Platform Architect

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.

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.