQL, Azure AKS, ARM/Bicep/Terraform, and multi-cloud awareness.
Skills
C#
.NET
SQL
Azure
AKS
ARM
Bicep
Terraform
MicrosoftStack
MultiCloud
CI/CD
Kubernetes
Docker
AI
ML
Observability
APM
SelfHealingApplications
What you'll do
Leads technical strategy and creates reference implementations to accelerate teams in their area of expertise.
Removes blockers and implements critical designs for complex initiatives within production environments.
Develops and scales new platform capabilities with deliberate experimentation and training plans.
Maintains enterprise applications knowledgebase containing standards, templates, and guidance for engineering teams.
Establishes and communicates enterprise application development standards to influence peer adoption.
What we're looking for
At least 10 years of experience in software architecture or large-scale systems.
Minimum 5 years of depth in a business-critical domain like cloud platform or microservices.
Expertise with Microsoft stack (C#, .NET, SQL) and Azure technologies (AKS, ARM/Bicep/Terraform).
Demonstrable authoritative expertise in emerging disruptive technologies.
Experience in mortgage/financial services industry preferred, including knowledge of SOX/SOC2/GLBA.
Ability to work across time zones and collaborate with third-party resources.
Market check
Salary context
This
$182,000–$251,000
range sits above
80%
of similar postings on FindRole.
Peer median band
$142,320–$230,000
Median floor and ceiling across peers.
Typical midpoint (25–75%)
$160,550–$214,500
Middle half of comparable postings.
Based on 239 comparable postings.*
* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.
Employer
About LoanDepot
loanDepot is a retail mortgage lender and real estate services company providing home purchase loans, refinances, and home equity products to consumers across the United States. Industry: Mortgage Lending & Real Estate Finance
LoanDepot currently has
9 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$138,000–$190,500
across 8 roles with salary data.
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