Associate Architect Platform Engineer

As an Associate Technical Architect - Platform at Quantiphi, you will play a key role in leading the technical design and implementation of robust platform infrastructures. Your responsibilities will include developing comprehensive solution architectures, ensuring strict technical governance, and providing expert oversight on LLM gateway integrations. Collaboration with Verizon Leaders to define technical roadmaps and stakeholder management will be crucial aspects of your role. Key Responsibilities: - Develop comprehensive solution architectures and ensure strict technical governance across all platform initiatives. - Review and approve architectural changes to ensure alignment with long-term platform stability and performance goals. - Provide expert oversight on LLM gateway integrations, ensuring secure and efficient communication between models and applications. - Define and enforce standards for observability, auditability, and production readiness to ensure 24/7 operational excellence. - Partner with Verizon Leaders to create Low-Level Design (LLD), High-Level Design (HLD), and multi-year technical roadmaps. - Provide daily status updates to leadership and act as the final technical escalation point for complex platform issues. - Lead the adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles to manage and scale platform resources efficiently. Qualifications Required: - Advanced proficiency in Python and FastAPI, with a deep understanding of Pydantic for data validation and software engineering principles. - Expert-level experience in architecting, deploying, and managing highly available clusters using Kubernetes, including service mesh and resource management. - Proven experience with Terraform for Infrastructure as Code and managing Cloud Storage solutions. - Extensive experience in System Design, including the implementation of Redis and vector databases for high-performance data retrieval. - Robust background in API Governance and hands-on expertise in Cloud Troubleshooting to resolve complex infrastructure bottlenecks. - Expert experience implementing comprehensive monitoring and logging solutions to ensure platform health and auditability. - Exceptional leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to drive thought leadership and mentor junior engineers. Additional Information about the Company: Quantiphi is an award-winning Applied AI and Big Data software and services company that is driven by a deep desire to solve transformational problems at the heart of businesses. The company's signature approach combines groundbreaking machine-learning research with disciplined cloud and data-engineering practices, creating breakthrough impact at unprecedented speed. With a strong focus on AI-first digital engineering services and platforms, Quantiphi has experienced significant growth since its inception in 2013. The company is headquartered in Boston and has over 3700 professionals across global offices. Quantiphi has been recognized with multiple prestigious awards, including the NVIDIA AI Partner of the Year, Google Cloud Partner of the Year, and AWS AI/ML Partner of the Year. As an Associate Technical Architect - Platform at Quantiphi, you will play a key role in leading the technical design and implementation of robust platform infrastructures. Your responsibilities will include developing comprehensive solution architectures, ensuring strict technical governance, and providing expert oversight on LLM gateway integrations. Collaboration with Verizon Leaders to define technical roadmaps and stakeholder management will be crucial aspects of your role. Key Responsibilities: - Develop comprehensive solution architectures and ensure strict technical governance across all platform initiatives. - Review and approve architectural changes to ensure alignment with long-term platform stability and performance goals. - Provide expert oversight on LLM gateway integrations, ensuring secure and efficient communication between models and applications. - Define and enforce standards for observability, auditability, and production readiness to ensure 24/7 operational excellence. - Partner with Verizon Leaders to create Low-Level Design (LLD), High-Level Design (HLD), and multi-year technical roadmaps. - Provide daily status updates to leadership and act as the final technical escalation point for complex platform issues. - Lead the adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles to manage and scale platform resources efficiently. Qualifications Required: - Advanced proficiency in Python and FastAPI, with a deep understanding of Pydantic for data validation and software engineering principles. - Expert-level experience in architecting, deploying, and managing highly available clusters using Kubernetes, including service mesh and resource management. - Proven experience with Terraform for Infrastructure as Code and managing Cloud Storage solutions. - Extensive experience in System Desig