Product Architect

About the position

At ZIZO, we're crafting experiences that simplify, gamify, and enhance our users' everyday working lives. As a Product Architect, you’ll be at the heart of this exciting mission envisioning ZIZO architecture and working alongside a dynamic team that thrives on solving complex challenges. The Product Architect at ZIZO is a tech expert with business-first thinking. The ultimate goal is to deliver an exceptional user experience while maximizing value for our clients’ businesses. As a Product Architect, you’ll play a pivotal role to help Product Department with experimental features and setup solid architecture vision for pivotal functions.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical architecture of our core serverless product (built on AWS Lambda)
• Collaborate closely with the Head of Product to ensure technical and business roadmaps are aligned
• Guide and mentor Engineering Teams across design, implementation and delivery
• Establish and evolve architecture standards and best practices, including performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency
• Review and approve architectural decisions, technical designs, and system integrations
• Evaluate and introduce new technologies or services that can improve product scalability, maintainability, or user experience
• Ensure quality, security, and compliance are built into the product from the ground up
• Lead technical discovery, trade-off analysis, and long-term planning
• Serve as a bridge between engineering and product, helping decompose complex product goals into clear architectural and system design choices

Requirements

• 8+ years in software engineering with at least 3+ years in an architectural or lead engineer role
• Proven experience with cloud-native architectures, preferably AWS Lambda/Serverless ecosystems
• Strong understanding of event-driven architecture, microservices, and API-first development
• Experience designing scalable, secure, and multi-tenant SaaS platforms
• Ability to influence and guide cross-functional technical teams
• Ability to think in a business-oriented way: simplify, what needs to be simple and cheap; solidify only proven features
• Experience with CI/CD, infrastructure as code (e.g., CDK, CloudFormation), and DevOps best practices
• Be dependable and results-oriented person. You thrive in environments where you can take ownership and see things through to completion, ensuring that features are not just planned but delivered with precision and purpose
• Be used to AI tooling for work or personal tasks. Be eager to explore new tools, workflows, and ideas to improve efficiency, and to deepen your understanding of AI while using it regularly
• Excellent communication and leadership skills - able to explain technical decisions to non-technical stakeholders
• Experience working closely with Product Owners, Designers, and Business Analysts

Nice-to-haves

• Hands-on experience with TypeScript and Node.js
• Familiarity with domain-driven design, clean architecture, and modular monolith principles
• Experience in building data processing platforms or big data storages
• Prior experience in a startup or scale-up environment
• Experience working in data-driven product development with close feedback loops from analytics and user behavior