Platform Architect
Posted 7 Aug 2026
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- Expected experience
- 10+ yrs
- Management level
- People management
No salary listed for this role.
Field of studyComputer Engineering, Software Engineering (or related)
Study levelBachelor's or higher
Rapsodo is a global sports technology company with offices in Singapore, the United States, Türkiye, Japan, and Malaysia. We develop data-driven sports analytics products that combine computer vision, AI, hardware, and cloud technologies to help athletes measure, understand, and improve their performance.
Our products deliver accurate, real-time performance insights in demanding environments, supporting professional athletes, coaches, and sports organizations around the world.
At Rapsodo, engineers take ownership from concept to production, working across multidisciplinary teams to build innovative products that transform complex motion into actionable insights at global scale.
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About the Role**
As a Platform Architect, you will lead the evolution of Rapsodo's backend, frontend, and mobile ecosystem into a scalable, unified platform. Working across multiple engineering teams, you'll define architectural standards, drive modernization initiatives, and shape the technical foundation that powers the next generation of Rapsodo products.
What You'll Do
- Define the long-term platform architecture and modernization roadmap across backend, frontend, and mobile systems.
- Design shared platform services by identifying common capabilities while defining clear boundaries for product-specific domains.
- Establish architecture standards, service boundaries, API contracts, ownership models, and scalable integration patterns.
- Lead modernization initiatives using proven migration strategies such as Strangler Fig, feature flags, backward-compatible APIs, and incremental delivery.
- Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate system design, documentation, code reviews, and engineering productivity.
- Collaborate closely with Engineering, Product, DevOps, and QA teams to improve platform scalability, deployment, observability, and operational excellence.
- Mentor engineers, lead architecture and design reviews, and contribute hands-on through coding, refactoring, and technical validation.
- Maintain architectural documentation, decision records, and platform governance while driving engineering best practices across teams.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 10+ years of experience as a Software Architect, Platform Architect, or in a similar technical leadership role.
- Proven experience modernizing complex software platforms and transforming monolithic or fragmented systems into modular architectures.