Platform Architect

Pacer Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 76,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k)

Job summary

Pacer Group seeks a senior engineering leader to anchor its enterprise platform. You will design reference architectures, drive secure, scalable cloud operations, and mentor peers.

This role emphasizes building AI control planes, multi-agent frameworks, and high-assurance cloud solutions across the tech stack. Reporting to the Head of Engineering, you will own paved roads, enforce governance, containerize services, and advance telemetry, cost attribution, and vendor integrations in a complex

Qualifications

• Must-have senior/Principal full-stack and platform engineering experience.
• Hands-on expertise with Kubernetes, containers, and IaC.
• Strong background in GenAI, LLM runtimes, and multi-agent orchestration.
• GCP depth plus security-by-design and data governance.

Responsibilities

• Own reference architecture and reusable patterns across assets.
• Build AI control-plane services integrated with enterprise gateways.
• Develop agent-building frameworks and multi-agent topologies.
• Containerize services and standardize telemetry and data formats.
• Lead rigorous testing, CI/CD, and security-by-default practices.

Skills

Full-Stack Engineering

Distributed Systems

Kubernetes

Containers

Terraform

GenAI Engineering

LLM Runtimes

Agent Runtimes

Multi-Agent Orchestration

Python

Go

Java

TypeScript

GKE

Vertex AI

IAM

Security by Design

PII Handling

PHI Handling

Cursor

Claude Code

Copilot

Tools

OpenTelemetry

Delta UniForm

Iceberg

vLLM

Ray

DeepSpeed

Job description

Domain: Insurance | Enterprise Platform Engineering

Pay Rate: $55.00/hr W2 | $66.00/hr C2C

Application Deadline: October 20, 2026

SKILLS REQUIRED

Primary (Must-Have):

• Principal-Level Full-Stack Engineering | Distributed Systems & Platform Engineering | Kubernetes | Containers | Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
• Hands-on GenAI and Agentic Engineering | LLM and Agent Runtimes | Multi-Agent Orchestration | Python | Go / Java / TypeScript

Secondary (Good to Have):

• Cloud Depth with GCP (GKE, Vertex AI, IAM) | Security & Governance by Design | PII/PHI Handling | AI-Assisted Engineering Tools (Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot)

POSITION OVERVIEW

Operating within the enterprise insurance technology division and reporting to the Head of Engineering, this senior individual contributor role serves as the technical anchor for the platform, designing reference architecture and solving complex architectural challenges to ensure secure, scalable, and reliable cloud operations.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own the paved road and reference architecture | Establish reusable registration patterns across assets including metadata, I/O contracts, execution binding, and governance constraints.
• Personally build critical system components | Develop lifecycle registries, AI control-plane services integrated with enterprise gateways, prompt-injection scanning, and multi-vendor cost attribution.
• Build agent-building frameworks and scaffolds | Create patterns and sub-agent topologies to accelerate agent deployment and support automated end-to-end builder agents.
• Enforce software portability and compliance | Containerize all services, standardize telemetry on OpenTelemetry, table formats on Delta UniForm/Iceberg, and open-weight serving on vLLM/Ray/DeepSpeed.
• Establish high engineering standards | Drive rigorous testing, CI/CD, and security-by-default practices | Review complex designs and pull requests while mentoring senior engineering team members.

BENEFITS

• Medical | Dental | Vision | 401(k)

EEOC Compliance

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

DISCLAIMER

AI Usage Policy: Pacer Group uses AI to assist in screening applications. Final hiring decisions are made by human recruiters based on qualifications and experience.