Platform Architect & Tech Strategy Lead

Bernard Nickels & Associates; Port Washington (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Bernard Nickels & Associates seeks a Staff Software Engineer to lead Platform engineering in Port Washington, NY, guiding architectural decisions and setting standards for a robust core platform.

You will partner with Product, Design, and Infrastructure to align technical strategy with business outcomes, define contracts, and drive feature roadmaps while ensuring long-term stability of data pipelines and systems.

Qualifications

• Total Experience: 10+ years of professional software engineering (8+ years with cross-team scope).
• Proven history of leading multi-team or multi-domain initiatives from design to production deployment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-impact initiatives on the proprietary core platform, driving architectural design and organizational standards.
• Define frameworks, patterns, and contracts that all engineering teams build upon while retiring technical debt at scale.
• Partner with Product, Design, and Infrastructure to align technical strategy with business outcomes and shape feature delivery roadmaps.
• Connect independently designed custom applications, business systems, and data pipelines to ensure long-term stability and interoperability.
• Drive operational excellence, operational readiness, and mentor engineering talent across the organization.

Skills

Technical leadership

Architectural design

Mentorship

Cross-team collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Python

Django REST Framework

TypeScript

Angular

GraphQL

PostgreSQL

Azure

Terraform

CI/CD

Celery/Redis/Kafka

Job description

Bernard Nickels & Associates seeks a Staff Software Engineer to lead Platform engineering in Port Washington, NY, guiding architectural decisions and setting standards for a robust core platform.

You will partner with Product, Design, and Infrastructure to align technical strategy with business outcomes, define contracts, and drive feature roadmaps while ensuring long-term stability of data pipelines and systems.