Platform Lead/Architect_Tempe,AZ

PhotonAnthem, AZ
$64,000 - $224,000Onsite

About The Position

Photon is seeking an experienced Platform Lead / Architect to lead the design, architecture, and delivery of Tulip AI, a unified AI-powered employee support platform. Tulip AI is an enterprise AI platform designed to streamline support across frontline and HQ teams through a single AI-driven interface. The platform combines generative AI, workflow orchestration, enterprise integrations, and automation to help employees resolve requests faster and improve operational efficiency. The Platform Lead / Architect will drive the overall technical architecture for AI platforms, backend services built using Python and FastAPI, integrations, mobile/web applications, and cloud-native systems. This role requires strong expertise in enterprise architecture, AI-enabled platforms, distributed systems, workflow automation, and scalable digital platform delivery.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of experience in software engineering, platform architecture, or enterprise solution architecture.
  • Strong expertise in Python backend development and FastAPI-based microservices architecture.
  • Strong expertise in cloud-native architecture, distributed systems, and scalable enterprise platforms.
  • Experience with Generative AI, AI orchestration frameworks, workflow automation, and enterprise AI platforms.
  • Strong understanding of microservices, REST APIs, event-driven systems, and integration architecture.
  • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Expertise in DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, containerization, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
  • Strong understanding of enterprise security, authentication, authorization, and secure API design.
  • Experience working with Agile delivery models and cross-functional teams.
  • Strong communication, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills.

Nice To Haves

  • Experience in QSR, retail, hospitality, or large-scale consumer digital platforms.
  • Exposure to conversational AI, enterprise virtual assistants, or workflow automation platforms.
  • Experience with RAG architectures, vector databases, semantic search, or AI observability tools.
  • Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, or other event-streaming technologies.
  • Experience leading global engineering teams and enterprise transformation programs.

Responsibilities

  • Lead architecture and technical design for Tulip AI and related digital platforms.
  • Design scalable, secure, and cloud-native solutions across AI, backend, frontend, and mobile ecosystems.
  • Architect and oversee backend services and APIs using Python and FastAPI.
  • Drive implementation of agentic AI capabilities, workflow orchestration, and intelligent automation.
  • Architect enterprise integrations with HR, IT, identity, operational, and third-party systems.
  • Define API, microservices, event-driven, and integration architecture standards.
  • Collaborate with product, engineering, UX, and business teams to align technical solutions with business goals.
  • Support product roadmap planning, backlog prioritization, and Agile delivery execution.
  • Lead engineering best practices for scalability, performance, security, monitoring, and reliability.
  • Drive adoption of AI-assisted engineering and automation practices.
  • Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and architectural governance across teams.
  • Support CI/CD, DevOps, Kubernetes, and cloud deployment strategies.
  • Ensure platform quality through testing, observability, monitoring, and production readiness practices.

Benefits

  • Medical, vision, and dental benefits
  • 401k retirement plan
  • variable pay/incentives
  • paid time off
  • paid holidays
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