Vice President of Architecture

Accela is seeking a Vice President of Architecture to serve as a senior technology leader responsible for defining and driving the company's technology strategy, application architecture, and cloud infrastructure architecture. This role requires a developer at heart with hands-on technical depth and executive-level leadership to guide teams and make durable architecture decisions that support Accela's products and platforms.

Requirements

• 12+ years of progressive experience in software engineering and architecture leadership
• Proven executive-level leadership in cloud-native SaaS environments
• Deep hands-on expertise across modern cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, APIs, container orchestration, and DevSecOps
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale architecture decisions and platform modernization efforts
• Experience embedding security and compliance into system design
• Track record of mentoring senior technical leaders and influencing cross-functional teams
• Experience deploying AI/ML or agentic AI frameworks within SaaS environments
• Strong executive communication skills

Benefits

• Flexible time off
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
• Family planning benefits
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
• Health savings account with company contributions
• Flexible spending account
• Life, accident, and disability coverage
• Business travel insurance
• Employee assistance programs
• Other well-being benefits