At Cast & Crew, we’ve empowered creativity and supported the global entertainment industry for decades. Together with our family of brands - Backstage, CAPS, Checks & Balances, Final Draft, Media Services, Sargent-Disc, and The TEAM Companies – we operate as a combined entertainment technology and services provider offering industry standard screenwriting accounting software, digital payroll products, data & reporting, and a host of creative tools. The industry continues to move faster than ever, and the need for our expertise, our technology, and our people has never been greater. We are a production’s best ally every step of the way. #OneCastOneCrew
About Cast & Crew
We grew from a modest small business in 1976 to be the premiere provider of entertainment technology and solutions, staying true to our mission of modernizing content production and leading the digital transformation within the industry. Our cloud-based solutions and industry expertise help streamline the entire production lifecycle and have revolutionized how content is made. We now have a global workforce across a host of storied brands, spanning all areas of produced and live entertainment, from film, television, streaming, to advertising, live events, and short-form.
Architect, Software Engineering
Regular Full-Time
Position Overview
What if you could use your technology skills to develop a suite of products that revolutionize the back-office operations of the entertainment industry? Digital solutions covering Accounting & Financials, Payroll & HR, Metrics & Insights, and Content & Collaboration are designed to fuel creativity and help entertainment projects run as efficiently as possible. That's why we're looking for a talented Architect to join Cast and Crew on our journey to transform a historically manual workflow industry.
We are seeking an experienced Software Engineering Architect with expertise in AI, event-driven architecture, microservices, and system integration. You will lead the design and development of scalable software systems from the ground up, leveraging modern technologies. Partnering with cross functional stakeholders, you will gather program requirements, perform architectural analysis, and create and design technical solutions supporting current and future business needs.
If you’re a strong leader with proven experience evaluating industry best-of-class technical approaches—we have a spot for you on our team.
Core Responsibilities
- Communicate progress, risks, and technical challenges to senior management and stakeholders, providing regular updates on product development initiatives.
- Understands the company direction, goals, and industry competitive environment to determine and communicate how specific architectural decisions add value to the organization and to business.
- Communicate and evangelize the overall technology strategy to many stakeholders
- Work with engineering leadership to introduce and uphold state-of-the-art engineering standards, architectural governance, design patterns, and practices in a business friendly and sustainable manner
- Architect event-driven systems and microservices for scalable solutions.
- Participate in designing of AI-driven applications.
- Integrate/consolidate complex systems across different platforms.
- Cloud architecture expertise, particularly with AWS.
- Develop solutions in .NET, Java, and Node.js environments.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless implementation
- Make informed technical decisions that support the product strategy.
- Foster a collaborative environment, promoting effective communication and knowledge sharing among engineering teams and cross-functional departments.
Key Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years experience in software engineering, leveraging Object-Oriented Programming fundamentals, Test Driven Development and Design principles Distributed Architectures
- Proven experience in ground-up software design and architecture.
- Expertise in event-driven design, microservices, and AI technologies.
- Hands-on experience of AWS Cloud services.
- Track record of anticipating technical problems that will fall out of major projects and designing solutions to overcome those problems.
- Proven track record of distilling ambiguity to clarity and direction.
- Demonstrated expertise with building and/or significantly improving large, business-critical systems involving stability, security, performance, and scalability.
- Time-honed expertise with modern SaaS across the entire lifecycle: development, testing, staging, deploying, and monitoring.
- Proficiency in .NET, Java, and Node.js.
- Strong experience in RDMS and SQL.
- Solid understanding of system integration techniques.
- A passion for innovation, continuous learning, and keeping up with emerging technologies and industry trends.
- Solid experience in event driven design paradigm using applications (Kafka, SQS, SNS etc.)
- Proficient in designing, building, and deploying microservices-based applications.
Special Work Conditions
- Sedentary – Involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Some positions may entail exerting up to 15 lbs. of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force to lift, carry, push, or pull.
Compensation is commensurate with various factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, qualifications, skills, training, licensure, certifications, geographic cost of labor, and other business and organizational needs. Compensation range for candidates in other locations may differ based on the cost of labor in that location.
The compensation range for this position is:
$165,000—$175,000 USD
Benefits
Cast & Crew provides a comprehensive package of employee benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, health and wellness programs, employee discounts, and more! Note: Cast & Crew benefits are subject to eligibility requirements.
Due to the high volume of applicants, it is likely that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
CA residents: Your personal information may be collected in connection with certain services provided by Cast & Crew or its affiliated companies. A summary of your California privacy rights can be found at: https://www.castandcrew.com/privacy-policy/
Cast & Crew is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all individuals based on job-related qualifications and ability to perform a job, without regard to age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, disability, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship or marital status, and to maintain a non-discriminatory environment free from intimidation, harassment or bias based upon these grounds.
What We Do
Your goal is to create magical moments. Ours is to help you make it happen.
For decades, we've helped productions in film, television, digital media, and live events, unleash their potential. We provide digital solutions, expert financial services, and cloud workflows that help streamline your processes so you can more easily accomplish your goals.
Along with our portfolio of companies—Backstage, CAPS, Checks & Balances, Final Draft, Media Services, Sargent-Disc, and The TEAM Companies—we'll be by your side at every step of the way.
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