Lead Platform Engineer — Reliability, Observability, Scale

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior software architect to define the long-term technical strategy across brand sites, focusing on reliability, observability, and high-quality delivery of business priorities.

You will drive paved-path architecture patterns, mentor senior engineers, and ensure performance, scalability, and resiliency of AWS-based services while collaborating with engineering leads.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Proven ability to drive technical decisions across teams.
• Strong command of web architecture principles and API paradigms (REST/GraphQL).

Responsibilities

• Define and execute a long-term technical strategy across all brand sites, focusing on Reliability, Observability, and high-quality delivery of business priorities.
• Research, evangelize, and drive adoption of paved-path architecture patterns and engineering standards.
• Provide high-level technical guidance and mentoring to senior engineers.
• Conduct effective design reviews and solve advanced technical issues.
• Collaborate with P5-level Engineering Leads on stack standardization.
• Take accountability for performance, scalability, and resiliency of mission-critical cloud-based services.
• Influence department-wide technical planning and manage technical risks for critical site projects.
• Standardize web delivery architectures across consumer-facing brand infrastructure.

Skills

Web Architecture

AWS

Distributed Systems

Technical Strategy

Design Reviews

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a senior software architect to define the long-term technical strategy across brand sites, focusing on reliability, observability, and high-quality delivery of business priorities.

You will drive paved-path architecture patterns, mentor senior engineers, and ensure performance, scalability, and resiliency of AWS-based services while collaborating with engineering leads.