Platform Architect

Description Appcharge is a leading direct-to-consumer platform for app publishers. We help publishers sell digital goods directly to their users - bypassing traditional app store commissions and owning the full payment and commerce experience. The result: higher margins, better flexibility, and a more direct relationship with end users. Backed by $89M from leading investors and operators, we’ve grown 14x in the past year and now process over a billion dollars annually. We’re building the infrastructure that lets modern app businesses take back control of monetization – at scale. As a Senior Platform Engineer you will join our Platform Team and be a key part of our newly formed platform team - a team that focuses on creating cross R&D capabilities revolving application, data and AI + architectural guidance across the organization. Responsibilities Lead the end-to-end development of cross R&D platform capabilities from scratch, taking full ownership as a founding member of this newly established department Create and maintain developer tooling and infrastructure. Integrate company wide ai tools for internal and external use Consult on feature development and review architectural designs. Apply R&D wide architectural improvements, ensuring broad and impactful influence across the entire development organization. Drive improvement and collaborate closely with strong technical peers within the team and other departments such as DevOps and QA. Requirements 7+ years of experience in backend development, specializing in microservices and cloud infrastructure (preferably SaaS). Experience with streaming and batch data pipelines: Kafka, SQS, Spark. Deep understanding of Kubernetes, Docker Proven experience leading projects across multiple dev teams. Experience with TypeScript & NestJS is a plus. Team player with a collaborative mindset.