Lead Systems Architect

4 weeks ago

Makati, Philippines Penbrothers Full time

About the Role

This position requires both strong hands-on technical expertise and the ability to provide technical leadership for a small but rapidly scaling engineering team.

You’ll work across front-end, back-end, infrastructure, and deployment, driving architectural decisions, optimizing existing systems, and leading the delivery of scalable, secure, and innovative solutions.

Key Responsibilities
  • Define and lead the technical architecture for our AI agent platform.
  • Mentor and guide a small team of engineers (initially 2–3, scaling up to 10+).
  • Collaborate with founders, product, and engineering to align architecture with business goals.
Hands-On Development
  • Design, build, and optimize scalable front-end and back-end systems.
  • Code and implement solutions using Next.js 14+, Node.js, JSON, and Axios APIs .
  • Develop automation workflows using N8N and integrate vector stores/databases.
Infrastructure & Deployment
  • Manage and optimize deployments using Docker, Docker Compose, and hypervisors .
  • Oversee Linux-based development environments, including scripting, automation, and performance optimization.
  • Implement and maintain secure local and remote deployments, with Cloudflare for instance management.
Security & Networking
  • Architect and secure local networks and deployment environments.
  • Contribute to enterprise-grade security discussions as the company scales to larger customers.
  • Work across multiple projects (3–5 at a time) balancing optimization of existing systems with rollout of new features.
  • Use Git versioning and project management tools to ensure clean workflows, visibility, and collaboration.
Required Skills & Experience
  • Proven expertise in AI automation and workflow orchestration (e.g., N8N, JSON, vector stores, databases).
  • Advanced experience with Next.js 14+, Node.js, JSON, Axios API .
  • Strong infrastructure background with Docker/Docker Compose, Linux-based development .
  • Hands-on experience with local networks, system security, and architecture design .
  • Experience managing remote deployments and instances (Cloudflare preferred).
  • Extensive experience with Git versioning and modern project management practices .
  • Ability to balance hands-on coding with architectural leadership in a startup environment.
Nice-to-Have Skills
  • Enterprise-grade security architecture experience.
  • Familiarity with large language models (LLMs) and AI agent frameworks.
Work hours

Day shift (8:00 AM to 5:00 PM)

Work set-up

100% Work from Home

Seniority level
  • Mid-Senior level
Employment type
  • Full-time
Job function
  • Information Technology
  • Industries IT Services and IT Consulting and IT System Design Services
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