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 foundational systems that enable other teams to build effectively. In this position, you will focus on platform-level products where your architectural patterns, API design choices, and technical documentation directly influence how multiple development teams operate.
Platform products in scope:
- TimeBack: Educational platform that supports Alpha School's 2-hour learning model (99th percentile test results)
- Incept: Content generation platform producing personalized educational content for various learning applications
- Crossover: AI-powered hiring platform handling tens of thousands of applicants each month
- This position is design-intensive: 50% producing specifications, API contracts, and technical decisions; 30% building complex platform capabilities; 20% conducting reviews and providing guidance. You hold technical authority on architectural choices. Once aligned with the team, your specifications become binding.
Compact team of capable colleagues, significant ownership, minimal bureaucracy. You design it, you implement it, you maintain it.
What you will be doing
- Producing specifications prior to development kickoff
- Crafting APIs with backward compatibility and extensibility in mind
- Recording Important Technical Decisions (ITDs) with supporting rationale
- Implementing complex platform capabilities
- Conducting PR reviews to ensure architectural consistency
What you will NOT be doing
- Extensive team leadership or personnel management
- Development on straightforward app-level products
- Participating in continuous meeting cycles
- Architecture work detached from 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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