API 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 are seeking Platform Architects to establish the architectural foundations upon which other teams will build. In this role, you will focus on platform-level products where your API design choices, architectural patterns, and technical documentation directly influence how multiple development teams operate.
Platform products in scope:
- TimeBack: Educational platform supporting Alpha School's 2-hour learning model (99th percentile test results)
- Incept: Content generation platform producing personalized educational content for multiple learning applications
- Crossover: AI-powered hiring platform processing tens of thousands of applicants monthly
- This role emphasizes design: 50% authoring specifications, API contracts, and technical decisions; 30% building complex platform features; 20% code review and technical guidance. You hold technical authority over architectural choices. Once aligned with the team, your specifications become binding.
Small team of capable peers, high ownership, minimal bureaucracy. You design it, you build it, you own it.
What you will be doing
- Authoring specifications prior to development kickoff
- Crafting APIs with backward compatibility and extensibility in mind
- Creating Important Technical Decision (ITD) documents with detailed rationale
- Implementing complex platform features
- Conducting PR reviews to ensure architectural consistency
What you will NOT be doing
- Extensive team leadership or people management
- Building simple application-level products
- Spending time in excessive meetings
- Pure architectural work with no hands-on implementation
Candidate requirements
- At least 5 years of professional software development experience
- At least 2 years designing systems where other teams consumed your APIs or depended on your architectural decisions
- Track record of writing technical specs or technical decisions that others implemented
- Experience with AI tools in development workflow
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