Platform Architect

Aura

Platform Architect leading architectural vision and driving backend services for Aura's digital safety products. Managing engineering teams and ensuring security, compliance, and operational excellence.

Posted 6/30/2026full-timeRemote • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $238,285 - $316,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDynamoDBTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, document, and drive the architectural vision and strategy for backend services, ensuring scalability, reliability, security and alignment with business goals.
Define and govern technical standards, patterns, and best practices for cloud infrastructure and application development. Serve as a technical expert for the AWS serverless ecosystem, including Lambda functions, API Gateways, managed databases (e.g., DynamoDB/RDS), and CloudWatch.
Develop, maintain, and evolve the platform's infrastructure using Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC), with a focus on reusable modules and automation.
Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies using tools such as GitHub Actions to automate the software development lifecycle for both infrastructure and application code.
Lead, mentor, and grow a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and accountability.
Provide technical guidance and consultation on complex design challenges, performance tuning, and operational efficiency.
Drive adoption of new technologies and platform capabilities, ensuring a smooth transition for development teams.
Establish and enforce best practices for platform monitoring, alerting, and logging.
Ensure the platform adheres to security, compliance, and cost-management policies.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Must possess at least a bachelor's degree or its equivalent in Computer Science or a related field and at least 5 years of progressive experience as a Software Engineer Lead/ Manager or in a related role managing software engineers/development teams.
At least 5 years of experience providing software engineering technical leadership
At least 5 years of experience working with regulated data, information security and privacy requirements
At least 5 years of experience leading international teams
At least 5 years of experience working with AWS, including AWS management/containers, serverless architecture, Lambda functions, managed databases, API Gateways and CloudWatch
At least 5 years of experience working with Terraform to define and managing Cloud infrastructure
At least 3 years of experience with GitHub Actions or similar automated build and deploy tools tied to the software development lifecycle that control both infrastructure and software
At least 2 years of experience with data warehouse tools/systems (Databricks or Snowflake).

Benefits

Comp & perks

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B2C Aura is a leading bio link tool provider, known for its platform Linktree which allows users to unify all their social media links and online presence into a single bio link. With over 50 million users, including creators, influencers, and small businesses, Aura's Linktree helps users efficiently share and monetize their content across various social media platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. The platform provides extensive analytics to track audience engagement and optimize link performance. Aura empowers users by offering customizable features, payment integration, and the ability to drive offline traffic online using QR codes, making it a versatile and crucial tool for digital creators and businesses. Platform Architect Job not on LinkedIn 🔥 24 minutes ago 🍂 Massachusetts – Remote 💵 $238.3k - $316k / year ⏰ Full Time 🟡 Mid-level 🟠 Senior 🔙 Backend Engineer 🦅 H1B Visa Sponsor AWS Cloud DynamoDB Terraform Apply Now Find Hiring Managers Customize resume + cover letter Report problem ☆ Save ☑️ Mark as applied ❌ Hide 📋 Description
Design, document, and drive the architectural vision and strategy for backend services, ensuring scalability, reliability, security and alignment with business goals.
Define and govern technical standards, patterns, and best practices for cloud infrastructure and application development. Serve as a technical expert for the AWS serverless ecosystem, including Lambda functions, API Gateways, managed databases (e.g., DynamoDB/RDS), and CloudWatch.
Develop, maintain, and evolve the platform's infrastructure using Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC), with a focus on reusable modules and automation.
Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies using tools such as GitHub Actions to automate the software development lifecycle for both infrastructure and application code.
Lead, mentor, and grow a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and accountability.
Provide technical guidance and consultation on complex design challenges, performance tuning, and operational efficiency.
Drive adoption of new technologies and platform capabilities, ensuring a smooth transition for development teams.
Establish and enforce best practices for platform monitoring, alerting, and logging.
Ensure the platform adheres to security, compliance, and cost-management policies. 🎯 Requirements
Must possess at least a bachelor's degree or its equivalent in Computer Science or a related field and at least 5 years of progressive experience as a Software Engineer Lead/ Manager or in a related role managing software engineers/development teams.
At least 5 years of experience providing software engineering technical leadership
At least 5 years of experience working with regulated data, information security and privacy requirements
At least 5 years of experience leading international teams
At least 5 years of experience working with AWS, including AWS management/containers, serverless architecture, Lambda functions, managed databases, API Gateways and CloudWatch
At least 5 years of experience working with Terraform to define and managing Cloud infrastructure
At least 3 years of experience with GitHub Actions or similar automated build and deploy tools tied to the software development lifecycle that control both infrastructure and software
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Hard Skills & Tools

AWS ManagementLambda FunctionsAPI GatewaysManaged DatabasesCloudWatchTerraformGitHub ActionsData Warehouse ToolsPerformance TuningOperational Efficiency

Soft Skills

Team LeadershipMentoringCollaborationTechnical GuidanceAccountability

Certifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Related Field