Chief Architect
Role Level: SVP
Location: Remote US - Preference for East Coast or available to work East Coast hours
Reports to: Chief Product & Technology Officer
Role Overview:
We are seeking a visionary Chief Architect to build and lead our enterprise-wide architecture function. This is a unique opportunity to design the technology blueprint for a global platform that processes millions of mission-critical transactions daily.
As the most senior architecture leader, you will establish the standards, frameworks, and practices that will scale our business into its next phase of growth. This role requires strong hands-on execution. You’ll partner with executives, product leaders, and engineering teams to ensure architecture isn’t just theory — it’s the foundation of high-performing, resilient, and secure systems that power our business.
Success in This Role Looks Like
- A clear enterprise architecture framework adopted company-wide within 12–18 months.
- Architecture governance embedded in delivery teams, balancing speed with quality.
- Systems and platforms that scale reliably and securely as the company grows.
- A recognized, high-performing architecture team trusted across executives, product, and engineering.
- Technology investment decisions consistently informed by architectural clarity and foresight.
Key Responsibilities:
Build and Lead the Architecture Function
- Establish enterprise-wide architecture standards, frameworks, and governance
- Educate executives, product leaders, and engineers to embed architectural discipline across the organization.
- Create communication and training programs to drive adoption of best practices.
Define the Enterprise Architecture Blueprint
- Translate business strategy into technology capabilities across the enterprise.
- Design a cohesive blueprint that links enterprise, solution, application, data, and security architecture.
- Ensure technology choices are aligned with long-term scalability, resilience, and modularity.
Guide Solution & Application Architecture
- Oversee architecture for new platforms and services.
- Chair the Architecture Review Board to align design decisions across product and engineering.
- Ensure solutions are built for scalability, flexibility, and reuse.
Shape Data & Security Architecture
- Define the data architecture roadmap and governance practices that enable analytics, AI, and compliance.
- Partner with the security leader to integrate secure-by-design principles into all technology layers.
Set Technology & Infrastructure Direction
- Provide guidance on cloud adoption, DevSecOps, and infrastructure strategy.
- Define reference architectures for microservices, APIs, and event-driven systems.
- Support high-volume, high-reliability operations with scalable architecture practices.
Leadership & Influence
- Build and inspire a team of enterprise, solution, application, data, and security architects.
- Act as a strategic advisor to the executive team on technology investment, risk, and platform strategy.
- Serve as the chief evangelist of architecture, influencing at all levels of the organization.
Key Qualifications:
Must-Have
- 15–20+ years of experience in technology and architecture leadership, with at least 5 years as a Chief Architect in similar size organizations.
- Background in platform, payments, fintech, e-commerce, or other high-transaction, high-availability industries strongly preferred.
- Proven track record of establishing architecture functions in organizations without existing standards.
- Deep expertise across enterprise, solution, application, data, and security architectures.
- Mastery of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), microservices, APIs, distributed systems, and event-driven design.
- Exceptional leadership and communication skills — able to educate, influence, and inspire at all levels.
- Strong change management experience: capable of building frameworks, gaining buy-in, and embedding practices.
Preferred
- Experience working in platform or marketplace companies (e.g., Uber, Airbnb, DoorDash).
- Understanding of growth models and technology investment decision frameworks.
- Knowledge of app performance, monitoring, and governance models in global-scale environments.
Who We Are
API is the global leader for crew accommodation solutions, and we are changing the way businesses manage travel. Our technology platform streamlines the entire crew planning process, making day-to-day operations more efficient and elevating the crew layover experience. API’s proprietary technology, mobile solutions and our experienced team are positioned to offer our clients a complete, end-to-end platform that integrates seamlessly into their process. We are looking for dynamic, creative, and tech savvy individuals to join our team. If you are passionate about hard work, providing impeccable service, technology, and solutions to our clients then API may be a great fit for you!
Other Duties
Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time according to business needs.
The performance of additional responsibilities if you are designated as a Data Protection Champion (DPC), Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO) or Information Assurance Accounting Officer (IAAO).
Work Environment
This position operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
AAP/EEO Statement
Accommodations Plus International is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, arrest record, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment.