Principal Platform Architect, Alteryx

• Strong software engineering background
• Experience building and evolving complex distributed systems across multiple teams
• Ability to reason about system interactions, APIs, and integration points at scale
• Experience leading large-scale technical changes
• Proven track record of driving migrations or cross-cutting initiatives (e.g., cloud
• Migration, architecture evolution)
• Ability to assess impact across many services and teams
• Platform and infrastructure understanding
• Solid understanding of cloud platforms (GCP preferred), Kubernetes, and distributed systems
• Able to translate infrastructure concerns into software architecture decisions
• Architectural judgment
• Strong ability to make trade-offs across teams, systems, and timelines
• Experience working in ambiguous environments with evolving constraints
• Cross-team leadership
• Proven ability to influence without authority and drive alignment across organizations
• Strong communication and ability to work across diverse technical domains
• Hands-on mindset
• Willing to engage directly with systems and teams to unblock progress and validate ideas
• If you meet some of the requirements and you share our values, we encourage you to apply

Desirable

• Alteryx is evolving its cloud platform to support large-scale, multi-tenant workloads, extensibility through customer code and connectors, and a high-quality developer experience
• We are looking for a Platform Architect to lead cross-cutting architectural initiatives that span the entire software stack—from platform capabilities to application integration
• This role is focused on driving system-wide evolution, not just designing isolated components
• You will define architecture, lead major transitions (e.g., cloud migrations, platform shifts), and work across teams to ensure consistent, scalable outcomes
• You will combine architectural leadership with hands-on execution—partnering with product, platform, and infrastructure teams to turn complex changes into concrete, deliverable systems
• What You’ll Work On:
• You will lead high-impact, cross-team initiatives such as:
• Platform migrations and transformations
• Leading efforts like cloud migrations (e.g., AWS → GCP), evolving architecture while ensuring continuity across all product and platform teams
• Cross-platform architecture alignment
• Defining how services, APIs, and platform capabilities evolve consistently across teams
• Developer experience and SDLC evolution
• Partnering with internal platform teams to define requirements for CI/CD, testing, deployment, and developer workflows
• System-wide design and integration
• Ensuring that platform changes are correctly adopted across services, with clear contracts and minimal friction
• Primary Responsibilities:
• Drive cross-cutting architectural initiatives:
• Lead large-scale efforts that impact multiple teams and systems (e.g., migrations, re-architectures, platform shifts)
• Assess impact across the full software ecosystem and define clear execution strategies
• Break down complex transitions into actionable plans across teams
• Bridge platform, infrastructure, and product teams:
• Translate infrastructure or platform changes into concrete requirements for application teams
• Partner with SDLC / DevEx teams to define tooling, workflows, and developer-facing capabilities
• Ensure platform capabilities are usable, adoptable, and well-integrated
• Enable execution across teams:
• Support teams during major transitions by providing guidance, patterns, and hands-on help
• Identify and remove blockers that slow down adoption or delivery
• Step in when needed to prototype or validate key parts of the system
• Drive alignment and decision-making:
• Align multiple teams around shared architectural direction
• Drive clear, pragmatic decisions in ambiguous and evolving environments
• Communicate trade-offs and ensure consistent understanding across stakeholders