Platform Architect

About the role

Platform Architect

Design the system that everything runs on.

You will define how all components connect and interact — from mobile apps to backend services to third-party integrations — ensuring a scalable, secure, and reliable foundation for the entire product.

Job Requirements

• Strong background in backend engineering and system architecture

• Deep experience with distributed systems and microservices architecture

• Strong knowledge of:

  • RESTful APIs and/or GraphQL

  • Event-driven architecture (Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar)

  • Database design (SQL and NoSQL systems)

  • System scalability, caching strategies, and load balancing

• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS / GCP / Azure)

• Experience designing high-availability, fault-tolerant systems

• Strong understanding of CI/CD and modern DevOps practices

• Ability to evaluate trade-offs between performance, cost, and complexity

Nice to Have

• Experience in fintech, trading, or high-load transaction systems

• Knowledge of Kubernetes, containerized architectures, and service mesh (e.g., Istio)

• Experience with event sourcing or CQRS patterns

• Strong understanding of security architecture in distributed systems

• Experience leading architecture in production-scale systems

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve scalable, high-performance system architecture

• Define system interactions across microservices, APIs, and external integrations

• Lead architectural decisions and provide technical direction to engineering teams

• Ensure performance, reliability, scalability, and fault tolerance across systems

• Identify architectural bottlenecks and design long-term solutions

• Collaborate with engineering, DevOps, and product teams on system design

• Define engineering standards, system patterns, and best practices