Platform Architect, Core Services — AI-Driven & Reliable

Sierra Ventures; Córdoba; On-site; ARS 4,000,000 - 8,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Yalo is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to technically lead our Core Services Platform. You will own the architecture and reliability of the platform powering all Yalo products and AI agents, collaborating with cross-functional teams to integrate new systems and features across channels and messaging pipelines.

You will lead architecture, drive technical delivery, and guide engineers. In-depth experience with Go, Python, Kafka, microservices, and cloud infrastructure is essential to deliver

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years building and operating back-end services with staff-level engineering or tech lead experience.
• Proficient in Go, Python, SQL, and strong experience in microservices and API development.
• Expertise in event-driven architectures and Kafka.
• Experience with GCP, Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code.
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems design.
• Experience with identity, authentication, and authorization systems.
• Hands-on experience with AI coding agents and maintaining high PR throughput.
• Proficiency in observability and reliability practices.
• Problem-solving skills in fast-growing platforms with unclear ownership.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture of Core Services, including channel and webhook pipeline, accounts, identity, and entitlements.
• Lead technical delivery, scope work, unblock engineers, and review designs and code.
• Utilize AI coding agents for implementation, testing, and review, while maintaining high PR throughput.
• Ensure reliability and observability with clear team ownership, dashboards, alerts, and on-call incident response.
• Lead platform migrations and govern event and message schemas safely.
• Integrate external platform changes and manage billing and credits models.
• Monitor costs and collaborate with DevOps to optimize spending and reduce waste.
• Mentor team members, set standards, and document design reviews.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to align platform capabilities with product needs.

Skills

Go

Python

SQL

Microservices

API development

Kafka

GCP

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code

Distributed systems

Identity/auth

AI coding agents

Observability

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kafka

Kubernetes

GCP

Terraform / IaC

Job description

Yalo is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to technically lead our Core Services Platform. You will own the architecture and reliability of the platform powering all Yalo products and AI agents, collaborating with cross-functional teams to integrate new systems and features across channels and messaging pipelines.

You will lead architecture, drive technical delivery, and guide engineers. In-depth experience with Go, Python, Kafka, microservices, and cloud infrastructure is essential to deliver