Senior Developer Advocate
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💻 Engineering⏰ Full-time⭐ Senior💰 $157k-194k🇿🇦 South Africa
6h ago
Boldbusiness·9 days ago
We’re looking for a Lead Architect to design and build the core systems behind Bold Amplify™, our AI-first operating system for the future of work.
This role sits at the intersection of AI systems, cloud architecture, and real-world business workflows. You’ll architect and build a production-grade, multi-tenant platform where AI intelligence is embedded directly into workflows—not bolted on as a chatbot.
If you enjoy owning complex systems end-to-end, turning messy business data into reliable intelligence, and building platforms that run in production at scale—this role is for you.
This is a hands-on architecture role. You’ll be building real systems used by real customers, not prototypes or experiments.
Design and implement a production-ready RAG architecture using Vertex AI, Gemini, and vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, ChromaDB)
Enable AI models to safely and reliably use business data from systems like Greenhouse, HubSpot, and QuickBooks
Build ingestion pipelines for unstructured data (documents, emails, logs)
Design agent-based systems and state machines that reason, retain context, and complete multi-step tasks
Build AI-driven workflows for use cases like recruiting operations and financial analysis
Make tradeoffs around latency, cost, context windows, and reliability
Own the architecture of a cloud-native, multi-tenant SaaS/ERP-style platform
Design for data isolation, permissions, auditability, and compliance
Provision and manage infrastructure using Terraform across AWS and GCP
Build backend services using TypeScript/Node.js and Python
Design event-driven systems with queues, retries, idempotency, and DLQs
Integrate external systems via REST/GraphQL APIs, OAuth, and webhooks
Own observability, reliability, and production readiness
Lead code reviews and enforce PR standards
Own GitHub repositories and CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
Implement secure SDLC practices (secrets, environments, branch protection)
Drive release discipline (versioning, tagging, changelogs)
Partner closely with product, leadership, and clients
Translate operational problems into scalable AI architectures with measurable outcomes
Clearly communicate technical decisions to non-technical stakeholders
You’re a senior engineer or architect who builds production systems, not experiments
You’re comfortable owning complex, ambiguous problems end-to-end
You think in systems and workflows—not just models
You can balance speed, quality, cost, and reliability in real environments
8+ years professional software engineering experience
3–5+ years building cloud-native, multi-tenant SaaS or ERP platforms
Strong Python (AI logic, orchestration, data workflows)
Strong TypeScript / Node.js (APIs, integrations, backend services)
Expert-level SQL/PostgreSQL, including multi-tenant modeling and migrations
Hands-on experience with event-driven architectures (queues, pub/sub, retries, DLQs)
Experience integrating external systems via REST/GraphQL, OAuth, and webhooks
Practical experience deploying LLMs in production (Gemini preferred)
Experience with RAG frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex)
Deep understanding of token costs, latency, and context tradeoffs
Expert-level AWS experience (IAM, VPC, Lambda, ECS/EKS, SQS/SNS, EventBridge, RDS, CloudWatch, KMS, Secrets Manager)
Strong GCP experience, especially Vertex AI and serverless patterns
Experience with vector databases and unstructured data pipelines
Expert-level GitHub usage, including GitHub Actions CI/CD
Next.js or React familiarity
Lean, Agile, or TPS exposure
Client-facing solution architecture or consulting experience
Experience with ERP, BPO, or large multi-tenant SaaS platforms
A scalable, reliable AI platform running in production
AI systems that meaningfully improve real business workflows
Clean, secure, well-documented infrastructure and repos
Stakeholders who trust the system—and your technical judgment
About Bold Business:
Bold Business is a US-based global business process outsourcing (BPO) firm with over 25 years of experience and $7B+ in client engagements. We help fast-growing companies scale through smart talent strategies, automation, and technology-driven solutions.
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