Platform Architect

Aura is on a mission to create a safer internet. In a world where our lives are increasingly online, Aura 's category-defining suite of intelligent digital safety products help millions of customers protect themselves against digital threats, and that number is growing rapidly. This is an exciting phase at Aura , and our team of over 400 people worldwide is guided by a leadership slate that's successfully grown startups into multi-billion dollar organizations. Come build with us! Aura Sub, LLC has an opening for a Platform Architect out of Boston, Massachusetts. Job Duties: Design, document, and drive the architectural vision and strategy for backend services, ensuring scalability, reliability, security and alignment with business goals. Define and govern technical standards, patterns, and best practices for cloud infrastructure and application development. Serve as a technical expert for the AWS serverless ecosystem, including Lambda functions, API Gateways, managed databases (e.g., DynamoDB/RDS), and CloudWatch. Develop, maintain, and evolve the platform's infrastructure using Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC), with a focus on reusable modules and automation. Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies using tools such as GitHub Actions to automate the software development lifecycle for both infrastructure and application code. Lead, mentor, and grow a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and accountability. Provide technical guidance and consultation on complex design challenges, performance tuning, and operational efficiency. Drive adoption of new technologies and platform capabilities, ensuring a smooth transition for development teams. Establish and enforce best practices for platform monitoring, alerting, and logging. Ensure the platform adheres to security, compliance, and cost-management policies. This position is 100% remote; may work from home. Qualifications: Must possess at l