Key Responsibilities- Define the long-term architectural strategy for the economic research platform ecosystem.
- Align architecture with evolving research needs, data growth, and public data access.
- Provide technical leadership across the Research Domain Architect, and Application Architect roles.
- Establish architecture principles, design standards, and governance practices across engineering teams.
- Lead architecture reviews for major technology initiatives.
- Lead architecture for high-availability public APIs and data services used globally by developers and institutions.
- Collaborate with data architecture to support large-scale time-series datasets and historical revisions.
- Design systems capable of handling traffic spikes during major economic events and releases.
- Partner with engineering leaders, and product teams to translate research needs into scalable platform architecture.
- Mentor engineers on modern platform architecture practices.
Required Qualifications- 10+ years of experience in enterprise / platform architecture, solution design and large-scale technology implementations in complex, highly regulated environments. Deep understanding of modern technology stacks, cloud platforms (AWS preferred), and enterprise software solutions.
- Demonstrated experience designing, architecting and supporting external / public-facing applications with a strong emphasis on scalability, security, availability and performance for external customer-facing platforms. Demonstrated knowledge of and leading adoption of industry best practices in the areas of application development, solution architecture, agile methodologies, cloud development, cybersecurity and cloud data architecture. Industry-related certifications in one or more of the above areas are desired.
- Outstanding communication and collaboration skills, including translating technical topics and risks into business teams. Ability to personalize communication to audience from technologists to executive leadership.
- Extensive, in-depth experience implementing highly complex technology projects in a cross-functional matrix environment with demonstrated ability to drive consensus and deliver results. Examples of leading through influence and successfully resolving conflicting priorities are required.
- Deep alignment into the Research business domain which is required to translate business strategy into technical strategy, architecture, value streams and operational needs into a scalable platform that accelerates delivery, maximizes ROI and ensures long-term relevance of solutions.
- Demonstrated ability to define long-term architecture roadmaps and lead complex modernization initiatives.
- Strong experience with API-driven systems and high-traffic public platforms.
- Minimum 5 years of experience designing and operating systems on AWS or similar cloud platforms such as Azure.
- Experience working with modern technology stacks including PHP, Go, Angular, Terraform and PostgreSQL.
- Candidates with less experience may be considered at a lower job grade or salary.
Preferred Qualifications- Experience architecting large public data platforms or analytics platforms.
- Experience with time-series data systems or analytical datasets.
- Experience modernizing legacy systems toward service-oriented or modular architectures.
- Experience designing developer ecosystems and public API platforms.
- Familiarity with distributed data processing systems and data pipelines.
Total RewardsBring your passion and expertise, and we'll provide the opportunities that will challenge you and propel your growth-along with a wide range of benefits and perks that support your health, wealth, and life.
Salary: $140-170k
In addition to competitive compensation, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that all brought together in a flexible work environment where you can truly find balance:
- Generous paid time off
- Tuition & Training assistance/reimbursement
- 401(k) match & Annuity/Pension fund
- Top-notch health care benefits
- Child and family care leave
- Professional development opportunities
- And more...
Full Time / Part TimeFull time
Regular / TemporaryRegular
Job Exempt (Yes / No)Yes
Job CategoryInformation Technology Family Group
Work ShiftFirst (United States of America)
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