What You’ll do

• Own the future scalability of our core platform, designing event-driven systems that scale "infinitely" from backend to frontend
• Architect and implement foundational data systems, message-based and event-based streams that serve as the backbone of our platform
• Define and drive the technical roadmap for platform scalability, performance, and reliability
• Establish architectural patterns and standards that will be adopted across the engineering organization

Technical Leadership

• Set the standard for engineering excellence through both technical contributions and mentorship
• Drive technological and process standards that fundamentally improve how we build and operate systems
• Partner with engineering and company leadership to align platform architecture with long-term business objectives
• Lead the technical design and implementation of company-critical infrastructure initiatives

Organizational Impact

• Mentor and coach senior engineers on architectural best practices and scalable system design
• Drive collaboration and knowledge sharing across teams to ensure consistent adoption of platform standards
• Proactively identify and clear technical obstacles that could impede the company's growth trajectory
• Raise long-term engineering priorities to the executive level with clear proposals for execution

Qualifications

Required

• BS or MS in computer science, math, or related field
• 10+ years of professional experience with significant platform/infrastructure ownership
• Deep expertise in designing and implementing event-driven architectures at scale
• Proven track record of architecting systems that have successfully scaled 10-100x
• Expert-level understanding of distributed systems, data streaming platforms (Kafka, Kinesis, etc.), and event sourcing patterns
• Experience with cloud-native architectures and AWS services at scale
• Track record of introducing new standards and technologies that transformed engineering organizations
• Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction at the executive level

Leadership & Impact

• History of owning and evolving critical platform services that entire engineering organizations depend on
• Experience mentoring senior-level engineers and technical leads
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences

Bonus Points

• Experience scaling healthcare or life sciences platforms with strict compliance requirements
• Contributions to open-source projects in the distributed systems space
• Experience with real-time data processing and analytics infrastructure
• Background in building developer platforms and tooling