Head of Platform Engineering and Architecture

1) Platform Engineering Leadership

• Lead and manage the Platform Engineering & Architecture Unit, including software engineers, technical leads, architects, and shared engineering capabilities as the unit evolves.

• Define the engineering operating model for the unit, including team structures, role clarity, delivery accountability, and technical decision-making practices.

• Build a high-performance engineering culture grounded in ownership, quality, discipline, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

• Recruit, develop, and retain strong engineering talent aligned with AXS’s platform ambition and future scale.

2) Architecture Ownership & Technical Direction

• Own the overall application and platform architecture for AXS core solutions, ensuring scalability, modularity, maintainability, performance, and security.

• Define architecture principles, design standards, engineering guardrails, and approved technical patterns across backend, frontend, APIs, services, and integrations.

• Lead major design and architecture decisions, including component decomposition, service boundaries, data flows, interoperability approaches, and technical trade-offs.

• Ensure engineering solutions align with long-term platform strategy rather than short-term project-only decisions.

• Act as the senior technical authority for engineering and architecture matters across the Platform Engineering & Architecture Unit.

3) Platform Build, Integration & API Enablement

• Oversee the engineering of reusable platform capabilities, shared services, and integration layers that support current and future products.

• Drive strong API-first and integration-led design practices across internal and external platform interactions.

• Ensure engineering readiness for interoperability, external integrations, client onboarding needs, and future ecosystem expansion.

• Guide engineering approaches for platform extensibility, configurability, and multi-client support where relevant.

4) Engineering Standards, SDLC & Release Engineering

• Establish and govern engineering standards for coding, reviews, testing, documentation, branching, release management, and technical quality.

• Own SDLC discipline across the Platform Engineering & Architecture Unit, ensuring consistent and scalable engineering practices from design through deployment.

• Oversee release engineering practices and coordinate with Platform Operations to ensure reliable build, deployment, and production readiness.

• Strengthen CI/CD maturity, engineering automation, and development workflows to improve speed, predictability, and quality.

• Ensure technical debt is actively identified, prioritized, and managed.

5) Delivery Partnership & Execution

• Partner closely with Product, Solutions, Delivery, AI/Data, and Platform Operations to translate business priorities into engineering plans and scalable technical solutions.

• Ensure engineering commitments are realistic, well-scoped, and aligned with product roadmap priorities and implementation needs.

• Monitor engineering delivery performance across milestones, dependencies, risks, and cross-unit handoffs.

• Support complex client implementations and critical platform initiatives by ensuring sound engineering design and technical execution.

6) Technology Strategy & Platform Evolution

• Contribute to the broader AXS technology strategy and future platform roadmap.

• Evaluate emerging technologies, frameworks