Senior Architect

Who We Are  At Bluehost, we believe all small businesses deserve the opportunity to succeed online. Our mission is to give small businesses the confidence to think big. We're the all-in-one platform for small businesses to grow online with powerful simplicity, premium performance, smart tools and human support.

This role is for a dedicated innovation team that works closely with senior executives and tech leadership, focused on rapid prototyping, POCs, and taking experimental ideas to market. You will be the team building the next generation of Bluehost products. We’re seeking a Senior Architect to define and drive the technical vision across our platform, bringing together scalable architecture, modern development practices, and emerging technologies to deliver innovative products to market

This is a hands-on role where you’ll operate as both architect and builder, designing systems that leverage agentic AI, modern cloud architectures, and real-time development workflows. You will play a critical role in shaping what we build, how we build it, and how quickly we bring it to market.

What you’ll do & how you’ll make your mark.

· Define and execute the end-to-end technical vision from concept to production

· Turn 0→1 ideas into scalable, commercialized products

· Design systems where AI participates in the software development lifecycle

· Architect solutions leveraging agentic AI, automation, and cloud-native design

· Evaluate technologies and determine build vs buy vs integrate decisions

· Partner with leadership to align technical direction with business impact

· Mentor engineers while remaining deeply hands-on in development

· AI/ML architecture patterns (RAG, agent frameworks, model serving), system design for AI-native products, and experience evaluating build-vs-buy for AI capabilities.

· Setting technical direction for the innovation team, influencing engineering-wide decisions, building the AI platform layer that other teams can leverage.

Who you are & what you’ll need to succeed.

· 10–15+ years of experience in software engineering and architecture

· Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)

· Deep understanding of microservices, APIs, and distributed systems

· Hands-on experience with modern programming languages (Python, PHP, Go, JavaScript)

· Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices

· Proven ability to take ideas from concept → production → scale

· Strong hands-on coding background—you still build daily

· Strategic thinker with strong execution ability

· Demonstrated experience in architecting AI-native products

Why you’ll love us.

· Work-life balance. Our work is thrilling and meaningful, but we know balance is key to living well.

· We celebrate one another’s differences.  We’re proud of our culture of diversity and inclusion. We foster a culture of belonging. Our company and customers benefit when employees bring their authentic selves to work. We have programs that bring us together on important issues and provide learning and development opportunities for all employees.  We have 20 + affinity groups where you can network and connect with employees globally.

· We care about you. We provide excellent Health Insurance options to fit you, HSA, Medical, Dental, Vision, Matching 401K, Life/AD&D/STD/LTD, Tuition Reimbursement, Pet Insurance, Generous vacation policy, and much more!

· Where can we take you? We’re fans of helping our employees learn different aspects of the business, be challenged with new tasks, be mentored, and grow their careers. Unfold new possibilities with Bluehost #OTOD!

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This Job Description includes the essential job functions required to perform the job described above, as well as additional duties and responsibilities. This Job Description is not an exhaustive list of all functions that the employee performing this job may be required to perform. The Company reserves the right to revise the Job Description at any time, and to require the employee to perform functions in addition to those listed above.