Lead Solutions Architect

About Us

Job Description

1. Technical Leadership & Architecture

• **Architectural Evolution:**
• Lead the strategic development of our backend from proprietary AWS services to a cloud-agnostic architecture (e.g., transitioning to Kubernetes/Docker-based microservices).
• **System Design:**
• Design high-performance, event-driven APIs that serve mobile and web applications, ensuring low latency for real-time analytics.
• **Scalability:**
• Ensure the platform can handle massive spikes in traffic generated by global media events and social audience surges.

2. Application & Platform Development

• **Full-Cycle Engineering:**
• Oversee the development of the core PaaS, ensuring seamless integration between raw data ingestion and the application layer (MarTech/AdTech tools).
• **API Strategy:**
• Define and maintain published APIs for clients, internal consumers and external B2B partners.
• **Data Activation:**
• Build the pipelines that transform raw behavioral data into actionable business insights and real-time monetization triggers.

3. Team Management

• **Mentorship:**
• Lead an international mixed team of internal and 3rd party developers, conducting code reviews, technical planning sessions, and fostering a culture of engineering excellence.
• **Collaboration:**
• Work closely with Product Managers and Data Scientists to translate business requirements into technical specifications.

The Tech Stack (Current & Future)

• **Current Infrastructure:**
• AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, EventBridge).
• **Future Direction:**
• Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE), Docker, Terraform/Pulumi, Kafka/Redpanda.
• **Languages:**
• Node.js (TypeScript), Python, or Go.
• **Data:**
• NoSQL, Timeseries DBs, Big Data processing frameworks.

Must-Have

• **Experience:**
• 7+ years in software engineering with 2+ years in a Lead or Senior Architectural role.
• **Cloud Agnosticism:**
• Proven experience decoupling applications from specific cloud providers.
• You know how to containerize workloads and manage orchestration.
• **Event-Driven Expertise:**
• Deep understanding of asynchronous programming, message queues, and event streams.
• **PaaS/SaaS Background:**
• Experience building platforms where the API
• *is*
• the product.
• **Domain Knowledge:**
• Familiarity with high-volume data handling (preferably Social Data, MarTech, AdTech and eCommerce environments).

Nice-To-Have

• Experience with GraphQL.
• Background in MarTech or programmatic advertising.
• Experience implementing "Infrastructure as Code" (IaC) in a multi-cloud environment.

Preferred Experience And Qualifications

• **High-Volume Data Handling:**

Real-Time Analytics

• or "Big Data" pipelines (e.g., Apache Flink, Spark, ClickHouse, or Snowflake).
• **Industry Background:**
• Prior experience in

Adtech (Dsp And Ssp)

Martech

Social Media Apis

• (Meta Graph API, TikTok API, etc.) is highly desirable.
• **Monetization Tech:**
• Understanding of how data ties to monetization (e.g., programmatic advertising, audience segmentation, subscription models).

What You'Ll Gain

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses
• Flexible remote/hybrid work options
• Stock options
• A key role within an exciting, mission-driven team, with unlimited growth opportunities.