SaaS Architect – Analytics Platform
Position Summary
The Founding SaaS Architect is responsible for defining and evolving the technical architecture for Qualitrol's Analytics as a Service platform. This individual will establish the engineering standards, architecture and technical direction required to rapidly build secure, scalable and maintainable cloud-native analytics services. The architect will partner closely with the Product Owner and Product Engineers to ensure the platform evolves rapidly while maintaining a high standard of software quality, cybersecurity and operational excellence. Success in this role requires balancing long-term architectural vision with hands-on technical leadership in a fast-paced startup environment.
Primary Responsibilities
- Define The Architecture Supporting Rotating Machine Analytics
- Define The Architecture Supporting Grid Analytics
- Define The Architecture Supporting Future Analytics Services
- Ensure Solutions Are Cloud-native and on-prem
- Secure
- Scalable
- Highly Available
- Maintainable
- Provide technical leadership across the incubator.
- Guide Engineering Decisions Including Architecture
- Design Patterns
- APIs
- Data Models
- Security
- Performance
- Observability
- Coach engineers through design reviews and architecture reviews.
- AI-First Engineering
- Champion AI-assisted Software Development
- Include Specification-driven development
- AI-assisted coding
- Automated code reviews
- Automated testing
- Documentation generation
- Technical debt reduction
- Continuously improve engineering productivity through AI-enabled workflows.
- Establish Standards For Code Quality
- DevSecOps
- CI/CD
- Test Automation
- Cloud Operations
- Cybersecurity
- Partner closely with DevOps to ensure operational excellence.
- Evaluate emerging technologies.
- Lead Technical Decisions Regarding Cloud Platforms
- AI Technologies
- Data Architecture
- Microservices and Plugins
- APIs
- Event-Driven Systems
- Edge-to-Cloud Integration
Required Experience
- 10+ years enterprise software development
- 5+ years architecting SaaS platforms
- Strong cloud architecture experience
- Experience designing highly available distributed systems
- Experience leading engineering teams
- Deep understanding of DevSecOps
Preferred Experience
- Experience with: Microsoft Azure
- AWS
- Kubernetes
- Event-driven architectures
- Industrial IoT
- Industrial Analytics
- AI-assisted software development
Success Measures Within 12 Months
- Scalable SaaS architecture established
- Engineering standards fully adopted
- High deployment frequency achieved
- High platform availability maintained
- AI-assisted development adopted across the engineering team
- Technical debt actively managed
Ralliant Corporation Overview
Ralliant, originally part of Fortive, now stands as a bold, independent public company driving innovation at the forefront of precision technology. With a global footprint and a legacy of excellence, we empower engineers to bring next-generation breakthroughs to life — faster, smarter, and more reliably. Our high-performance instruments, sensors, and subsystems fuel mission-critical advancements across industries, enabling real-world impact where it matters most. At Ralliant we're building the future, together with those driven to push boundaries, solve complex problems, and leave a lasting mark on the world.
About Qualitrol
QUALITROL manufactures monitoring and protection devices for high value electrical assets and OEM manufacturing companies. Established in 1945, QUALITROL produces thousands of different types of products on demand and customized to meet our individual customers’ needs. We are the largest and most trusted global leader for partial discharge monitoring, asset protection equipment and information products across power generation, transmission, and distribution. At Qualitrol, we are redefining condition-based monitoring. We Are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Pay Range
The salary range for this position (in local currency) is 104300.00-193700.00