Technical Architect / DevOps Lead

Are you interested in owning the architecture of an AI-powered platform that will run an entire private equity firm?

Does building a custom ERP system with AI agents, real data, and real business impact sound like something you’d want your name on?

If so, check this out.

What’s the Job?

We’re hiring a Technical Lead / Technical Product Owner (AI Platform) to own the architecture, scalability, and technical execution of a next-generation internal platform called AI.Peak.

This is not a support role.
This is not a maintenance role.

This is platform ownership.

You will be the person who:

• Owns architecture decisions

• Enforces code quality and standards

• Ensures multiple teams build cleanly into one system

• Keeps the entire platform scalable, reliable, and fast

And yes—you’ll still be hands-on coding.

Who is the Company?

A highly operational private equity firm (~100 people) building its own internal operating system.

AI.Peak is:

• A custom-built ERP platform

• Connecting the full lifecycle:

  • Deal sourcing

  • Due diligence

  • Portfolio operations

  • Fund reporting

• Powered by:

  • Shared APIs

  • Centralized data layer

  • AI/LLM intelligence layer

~10% is live today.
The next 2 years = full-scale buildout and expansion

What Do You Need?

Must-Have

• 4–8+ years in software engineering

• Experience as a technical lead / architect / platform owner

• Strong DevOps + CI/CD ownership

• Deep experience with:

  • JavaScript / TypeScript (full stack)

  • API design + microservices

  • SQL / database design

• Experience managing:

  • Multiple dev streams

  • External engineering teams

• Strong systems thinking → you see problems before they happen

Tech Stack Highlights

• Azure-based infrastructure

• GitHub + CI/CD pipelines

• FastAPI backend

• TypeScript stack

• SQL databases

• LLM stack (OpenAI, Claude, agents, RAG pipelines)

Strong Plusses

• Azure expertise (big plus)

• LLM / AI experience:

  • RAG pipelines

  • embeddings

  • prompt orchestration

• Experience with:

  • LangChain / LangGraph / Claude APIs

• Experience in platform or internal tooling builds

What Will You Be Doing?

Platform Ownership

• Own the end-to-end architecture across:

  • APIs

  • database

  • modules

• Define:

  • coding standards

  • branching strategy

  • PR review process

• Ensure platform integrity across parallel builds

Technical Coordination

• Act as the central technical hub

• Manage:

  • external dev team (current)

  • future internal contributors

• Translate product → technical execution

Hands-On Development

• Build:

  • smaller modules

  • AI-powered features

• Work directly in code:

  • TypeScript

  • APIs

  • database layers

Infrastructure & Quality

• Own CI/CD pipelines

• Manage environments + deployments

• Build testing + reliability frameworks

• Handle scaling + performance strategy

What’s Amazing About This Opportunity?

• You’re building a company-wide operating system

• Direct partnership with the Head of AI (your only internal counterpart initially)

• Greenfield influence on:

  • architecture

  • tooling

  • engineering standards

• You will replace an external dev team with internal ownership

• AI is not a side project—it’s core to the platform

30 / 60 / 90 Snapshot

0–30 Days

• Audit architecture + codebase

• Define standards + CI/CD improvements

• Start coordinating dev efforts

30–60 Days

• Run parallel development streams cleanly

• Ship first internal module

• Start AI feature development

60–90 Days

• Establish scalable dev rhythm

• Ship additional modules + AI capabilities

• Define 6-month technical roadmap

What’s In It For You?

• Base: $200K – $220K+

• Bonus potential

• Hybrid NYC (flexibility possible)

• Direct exposure to firm leadership

• Path to build and lead internal engineering team

Ideal Candidate Profile

• DevOps / Platform Architect who:

  • Has seen systems break at scale

  • Knows how to prevent it

• Someone who:

  • Doesn’t need structure

  • Creates it

• Builder mindset:

  • Not “ticket taker”

  • Not “pure manager”