Company Overview

Soros Fund Management LLC (SFM) is a global asset manager and family office founded by George Soros in 1973. With $28 billion in assets under management (AUM), SFM serves as the principal asset manager for the Open Society Foundations, one of the world’s largest charitable foundations dedicated to advancing justice, human rights, and democracy.

Distinct from other investment platforms, SFM thrives on agility, acting decisively when conviction is high and exercising patience when it’s not. With permanent capital, a select group of major clients, and an unconstrained mandate, we invest opportunistically with a long-term view in a wide range of strategies and asset classes, including public and private equity and credit, fixed income, foreign exchange, and alternative assets. Our teams operate with autonomy, while cross-team collaboration strengthens our conviction and empowers us to capitalize on market dislocations.

At SFM, we foster an ownership mindset, encouraging professionals to challenge the status quo, innovate, and take initiative. We prioritize development, enabling team members to push beyond their roles, voice bold ideas, and contribute to our long-term success. This culture of continuous growth and constructive debate fuels innovation and drives efficiencies.

Our impact is measured by both the returns we generate and the values we uphold, from environmental stewardship to social responsibility. Operating as a unified team across geographies and mandates, we remain committed to our mission, ensuring a meaningful, lasting impact.

Headquartered in New York City with offices in Greenwich, Garden City, London, and Dublin, SFM employs 200 professionals.

Job Overview

We're looking for a Technical Architect to own the technical direction of our platform — designing scalable, secure, and maintainable systems while guiding engineering teams on implementation. You'll bridge the gap between high-level business requirements and concrete technical solutions, working closely with engineering, product, and security to ensure our architecture supports both current needs and future growth.

Major Responsibilities

Design and document system architecture for new products and major features, balancing scalability, reliability, security, and cost
Set and evolve technical standards, patterns, and best practices across engineering teams
Champion engineering excellence across the organization, driving adoption of best practices in code quality, test quality, design patterns, and enterprise architecture patterns.
Define and promote testing strategy and standards (unit, integration, regression, chaos) across teams, ensuring quality is built into the architecture upfront
Evaluate and select technologies, frameworks, and services for new initiatives
Partner with engineering leads to review designs, identify risks, and unblock complex technical decisions
Lead architecture reviews for major projects, including security and compliance considerations
Drive decisions on system integration, data flow, and API design across services
Identify and address technical debt, performance bottlenecks, and scalability constraints
Mentor engineers on architectural thinking and system design
Guide the architecture and governance of AI/LLM initiatives, including model integration patterns, data usage, risk controls, and responsible AI practices.
Own architecture and governance for agentic applications — including skills/tooling management, model selection and lifecycle management, and cost efficiency and optimization across AI workloads
Collaborate with product and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical roadmaps
Stay current with emerging technologies and assess their relevance to the organization's needs

What We Value

12+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years in an architecture or technical leadership role
Deep experience designing distributed systems, microservices, or data mesh architectures
Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure (AWS) and infrastructure-as-code practices