Principal Architect

Company Description GTOS is an AI-native operating system designed to modernize and streamline global trade. The company focuses on using advanced artificial intelligence to connect stakeholders, optimize workflows, and improve decision-making across complex supply chains. GTOS builds scalable, secure platforms that help organizations manage international trade operations with greater transparency and efficiency. Team members collaborate in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment that values technical excellence and practical impact.Role Description The Principal Architect is a full-time, on-site role based in the Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area. This role is responsible for defining and owning the overall system architecture for GTOS’s AI-native operating platform, ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and performance. Day-to-day responsibilities include collaborating with engineering teams to design and review software solutions, guiding integration patterns and APIs, and establishing architectural standards and best practices. The Principal Architect works closely with product management and leadership to translate business requirements into technical roadmaps, provides technical mentorship, and participates in critical design decisions and code reviews. The role also involves evaluating new technologies, conducting architectural risk assessments, and supporting project planning to ensure successful delivery of complex, distributed systems.QualificationsStrong background in system Architecture and Architectural Design for large-scale, distributed platforms.Hands-on experience in Software Development, including modern programming languages, frameworks, and cloud-native design.Expertise in Integration patterns, API design, and data exchange between heterogeneous systems.Demonstrated Project Management skills in leading cross-functional technical initiatives from concept to delivery.Experience designing secure, high-availability systems, ideally in SaaS or platform-based products.Familiarity with AI/ML-driven architectures or data-intensive applications is highly beneficial.Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.Track record of mentorship, technical leadership, and driving architectural consensus within engineering organizations.This is not a CRUD SaaS.This is infrastructure in a complex global B2B domain.Strict expectation:You must have visible proof of serious engineering work — meaningful contributions to a recognizable GitHub repo, open-source project, framework, backend library, infra tool, developer platform, or production-grade system.Relevant ecosystems:NestJS, Fastify, Next.js, Nx, Turborepo, Prisma, Drizzle, tRPC, Zod, TanStack, Temporal, Kafka, PostgreSQL, OpenTelemetry, DevSecOps, and AI/document infrastructure.This can start as a founding principal role, fractional architect role, paid architecture advisor, or core platform builder.Send me your GitHub, the repo/project you are most proud of, and what you actually owned.Building a developer-led company — by devs, for devs. I’m #hiring. Know anyone who might be interested?Please note that these positions are only open to U.S. citizens.