What are the responsibilities and job description for the Platform Architect position at Agile Resources, Inc.?
Location: Atlanta, GA (onsite first 6 months, then hybrid – 2 days remote per week)
Type: Full-time | Direct Hire | Permanent
Compensation: Up to $160K base 5% bonus (depending on experience)
Benefits
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, vision, life, and supplemental insurances)
- Short- and Long-Term Disability (STD/LTD)
- HSA & FSA options
- PTO
- 401(k) retirement plan
About the Role
We are seeking a Platform Architect to lead the modernization and technical evolution of a large-scale, enterprise SaaS platform. This role is ideal for someone who thrives as both a strategic thinker and a hands-on architect, capable of transforming legacy systems into modern, cloud-native architectures. You will define platform direction, partner with global engineering teams, and drive the transition from monolithic applications to microservices using the Azure ecosystem and the .NET stack.
This role is the sole architect on the team initially, with the opportunity to grow into a Chief Architect role and build an architecture organization.
What You’ll Do
- Lead modernization efforts moving from a monolithic architecture to modular monolith and microservices
- Design and evolve multi-tenant SaaS platforms using Azure services
- Establish architecture standards across .NET/C#, Angular, SQL Server, and TypeScript
- Architect distributed systems including API gateway design, event-driven patterns, CQRS, and service orchestration
- Drive cloud-native resiliency patterns (circuit breakers, retries, geo-redundancy, failover)
- Implement performance engineering practices—profiling, load testing, and optimization
- Define and maintain architecture documentation and decision records
- Partner with DevOps to design CI/CD pipelines, quality gates, and IaC solutions
- Lead cloud security, identity management, and compliance best practices
- Collaborate closely with global engineering, data, product, and IT teams
- Mentor engineering teams on architectural principles, patterns, and best practices
- Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies, including AI/ML and agentic systems
What We’re Looking For
- 10 years of professional software/platform engineering experience
- 3 years in a current architect role (consistent, not bouncing between lead → architect → lead)
- Strong development background in .NET, C#, ASP.NET
- Experience with Angular for front-end architecture alignment
- Deep expertise with Azure cloud services (App Services, Functions, Service Bus, Cosmos DB, Azure SQL)
- Proven experience modernizing legacy architectures into modern, cloud-native systems
- Strong understanding of SaaS architecture, multi-tenant systems, and global user bases
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD, observability, telemetry, and automated testing strategies
- Excellent communication skills—ability to work with distributed/global teams
Bonus Skills (Nice to Have):
- Experience with Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Agent Framework, or generative AI systems
- Architectural certification (TOGAF, Zachman, C4 Model)
- Experience with event sourcing, CQRS, distributed transactions, or service mesh
- Exposure to semantic technologies or knowledge graphs