Product Architect I at Sunbird Software Inc. – Piscataway, New Jersey

As a junior product architect, you will act as the bridge between data-center domain knowledge, user experience needs, and software architecture. You will research data center technologies, dissect complex concepts, design features, design UI/UX and write high-quality requirements that guide our development team. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys tinkering, reasoning through challenging problems, and understanding how things work end-to-end.

Key Responsibilities

• Understand deeply how our DCIM software system is architected and how components interact.
• Contribute to solution design and feature architecture; identify and document thorough functional and non-functional requirements.
• Design new requirements with all existing requirements in mind to avoid conflicts and spot unforeseen issues.
• Think critically and logically to solve multidimensional and intricate problems.
• Research new technologies, data-center equipment, and protocols to design new features or improve existing capabilities.
• Translate complex engineering and data-center concepts into clear, actionable requirements for developers.
• Work closely with product, UX/UI, and development teams to ensure features are logical, intuitive, and visually clean.
• Create nearly pixel-perfect UI Mockups to ensure clarity, simplicity, and usability.
• Understand the SQL database architecture such that proposed database changes maintain simplicity and performance.
• Participate in troubleshooting, validating workflows, and improving system logic.
• Support quality assurance by validating software behavior matches design intent.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Strong understanding of data center infrastructure, including servers, networking, power distribution, PDUs, UPS systems, cooling, racks, and cabling.
• Solid knowledge of electricity fundamentals, including three-phase power, power calculations, loads, redundancy concepts, and electrical efficiency.
• Ability to think logically and reason through highly complex, multi-layered problems.
• Curiosity-driven mindset: enjoys exploring “how things work” and learning new technologies.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills with cross-functional teams.
• Eye for clean, intuitive UI/UX, even if not a designer.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering.