Zinkworks is a trusted partner to Telecoms and Financial Services organizations around the world.
We help modernize legacy systems, move mission-critical systems into the cloud, and exploit the power of AI-driven automation.
Our people thrive in technically complex environments where our commitment to quality and our expertise in software innovation and cutting-edge technologies helps our clients prepare for the future, accelerate growth and improve operational efficiency.
We build long-lasting relationships with our customers to accompany them through their innovation journey.
About Zinkworks Zinkworks partners with leading Telecommunications and Financial Services organizations to modernize legacy systems, migrate mission-critical platforms to the cloud, and engineer AI-driven automation.
From OSS transformation to rApp development and network intelligence, our teams simplify complexity and turn it into competitive advantage.
Based in Ireland and operating across the EU, UK, and US, Zinkworks combines deep domain expertise with delivery excellence to help clients modernize faster and operate smarter.
Role Purpose The Senior Platform Architect is the technical visionary for Zinkworks' shared platform.
You will define, evolve, and maintain a core capability focused on agentic automation and reusable delivery components .
This is a "Player-Coach" transition role.
You will combine deep, hands-on technical leadership with architectural ownership, ensuring that innovations emerging from specific customer programs are generalized into a scalable, multi-tenant platform.
You will bridge the gap between high-level product strategy and pragmatic engineering delivery.
Key Responsibilities Architectural Vision: Lead the design and implementation of platform capabilities, ensuring they are built for evolution, versioning, and multi-customer consumption.
Product Partnership: Collaborate closely with Product Management to translate the roadmap into a technical "Golden Path" that delivery teams can follow.
Harvesting Innovation: Establish the criteria for identifying "reusable" patterns from customer projects and lead the effort to integrate them back into the core platform.
Hands-on Leadership: Remain active in the codebase, particularly where architectural intent and implementation are tightly coupled (e.g., core abstractions).
Ecosystem Alignment: Work with Presales and Domain Specialists (Telco/Finance) to ensure the platform supports the commercial trajectory of the business.
Governance: Define contribution and versioning models that prevent "dependency hell" or fragmentation across delivery teams.
Experience and Background We value a mix of skills.
You don't need to be an expert in every single one, but you should recognize yourself in most of the following: 1.
Microservices expert-level API-first design (gRPC, REST).
Data Pipelines: Experience architecting high-throughput ETL/ELT pipelines for real-time telemetry (Telco) or transaction data (Finance).
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Infrastructure experience with hybrid abstractions like Google Anthos, Azure Arc, or AWS Outposts .
Containerization: Advanced Kubernetes (K8s) skills, specifically for Edge and On-Premises deployments.
Zero Trust: Ability to bake security into the architecture using Policy-as-Code and OIDC/IAM frameworks within highly regulated environments.
What Success Looks Like In your first 12 months, success is defined by: The "Golden Path": A clear, well-understood architectural model and extension points for the platform.
Measurable Reuse: At least three major components from delivery programs successfully generalized into the core platform.
Delivery Velocity: A tangible reduction in friction and "start-up" time for new customer projects via platform-standardized components.
Leadership Growth: The successful hiring and onboarding of a core platform engineering team under your guidance.
Highly Desirable Experience in Telecommunications (RAN/NETCONF/YANG) or Fintech/Payments .
Experience supporting multiple delivery teams consuming a shared internal product.
A history of contributing to or managing internal "InnerSource" contribution models.
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