Software Architect
Slalom
IT
Silicon Valley, CA, USA · California, USA · Silicon Valley, CA, USA · United States
USD 122k-225k / year
Posted on Oct 4, 2025
Who You’ll Work With
As a modern technology company, our Slalom Technologists are disrupting the market and bringing to life the art of the possible for our clients. We have passion for building strategies, solutions, and creative products to help our clients solve their most complex and interesting business problems. We surround our technologists with interesting challenges, innovative minds, and emerging technologies
What You’ll Do
Slalom is a fiercely human business and technology consulting company that leads with outcomes to bring more value, in all ways, always. From strategy through delivery, our agile teams across 52 offices in 12 countries collaborate with clients to bring powerful customer experiences, innovative ways of working, and new products and services to life. We are trusted by leaders across the Global 1000, many successful enterprise and mid-market companies, and 500+ public sector organizations to improve operations, drive growth, and create value. At Slalom, we believe that together, we can move faster, dream bigger, and build better tomorrows for all.
Compensation And Benefits
Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability. We also offer yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being-related expenses, as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.
Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For Principal in St Louis, the base salary range is $122,000-189,000. In Washington DC, the targeted base salary range for Principal is $133,000-$186,000. In NorCal, the Principal base salary range is $145,000-$225,000. In addition, individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. Actual compensation will depend upon an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors. The salary pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time.
EEO and Accommodations
Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting, developing and retaining highly qualified talent who empower our innovative teams through unique perspectives and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Slalom will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team if you require accommodations during the interview process.
As a modern technology company, our Slalom Technologists are disrupting the market and bringing to life the art of the possible for our clients. We have passion for building strategies, solutions, and creative products to help our clients solve their most complex and interesting business problems. We surround our technologists with interesting challenges, innovative minds, and emerging technologies
What You’ll Do
- Engage directly with customers to understand their problems and translate requirements into software features
- Travel or relocate (50 %+ time) to be near key customer locations when needed
- Collaborate across disciplines to define and execute backend architectures that deliver performance, reliability, and flexibility
- Build and maintain data integrations, synchronizing customer data to and from our platform
- Deploy software onsite, maintain installations, and support operational continuity
- Develop features in response to customer feedback and actively ensure their satisfaction
- Create backend systems that can function as independent products, accelerating innovation for users
- This position requires an active Top Secret or Secret security clearance.
- Experience as a hybrid engineer (both customer-facing and backend engineering roles)
- Fluency in modern programming languages — e.g., Python, JavaScript — with familiarity in frameworks like Node.js and React as a plus
- Cloud-native expertise: working experience with AWS / Azure / GCP, containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes)
- Solid Linux fundamentals: shell scripting, OS internals, tooling
- Networking fundamentals: understanding of ports, protocols, configurations, and systems connectivity
- Data engineering skills: ETL pipelines, data modeling, data warehousing, and integration across diverse data sources
- Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving — you break down complex challenges, identify root causes, and conceive elegant solutions
Slalom is a fiercely human business and technology consulting company that leads with outcomes to bring more value, in all ways, always. From strategy through delivery, our agile teams across 52 offices in 12 countries collaborate with clients to bring powerful customer experiences, innovative ways of working, and new products and services to life. We are trusted by leaders across the Global 1000, many successful enterprise and mid-market companies, and 500+ public sector organizations to improve operations, drive growth, and create value. At Slalom, we believe that together, we can move faster, dream bigger, and build better tomorrows for all.
Compensation And Benefits
Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability. We also offer yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being-related expenses, as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.
Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For Principal in St Louis, the base salary range is $122,000-189,000. In Washington DC, the targeted base salary range for Principal is $133,000-$186,000. In NorCal, the Principal base salary range is $145,000-$225,000. In addition, individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. Actual compensation will depend upon an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors. The salary pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time.
EEO and Accommodations
Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting, developing and retaining highly qualified talent who empower our innovative teams through unique perspectives and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Slalom will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team if you require accommodations during the interview process.