Staff Platform Architect $200,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market.
Most roles = hourly rate x 40 hrs x 50 weeks
Description
We seek Platform Architects to architect the foundational systems that enable other teams to build efficiently. Your work will focus on platform-level products where API design, architectural patterns, and technical documentation directly influence how multiple development teams operate.
Potential products include:
- TimeBack: Educational platform enabling Alpha School's 2-hour learning model (99th percentile test results)
- Incept: Content generation platform producing personalized educational content across multiple learning applications
- Crossover: AI-powered hiring platform managing tens of thousands of applicants monthly
- This role emphasizes design: 50% producing specifications, API contracts, and technical decisions; 30% building complex platform features; 20% conducting reviews and providing guidance. You hold technical authority over architectural choices. Once aligned with the team, your specifications become binding.
Compact team of capable peers, substantial ownership, zero bureaucracy. You architect it, you implement it, you maintain it.
What you will be doing
- Producing specifications prior to implementation
- Architecting APIs with backward compatibility and extensibility in mind
- Authoring Important Technical Decisions (ITDs) with supporting rationale
- Implementing complex platform features
- Conducting PR reviews to ensure architectural consistency
What you will NOT be doing
- Extensive team leadership or people management
- Development on straightforward app-level products
- Participating in endless meetings
- Pure architectural work without hands-on implementation
Candidate requirements
- Minimum 5 years of professional software development experience
- Minimum 2 years architecting systems where other teams consumed your APIs or relied on your architectural decisions
- Demonstrated history of authoring technical specs or technical decisions implemented by others
- Experience integrating AI tools into development workflow
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