Platform Architect - Dallas, United States - Sigmaways

Description

We are looking for an innovative and mission-driven Platform Architect to play a crucial role in designing, building, and maintaining the technology infrastructure (AWS) for our customer's Data Platform and suite of integrated products. The ideal candidate for this role is someone with a deep understanding of designing, implementing, and continuously improving SaaS platforms (AWS) and has experience working cross-departmentally with product, engineering, and operations across the US and overseas.

Check you match the skill requirements for this role, as well as associated experience, then apply with your CV below.

Responsibilities :

• Design the overall architecture of SaaS platforms, considering scalability, performance, security, and availability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions and platform services consumed by applications.
• Operate with scale and speed, amidst flux in the fast-paced environment and evaluate performances regularly, and share and seek feedback.
• Ensure the platform is designed to scale horizontally to handle growing user loads and increasing data volumes.
• Optimize system performance and address bottlenecks in collaboration with development and operations teams.
• Manage the development and delivery of complex features from design to production according to product requirements.
• Work closely with Engineering Leaders, Managers; Product Management, Business Development and Operation teams, and enable them by providing scalable and high-quality technology solutions at a rapid pace.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation of the platform architecture, design principles, and deployment procedures.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the efficiency, reliability, and performance of the SaaS platform.
• Working closely with DevOps and IT operations teams to ensure seamless deployment, monitoring, and management of the platform.
• Ensure that risks and issues are identified and managed closely while driving all stakeholders to deliver on time and to the required quality standards.
• Participate in incident response and troubleshooting efforts.
• Review Architecture and design technically robust, flexible, and scalable solutions and deep understanding of technologies and architecture in a highly scalable and available set-up.

Qualifications :

• An Engineering Degree - B.E/B.Tech/MS in any stream – Computer Science/IT preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in building SaaS platforms and Customer Data Platforms.
• Designing a SaaS product like a "Data Cloud" high-volume data exchange platform on AWS.
• Experience in building and managing highly skilled development teams, and the ability to lead, coach, and influence them.
• Strong track record of leading and managing the delivery of software development projects, meeting key milestones, and overcoming challenges.
• Previous experience in working with other international R&D, product management, and support teams.
• Proven knowledge in both architecture and implementation-level software design of high-scale distributed systems.
• AWS Required.
• Proven knowledge in both architecture and implementation-level software design of high-scale distributed systems.
• Ability to manage, track, and identify risks and oversee technical coordination to resolve them.
• Willingness to work in a fast-paced environment.