Principal Software Architect
Maestronic
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Maestronic is an innovative global company, independently owned and operated, established in 1992. We are a trusted designer, manufacturer and installer of reliable transit information and security systems with five locations in The Netherlands, Canada, USA, Indonesia, and China with over 60 experienced staff. Our headquarters is in Vancouver, BC Canada. We are proud members of APTA, UITP, CUTA, ITxPT and our information systems are in operation in over 10,000 buses and railcars worldwide. In addition, we manage large transit installation and maintenance projects and cooperate with local subcontractors. We design certified MIL-spec products with maximized longevity for transit, and hold many patents worldwide.
Responsibilities – Senior Software Architect
- Design and lead architecture for scalable, distributed, and fault-tolerant systems .
- Solve performance and scalability issues across applications and databases.
- Experience building complex large scale industrial SaaS software solutions.
- Architect and optimize PostgreSQL databases for reliability and efficiency.
- Drive multi-tenant SaaS and event-driven architectures (Kafka or similar).
- Guide legacy-to-modern system migrations and integration of IoT hardware/software .
- Collaborate with teams across multiple stacks ( Laravel/PHP, .NET/C#, C++) and web-based platforms.
- Define and enforce cloud, security, and deployment standards .
- Document architectural decisions and maintain technical standards.
- Mentor engineering teams and provide strong technical leadership .
Requirements – Senior Software Architect
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
- 10+ years’ experience in software/system architecture, with proven success in scalable, high-transaction systems .
- Strong expertise in .NET/C#, Laravel/PHP , and familiarity with front-end (Qt, React) and back-end (Node.js, Python, etc.) stacks. 'Full-Stack)
- Advanced knowledge of PostgreSQL/database design (SQL, NoSQL, time-series) and performance optimization.
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD DevOps practices .
- Experience in multi-tenant SaaS architecture, microservices, and event-driven systems (Kafka or similar).
- Excellent understanding of IoT/embedded systems (MQTT, CoAP, BLE), edge computing, and hardware-software integration.
- Skilled in performance tuning, caching, data security, compliance, and high-availability architectures.
- Experience in migrating legacy systems to modern platforms (advantage).
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, leadership, and mentoring skills.
- Excellent English communication (written & spoken) for global collaboration.
- Eagerness to learn, improve, and drive technical excellence.
Nice to have experience:
- Public transit, fleet management AVL software and systems,
- Passenger counting, CCTV, passenger information, automatic fare collection (APC), Dispatching (CAD)
- Embedded software experience inc. RTOS, VDSL, Native C.
- Wireless gateways and corporate networking.
- AI Machine learning, machine vision, data analysis
Seniority level Mid-Senior level
Employment type Full-time
Job function Engineering and Information Technology
Industries IT Services and IT Consulting
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