Senior Architect - Full Stack (React, GraphQL, Rails)

About Maestro

Maestro is the value creation platform designed exclusively for the Private Equity industry. Backed by S&P Global, Accordion Partners, and several General Partners from the PE industry, Maestro helps PE sponsors modernize their operations and maximize value creation within their portfolio through active portfolio management and collaboration with portfolio company management teams.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled hands-on Senior Architect with a deep expertise in both coding and product architecture. The ideal candidate will be proficient in full stack development, with a strong focus on both frontend (JS, React, GraphQL, Apollo) and backend (Ruby on Rails, Postgres, Redis) technologies.

This position must be based in our Boston office and is a hybrid role with the flexibility to work remotely 2-3 days a week.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Architectural Design:

• Lead the design and development of scalable, robust, and secure product architectures.
• Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to define technical requirements and product specifications.
• Create and maintain architectural documentation, ensuring alignment with industry best practices.

2. Full Stack Development:

• Develop, test, and maintain front-end web applications using Javascript, React, GraphQL, and Apollo.
• Develop, test and maintain back-end services and APIs using Ruby, Rails, Graphql, Postgres, Redis and Elasticsearch
• Ensure seamless integration of front-end and back-end components.
• Optimize application performance and ensure responsiveness across devices and browsers.

3. Technical Leadership:

• Mentor and guide junior developers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Conduct code reviews, providing constructive feedback to ensure high-quality code standards.
• Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry trends, recommending innovative solutions to enhance our tech stack.

4. Collaboration and Communication:

• Work closely with cross-functional teams including designers, product managers, and QA engineers.
• Break down complex work streams into achievable stories and tasks with proper effort estimation.
• Effectively communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Facilitate technical discussions and decision-making processes.
• Start-up mindset, with “think like an owner” mentality.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience as a Senior Architect or similar role, with a strong portfolio of successful projects.
• Expertise writing SQL and using Postgres, including transactions, indexing, and identifying performance related issues like (n+1) queries
• Expertise using object-relational (ORM) frameworks (ActiveRecord) including eager loading and relationship management
• Expertise in data modeling and schema development
• Expertise with Ruby on Rails
• Experience writing performant API's in Graphql
• Expertise writing frontend applications using Javascript, React, Apollo, Graphql queries/mutations, caching, single page app.
• Proficiency in styling and layout, using HTML, CSS, and styled-components
• Experience using UI component libraries (Material)
• Experience with automated testing frameworks, such as Jest, Playwright and Rspec
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong leadership and mentoring abilities.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Salary: $170,000 – $210,000 + benefits, bonus, and equity
Actual compensation packages are determined by evaluating a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years and depth of experience, education, certifications, cost of labor and internal equity.

Maestro 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.