Research Platform Architect 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 Rewards Bring 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 Time Full time Regular / Temporary Regular Job Exempt (Yes / No) Yes Job Category Information Technology Family Group Work Shift First (United States of America)