Platform Architect

TeleTracking Technologies • Pittsburgh, PA

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About The Position

We are seeking a strategic and hands-on Platform Architect to lead the evolution of our enterprise software platform and establish the architectural foundation that enables scalable, secure, and high-performing digital products. In this role, you will define the long-term technical vision for shared platform capabilities, partnering closely with engineering leadership, product management, infrastructure, security, and operations teams to drive platform strategy, technology roadmaps, and engineering standards. You will design cloud-native architectures, reusable platform services, APIs, event-driven integrations, developer tooling, and enterprise-wide technical capabilities that accelerate software delivery while ensuring reliability, observability, security, and maintainability. As a trusted technical advisor and mentor, you will guide architectural decisions, promote modern engineering practices, evaluate emerging technologies, including AI-enabled platform capabilities, and establish governance frameworks that support innovation and sustainable growth. This is a highly influential leadership role for an experienced architect who is passionate about platform engineering, modernization, technical excellence, and enabling engineering teams to deliver impactful solutions at scale.

Requirements

• 8–10+ years of software engineering experience designing distributed systems, cloud-native platforms, and scalable enterprise software.
• Strong architecture expertise across microservices, APIs, event-driven design, cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, CI/CD, data platforms, and observability.
• Hands-on experience with major cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, and modern programming languages such as Java, C#, Python, Go, or TypeScript.
• Knowledge of application security, identity, authentication, authorization, and secure design practices.
• Ability to evaluate emerging technologies, including AI-assisted engineering tools, and translate them into practical platform improvements.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field (required)
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with healthcare technology, interoperability standards, or SaaS platforms.
• Experience with event streaming, service mesh, cloud-native networking, observability, or enterprise data platforms.
• Experience designing AI-enabled platforms or integrating LLM-based capabilities.
• Experience leading architecture reviews, technical governance, or engineering modernization efforts.
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field (preferred)

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and evolution of shared platform capabilities that enable engineering teams to build secure, scalable, reliable software.
• Set architectural direction, guide technical standards, and partner across teams to support current products and future growth.
• Define and evolve the architecture for shared platform capabilities across enterprise products.
• Partner with engineering, product, security, infrastructure, and operations teams to shape platform strategy, technical standards, and roadmaps.
• Design reusable services, APIs, event-driven integrations, developer tools, and reference implementations that accelerate software delivery.
• Provide technical guidance, mentor engineers and architects, and support major design and modernization initiatives.
• Evaluate cloud services, AI capabilities, and open-source technologies that improve scalability, reliability, security, and engineering productivity.
• Create architecture documentation, reference designs, and engineering guidance that support platform adoption and long-term maintainability.
• Promote reusable design patterns, secure engineering practices, and continuous improvement.
• Help teams adopt new technologies responsibly and effectively.

Benefits

• Employee Medical/dental/vision premiums paid 100% - family members without coverage
• Medical 100% - small cost for dependents on dental and vision, which start from day one!
• Life and AD&D
• Flexible Spending Accounts: Medical, Dependent Care, and Transportation
• 401 (k) Retirement Savings
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Military Paid Leave (up to 6 months of base salary while on military leave)
• Paid Time Off
• Paid parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior