Staff Architect, Partner Platform
United States - California - Alameda On-site
$130,700–$261,300 a yearJobFig found this opening at its original source and checks that it remains available.
About the role
At Lingo, we’re building a groundbreaking health platform that combines continuous biosensor data, real-time analytics, and personalized insights to help people live fuller, longer, and healthier lives. Our systems ingest millions of sensor readings daily, powering experiences for consumers and partners worldwide, with the reliability and scalability of cloud-native, enterprise-grade platforms. This Staff Architect, Partner Platform position can work out of Alameda, CA location. As Staff Architect for Lingo's Partner Platform, you will own the technical architecture that lets Lingo connect with a growing ecosystem of health, fitness, nutrition, and wellness partners. You will design how Lingo securely shares consented biosensor data and insights with partners, and how it ingests complementary data from them, so that every integration is secure, reliable, scalable, and simple for partners to adopt. Based in the US, you will be the technical counterpart to the Partner Platform Product Manager. Together you will shape the partner roadmap, the Product Manager defines what partners and users need, and you define how the platform delivers it. You will report to the Director of Engineering, who leads the Partner Platform engineering team, and you will work closely with that team every day as its senior technical voice. This is a hands-on, senior individual contributor role. You will set architecture direction, lead design reviews, write proofs of concept, and mentor engineers, without people management responsibilities. Based in the US, you will be the technical counterpart to the Partner Platform Product Manager. You will report to the Director of Engineering, who leads the Partner Platform engineering team, and you will work closely with that team every day as its senior technical voice. This is a hands-on, senior individual contributor role. You will set architecture direction, lead design reviews, write proofs of concept, and mentor engineers, without people management responsibilities.
What you'll bring
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in software engineering, including 5+ years in an architect, principal, or technical lead role for API, integration, or data platforms.
- Proven experience architecting external-facing APIs and developer platforms used by third-party partners or customers.
- Deep experience with authentication and authorization standards (OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect), API gateways, and consent-based access models.
- Strong experience designing data ingestion pipelines and event-driven architectures, including data contracts, schema management, and data quality controls.
- Experience with Azure cloud services (e.g., API Management, Event Hubs, Service Bus, Azure Functions, Data Factory) or equivalent at production scale.
- Experience designing systems that handle sensitive data under HIPAA, PHI, GDPR, or similar privacy frameworks.
- Hands-on ability to prototype, review code, and engage deeply in technical detail.
- Experience working effectively with distributed teams across time zones, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience building partner ecosystems in digital health, wearables, IoT, fitness, or consumer health technology.
- Familiarity with health data standards and platforms such as FHIR, HL7, Apple HealthKit, and Google Health Connect.
- Experience with consent management platforms and privacy-by-design practices.