Later · 9 hours ago
Domain Architect
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$200K/yr - $230K/yr
10+ years expLater is an enterprise leader in social media and influencer marketing software, enabling brands to scale creator partnerships. The Domain Architect will lead the evolution of the platform architecture, define domain boundaries, and shape integration strategies to drive scalability and technical excellence.
AppsiOSMarketing
Responsibilities
Evaluate and define the target-state domain architecture across multiple products, identifying convergence opportunities and technical debt reduction paths
Design and lead a scalable integration strategy between heterogeneous systems (e.g., Rails <-> Node/React Native via APIs, Kafka, or event streams)
Define domain boundaries and service ownership models that enable sustainable growth and platform flexibility
Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to align architectural priorities with product roadmaps and business outcomes
Lead cross-functional discussions on modernization strategy, balancing short-term delivery with long-term scalability
Decompose monolithic applications (Rails, Django, Laravel) into domain-based services or bounded contexts, using domain-driven design principles
Define integration and data synchronization patterns between distributed systems, ensuring schema evolution and API versioning best practices
Architect core platform services—authentication, identity, content, and analytics—shared across web and mobile products
Apply deep hands-on knowledge of AWS (EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS/Postgres, EventBridge/SNS/SQS) and IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation)
Introduce observability, monitoring, and CI/CD standards (Datadog, OpenTelemetry, GitHub Actions, CircleCI) that support secure, high-quality releases
Provide technical mentorship and architectural reviews to ensure strong engineering standards and knowledge transfer across teams
Partner with Product, Design, and Engineering leaders to guide architecture decisions that optimize both user experience and technical sustainability
Contribute to architecture guilds and domain working groups, defining shared frameworks and principles for system evolution
Communicate architectural trade-offs clearly—speed vs scalability, build vs buy, monolith vs microservice—to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Author and socialize Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), domain maps, and shared service contracts to ensure alignment and transparency
Act as a trusted advisor and mentor to senior engineers, promoting best practices in distributed system design and software craftsmanship
Lead by influence across engineering teams, setting a high bar for architectural rigor, documentation, and technical collaboration
Champion scalable, pragmatic engineering principles that accelerate business velocity while building for the future
Drive the adoption of a modern technical culture—balancing innovation, quality, and accountability
Stay current on evolving architectural paradigms (domain-driven design, event-driven systems, microservices, and data mesh patterns)
Introduce architectural innovations and tools that improve developer efficiency, code quality, and system observability
Conduct architecture reviews and share learnings company-wide to foster continuous improvement and technical excellence
Qualification
Required
10+ years of progressive software engineering experience, with at least 3+ years in a senior or principal architecture role
Proven expertise designing and evolving architectures in high-scale, multi-product environments (Rails, Node.js, React Native preferred)
Deep understanding of domain-driven design (DDD), service decomposition, and event-driven patterns
Strong AWS architecture experience (ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3, EventBridge, SQS/SNS) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
Demonstrated ability to modernize legacy systems incrementally, driving results without full rebuilds
Solid understanding of data synchronization, API design, schema evolution, and distributed systems reliability
Experience defining and implementing CI/CD pipelines, observability stacks, and deployment strategies (canary, blue-green, multi-env)
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to simplify complex ideas for diverse audiences
Passion for mentorship, system design, and building architectures that enable product and team growth
Benefits
Various benefits plans as part of their overall compensation package
Company
Later
Later is the world’s first Social Revenue Platform
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$1.3MKey Investors
Aspect Ventures
2022-04-27Acquired
2015-09-01Seed
2014-12-27Seed· $1.3M
Leadership Team
Ian MacKinnon
Co-Founder/Chief Technology Officer
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