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About Workato Workato delivers enterprise infrastructure for the agentic era, redefining iPaaS and helping enterprises unify data, applications, processes, and AI into a single, governed platform. A leader in Enterprise MCP and trusted by 50% of the Fortune 500, Workato’s cloud-native architecture connects every application, data source, and process to power real-time orchestration at scale. With enterprise-grade security and continuous innovation at its core, Workato provides the trusted foundation for organizations to automate with confidence and operationalize AI across the business. To learn more, visit www.workato.com Why join us? Ultimately, Workato believes in fostering a flexible, trust-oriented culture that empowers everyone to take full ownership of their roles . We are driven by innovation and looking for team players who want to actively build our company. But, we also believe in balancing productivity with self-care . That’s why we offer all of our employees a vibrant and dynamic work environment along with a multitude of benefits they can enjoy inside and outside of their work lives. If this sounds right up your alley, please submit an application. We look forward to getting to know you! Also, feel free to check out why: Business Insider named us an “enterprise startup to bet your career on” Forbes’ Cloud 100 recognized us as one of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world Deloitte Tech Fast 500 ranked us as the 17th fastest growing tech company in the Bay Area, and 96th in North America Quartz ranked us the #1 best company for remote workers Responsibilities We are looking for an exceptional System Architect to lead the design and evolution of our platform architecture. This is a hands-on role requiring deep technical expertise in building secure, scalable, and cost-efficient systems. You will be responsible for critical architectural decisions affecting system performance, security, reliability, and modularity across our entire platform. In this role, y ou will also be responsible to: Architecture & Design Design microservices and platform features from concept to production-ready specifications Create technical designs for complex system components and develop proof-of-concepts in Golang Architect secure, fault-tolerant systems with automated failover, circuit breakers, and end-to-end encryption Analyze existing system architecture to understand current implementations and plan gradual replacement of legacy components Plan implementation phases, migration strategies, and feature deprecation timelines Architectural Governance & Collaboration Review and approve architectural designs from engineering teams with detailed feedback Lead architecture review sessions and facilitate technical decision-making across teams Partner with Product Managers, Dev Leads, Security, SRE and Infrastructure teams to establish platform-wide standards Lead threat modeling exercises and drive technical consensus for platform-wide initiatives Mentor engineers on architectural best practices and resolve complex technical challenges Documentation & Planning Write comprehensive technical documentation including ADRs, design documents, runbooks, and API specifications Create visual system diagrams and research technical solutions from diverse sources Design zero-downtime migration strategies and define acceptance criteria for architectural changes Requirements Qualifications / Experience / Technical Skills 8+ years building scalable distributed systems, with 3+ years in System/Platform Architect roles Proven experience architecting both large microservice environments (100+ services) and monolithic applications Strong hands-on Golang coding skills - must write production-quality code Communication & Data: Protocol Buffers, gRPC, WebSockets, Kafka event streaming, PostgreSQL (partitioning, replication, HA) Security & Authentication: OAuth 2.0/OIDC, JWT, mTLS, data encryption, public key cryptography, zero-trust architecture Infrastructure & Operations: Working knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), distributed systems patterns (Saga, circuit breakers, retries) Scale: Experience with systems handling millions of requests/events per day Exceptional technical writing and communication abilities for diverse audiences Experience planning phased implementations and leading complex cross-team projects Proven track record with feature flags, gradual rollouts, and zero-downtime deployments Ability to facilitate architectural decision-making and create technical roadmaps Mentorship mindset and cost analysis capabilities Experience with AI-assisted workflows, particularly in system analysis and hunting for inconsistencies and corner cases. Nice to Have Additional Languages: Ruby, Rust , Python, Java, C++, Kotlin-multiplatform Advanced Security: Key Management Systems (HSM, AWS KMS), Secrets Management (Vault), specific crypto algorithms Extended Infrastructure: Service mesh (Istio, Linkerd), NoSQL databases, Redis clustering, stream processing (Flink, Spark) Cloud & Compliance: AWS/GCP/Azure expertise, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, SOC2 Community: Open source contributions, conference speaking, technical writing (REQ ID: 2885)
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
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