What are the responsibilities and job description for the Platform Architect position at Koch Industries?
Koch Capabilities is seeking a Platform Architect to join a new innovation team that is building a capability to support Koch's subsidiaries in their efforts to build profitable immersive applications (i.e., AR, VR, Digital Twins). As the architect for Metaverse Technologies Platform, you will lead the design and development of a scalable and robust platform that can support a wide range of applications, using a composable architecture. They will need to understand the platform needs, the market alternatives and make quick decisions on how to buy/build the capabilities required. An immature technology landscape will require the ability to pivot and periodically replace components as needed and/or technology matures.
What You Will Do
- Design and develop the architecture for a metaverse technologies platform that supports a variety of applications.
- Ensure a composable architectural approach.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product management, engineering, and UX, to understand requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
- Develop and implement a strategy for ensuring the scalability, reliability, and security of the platform.
- Provide technical leadership to the development team, ensuring that best practices are followed and that the code is of high quality.
- Work with stakeholders to identify areas for improvement and make recommendations for enhancements to the platform.
- Stay up to date with emerging trends and technologies in the metaverse space.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Experience in software architecture and development
- Proven track record of designing and building scalable, reliable, and secure platforms.
- Experience with DevOps processes
- Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure and containerization technologies such as Kubernetes
- Experience with microservices architecture and API design
- Demonstrated experience influencing architectural decisions with senior leadership.
What Will Put You Ahead
- Experience with Metaverse technologies such as augmented and virtual reality
- Experience designing and building immersive applications
- Experience with Unity and Matterport
- Experience with Agile methodologies
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Hiring Philosophy
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Who We Are
Koch Industries creates and innovates a wide spectrum of products and services that make life better. Our work spans a vast number of industries across the world, including engineered technology, refining, chemicals and polymers, pulp and paper, glass, electronics and many more. Headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, Koch employs 120,000 employees across the globe.
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Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf
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