Software Architect - API Platform

10+ years of experience as a backend or platform engineer building and operating large-scale, distributed systems Proven track record in leading technical direction for complex systems Strong experience designing and evolving public or internal APIs (REST/gRPC/GraphQL) Experience driving cross-team initiatives Solid understanding of distributed systems fundamentals Hands-on experience with observability (metrics, logs, tracing), performance tuning and designing systems that are safe to change and easy to debug Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical partners, influence decisions and build consensus around architectural direction Experience mentoring senior engineers and helping teams uplevel their system design and API design skills

Lead the technical vision and roadmap for the API Platform Define, evolve, and communicate API standards Act as principal architect for API-related initiatives Partner with product engineering squads to design and review API contracts and integrations Drive improvements in API reliability, performance, and observability Lead or sponsor key platform initiatives Mentor and coach engineers on API design, distributed systems and platform thinking