Platform Architect

Rise Technical; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Equity

Cash bonus

Job summary

Rise Technical is seeking an experienced Platform Architect or Technical Lead to own a greenfield platform that will underpin the company\'s future B2B products. You\'ll lead design and development, stay hands-on with Go, and drive architectural decisions in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Based in New York with hybrid or remote options, you will scale a cloud-native platform, collaborate with cybersecurity and compliance teams, and mentor a team of engineers as the company scales toward

Qualifications

• Extensive Go software engineering experience.
• Proven track record designing and scaling distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures and multiple cloud providers.
• Experience in startup or high-growth environments is desirable.
• Ability to make and own high-stakes architectural decisions.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the long-term architecture for a shared, extensible platform serving multiple market-focused products.
• Modernise legacy products by extracting and transforming shared services to reduce complexity.
• Ensure the platform is scalable, secure, production-ready in a regulated environment.
• Partner with cybersecurity and compliance teams to align with frameworks like FedRAMP 20x and NIST RMF.
• Integrate AI capabilities into the shared platform for reuse across products.
• Make high-impact technical decisions in ambiguous, fast-paced settings.
• Improve developer productivity through automation and tooling.
• Advise executive leadership on technical strategy and trade-offs.

Skills

Go

Distributed systems

Cloud-native

Architectural leadership

Startup/high-growth experience

Job description

Salary & Benefits: $200k–250k base, cash bonus, equity, plus medical and dental insurance

An excellent opportunity for an experienced Platform Architect or Technical Lead looking to take ownership of a greenfield platform that will form the foundation of the company's future B2B products.

This company has tripled its revenue over the past few years and is currently at Series A, with plans to secure Series B funding and grow by 50% next year. They are looking for a hands-on technical leader who thrives in a fast-paced, high-performance engineering environment.

In this role, you'll lead the design and development of a new shared platform that will underpin the company's future B2B products. You'll take ownership of key technical operations while remaining hands-on, working primarily with Go to build a cloud-native platform for appliance-based deployments. You'll join a team of eight engineers within a broader engineering organisation of around 35 people. The team is based in New York, however both hybrid and remote working is available.

The ideal candidate will be a Platform Architect with an extensive software engineering background. You will have strong Go expertise, experience building complex distributed systems, and a deep understanding of cloud-native architectures. Previous experience working in high-growth or start-up environments beneficial.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to make a significant technical impact, own a business-critical platform, and help shape the future direction of a rapidly growing company.

The Role:

• Define and drive the long-term architecture for a shared, extensible platform serving multiple market-focused products.
• Modernise legacy products by extracting and transforming shared services to reduce complexity and improve maintainability.
• Ensure the platform is scalable, secure, transparent, and production-ready within a highly regulated federal environment.
• Partner with cybersecurity and compliance teams to align with frameworks such as FedRAMP 20x and NIST RMF.
• Extract and integrate AI capabilities into the shared platform for reuse across products.
• Make high-impact technical decisions in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.
• Improve developer productivity through automation, tooling, and AI-assisted workflows.
• Advise executive leadership on technical strategy, architecture, and key trade-offs.

The Candidate:

• Strong software engineering experience working with Go.
• Previous experience working in startup or high-growth environments.
• Proven track record of designing and scaling complex distributed systems.
• Strong backend engineering expertise across APIs, microservices, data pipelines, or platform architecture.
• Experience working across both legacy systems and greenfield development.
• Solid understanding of cloud-native architectures (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Experience working within or alongside cybersecurity, compliance, or other regulated environments.
• Demonstrated ability to make and own high-stakes architectural decisions.