Senior Full-Stack Platform Architect (Remote, BTI)

Founded in Palo Alto by Dr. Andrew Ng and Israel Niezen, Factored helps U.S. companies build and scale AI, ML, and data teams with the top 1% of LATAM talent.

Overview

Senior Full-Stack/Software Developer – Business Transformation & Intelligence (BTI) team. Responsible for designing the core platform (Factored OS) that enables internal teams to ship and maintain tools efficiently.

Functional Responsibilities

• High Autonomy / High Impact: sole software-focused role in BTI with significant influence over engineering culture.
• Foundation & Architecture: architect a modular, maintainable full-stack application that serves as Factored OS.
• Technical Strategy & Selection: lead evaluation and selection of languages, frameworks, and infrastructure for the platform.
• Technical Mentorship: mentor and pair with a junior engineer, reviewing code and setting technical direction.
• Security & Access Control: design RBAC to protect sensitive engineer and candidate data.
• Documentation & Onboarding: maintain architecture, tech stack, and infrastructure docs; build onboarding path for new contributors.
• CI/CD & Guardrails: build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with automated testing, linting, and deployment guardrails.
• Remote & Agile: work in a fast-paced, remote-first environment that prioritizes shipping to learn.
• Operational Integration: implement bi‑directional API integrations with Greenhouse, HiBob, and Jira.
• Product Discovery & Shaping: collaborate with a Product Manager to translate business needs into technical specs.
• Performance & Scale: develop a high‑performance search and discovery engine for the talent pool (Engineer 360).

Qualifications

• Senior Engineer (8+ Years): proven track record of building, deploying, and maintaining full‑stack, scalable applications.
• Startup‑Native Mindset: experience building from zero in early‑stage environments.
• Leadership: experience formally mentoring or supervising a junior/mid‑level engineer.
• Security Fundamentals: experience with OAuth2, JWT, RBAC and handling sensitive PII securely.
• Strong Data Foundations: deep understanding of SQL and NoSQL architectures; able to justify trade‑offs.
• System Design: expertise in modular architectures that avoid spaghetti code.
• Backend Framework: proficiency in Node.js/TypeScript, Python/FastAPI, or equivalent with REST API design.
• Frontend Framework: proficiency in React/Next.js or equivalent with component‑driven architecture.
• Cloud & CI/CD: experience with AWS/GCP/Azure hosting, automated pipelines.
• Event‑Driven Architectures: queues, pub/sub, webhooks at scale.

Skills & Abilities

• Architectural Decision Making: evaluate third‑party tools vs custom solutions.
• High‑Stakes Communication: translate complex technical plans into clear roadmaps for non‑technical stakeholders.
• Incremental Delivery: break down large goals into prioritized technical tasks.
• Bi‑Directional Integration: manage state synchronization across external systems.

Nice to Have

• Greenhouse, HiBob, and Jira API experience.
• LLM/AI integration via APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.).
• Search engine implementation (Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Algolia, Meilisearch, or pgvector).
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CDK, or CloudFormation).
• UI/UX sensibility and independent prototyping.
• Performance optimization at scale (caching, query tuning, pagination).
• Equity participation.

Benefits

• Paid time off.
• Optional in‑person events and meetups.
• Tailored career roadmaps.
• High‑performance culture.