Principal Platform Architect

Alteryx

Remote Actively hiring Posted this week
Irvine, CA Posted 3 days ago $215,000–$300,000 / year
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TL;DR

As a Principal, Platform Architect at Alteryx, you will lead cross-cutting architectural initiatives that drive the evolution of their cloud platform to support large-scale, multi-tenant workloads and enhance developer experiences. Your day-to-day responsibilities include defining architecture for major transitions like cloud migrations, ensuring consistent API and service evolution across teams, and partnering with product and infrastructure teams to implement CI/CD workflows. You will leverage your strong software engineering background, experience in complex distributed systems, and deep understanding of cloud platforms (GCP preferred), Kubernetes, and distributed systems to enable seamless integration and adoption. This role is crucial for Alteryx’s significant platform evolution, impacting how quickly teams adapt and safely scale the system and organization.

Skills

AWS GCP Kubernetes CI/CD Distributed Systems Cloud Platforms Developer Experience SDLC API Design Cross-team Collaboration Hands-on Development Architectural Leadership Internal Developer Platforms Data Platforms Analytics Systems

What you'll do

  • Drive large-scale architectural initiatives impacting multiple teams and systems.
  • Define clear execution strategies for complex transitions across the software ecosystem.
  • Ensure consistent, scalable outcomes by aligning cross-platform architecture and services.
  • Partner with SDLC/DevEx teams to define requirements for CI/CD and developer workflows.
  • Enable smooth adoption of platform changes by removing blockers and providing hands-on support.
  • Communicate trade-offs and ensure consistent understanding across diverse technical stakeholders.

What we're looking for

  • Strong software engineering background with experience in complex distributed systems
  • Proven track record of leading large-scale technical changes and migrations
  • Deep understanding of cloud platforms (GCP preferred), Kubernetes, and distributed systems
  • Ability to make architectural trade-offs and drive decisions in ambiguous environments
  • Cross-team leadership skills with proven ability to influence without authority
  • Hands-on mindset willing to engage directly with teams and systems to unblock progress
  • Experience defining internal platform standards or developer workflows

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About Alteryx

Alteryx is a leading AI-ready data and analytics company that powers actionable insights to help organizations drive smarter, faster decisions with data.

Alteryx currently has 5 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $154,200–$203,110 across 5 roles with salary data.

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