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Platform Architect

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26 days ago
Barcelona, Spain or Madrid, SpainSenior

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain internal developer platform APIs, CLIs, web surfaces, and self-service golden paths.
  • Evolve build and deployment platforms using Kubernetes and GitOps tooling across environments and regions.
  • Contribute to AI-native software development capabilities including coding agents, orchestration, automated code review, and vulnerability patching.
  • Define engineering standards and architectural patterns, and author and review company-wide RFCs.
  • Serve as a technical referent by mentoring engineers, leading architecture reviews, and coordinating with Security, Infrastructure, and product engineering teams.
  • Identify automation opportunities, track platform and applied-AI trends, and pilot improvements for scale and compliance.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
  • 5+ years of professional experience building backend, platform, or DevOps systems.
  • Strong programming proficiency in at least one of TypeScript/Node.js, Go, or Python, with willingness to work across all three.
  • Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, modern CI/CD pipelines, and a major cloud provider, preferably AWS.
  • Experience building internal tooling, reusable SDKs or libraries, or platform components used by engineering teams.
  • Demonstrable daily use of AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Copilot, or Cursor, plus interest in LLMs and agents.
  • Advanced English proficiency and ability to communicate complex ideas to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Flexible schedules and a flexible combination of self-managed focus time and in-person collaboration depending on role and location.
  • Opportunity to work in the fintech industry on global financial infrastructure.
  • Referral bonus program.
  • Work from anywhere while traveling for up to three months each year.

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