Senior Platform Architect — API-First, Data & Cloud

Jobtailor; Kansas; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior architect to own end-to-end architecture across a multi-system platform. You will drive decisions in backend systems, integrations, and data platforms, shaping data models and API-first interfaces for scalable, secure, and compliant solutions.

You will define data warehouse strategy, enable operational reporting, and collaborate with product, IT, and business stakeholders to deliver enduring platform capabilities across teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience with platform or full-stack focus.
• Proven ability to design and build enterprise-scale platforms and distributed systems.
• Strong experience with system architecture, APIs, integration strategy, and scalable backend services.
• Deep understanding of data architecture, data modeling, and data pipeline design.
• Hands-on experience building production systems in cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and modern engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the end-to-end architecture for a multi-system platform ecosystem.
• Lead architecture decisions across backend systems, integrations, infrastructure, and data platforms.
• Design core data models and integration patterns shared across systems and business domains.
• Establish API-first architecture, service boundaries, and interoperability standards.
• Lead foundational data architecture, including data modeling, warehouse strategy, and operational reporting enablement.
• Design for scalability, multi-tenancy, security, compliance, and long-term extensibility.

Skills

End-To-End Architecture

Data Architecture

API-First Architecture

Cloud Environments (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Production-Grade Software

Backend Technologies (Node.js, Python,

Frontend Frameworks (React)

CI/CD Pipelines

Infrastructure Automation

Database Fundamentals (Relational, No‑

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a senior architect to own end-to-end architecture across a multi-system platform. You will drive decisions in backend systems, integrations, and data platforms, shaping data models and API-first interfaces for scalable, secure, and compliant solutions.

You will define data warehouse strategy, enable operational reporting, and collaborate with product, IT, and business stakeholders to deliver enduring platform capabilities across teams.