Paltform / API Architect 🏗️

We are looking for an experienced Platfrom Architect to define and drive an end-to-end API strategy for a modern, cloud-native organisation. This role is responsible for shaping API standards, architecture, governance, and tooling to enable secure, scalable, and product-grade APIs across internal and external consumers.This is a hands-on architecture role, combining deep platform engineering with cross-team leadership to deliver a unified, contract-first API ecosystem built on AWS.Your roleOwn and evolve the target API architecture across domains using AWS-native services.Define contract-first API standards (OpenAPI/GraphQL), versioning, schema governance, and CI/CD quality gates.Design and govern API Gateway patterns, routing models, Terraform modules, and policy-as-code guardrails.Architect identity and security models, including OAuth2/OIDC, JWT, AWS SigV4, rate limiting, and WAF controls.Enable teams through paved-road service templates (.NET, Python, TypeScript) with built-in auth, observability, and pipelines.Define integration patterns for event-driven and synchronous APIs, ensuring reliability and backward compatibility.Establish observability and reliability standards (logs, metrics, tracing, SLOs).Lead API modernisation, reducing technical debt and aligning legacy APIs with new standards.Partner with engineering, product, security, and SRE teams to drive adoption and best practices.OfferInternational, collaborative work environmentExposure to large-scale cloud and integration platformsStrong learning and development supportCompetitive compensation and benefitsHybrid workRequirementsTechnical ExpertiseStrong experience designing scalable API platforms on AWS (API Gateway, Lambda, ECS/Fargate, ALB, Cognito, EventBridge, IAM).Deep knowledge of contract-first API design, versioning, and schema governance.Expertise in authentication and authorisation (OAuth2/OIDC, JWT, SigV4).Hands-on experience with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code.Solid understanding of CI/CD, DevOps, security automation, and dependency management.Experience with event-driven architectures and observability tooling.Architecture & LeadershipProven ability to define platform-wide standards and lead large-scale architectural change.Experience creating opinionated templates and enablement tooling.Strong stakeholder communication and ability to influence across teams.MindsetHands-on builder with a pragmatic approach.Strong focus on security, automation, and API quality.Comfortable modernising legacy systems while designing for scale.