Platform Architect
Bangsar South , W.P. Kuala Lumpur
|Onsite
|Direct hire
Bangsar South, W.P. Kuala Lumpur
|Onsite
|Direct hire
Job ID 8312|Posted Jun 25, 2026
JOB DESCRIPTION
About Horizontal: Established since 2003 in the US, Horizontal solves complex challenges across two distinct businesses: Horizontal Digital and Horizontal Talent. We are consistently recognized for being a top workplace and one of the fastest growing private companies. Horizontal Talent specializes in staffing for IT, Digital & Creative and Business & Strategy markets. We have global offices in US, UAE, India, Malaysia and Australia.
Job Responsibilities:
Job Responsibilities:
- Understand business models and product workflows, and translate complex requirements into executable system solutions.
- Lead business process analysis, domain modeling, system architecture, API collaboration, and data flow design.
- Act as technical owner for key projects and coordinate with Product, Operations, Development, QA, DevOps, and Data teams.
- Drive platformization, middle-platform architecture, and componentization to improve system reusability and delivery efficiency.
- Review major requirements and identify risks in business logic, technology, data, performance, security, and production release.
- Provide technical suggestions to improve system capabilities and business efficiency.
- Prepare and maintain architecture documents, business flow diagrams, system interaction diagrams, and data flow diagrams.
- Guide developers in understanding business requirements and system design to improve complex project delivery.
- 5+ years of experience in Platform Architect, Solutions Architect, Technical Architect, or Staff/Principal Engineer roles, with a strong background in distributed systems
- Experience leading cross-functional projects and coordinating with Product, Operations, Development, QA, DevOps, and other stakeholders.
- Familiar with microservices architecture, API design, data consistency, permission/access control, Flink, message middleware, MongoDB, and related technologies.
- Experience in payment, wallet, risk control, campaign, user growth, trading, gaming, e-commerce, financial systems, or data platforms is preferred.
- Strong communication and documentation skills, with the ability to explain solutions and risks clearly.
- Strong ownership mindset, able to identify business/system issues and drive continuous improvement.
- Able to balance fast business delivery with long-term system scalability and maintainability.
- Enthusiastic about AI tools such as Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, ChatGPT, or similar tools to improve development, debugging, documentation, and technical research.
Horizontal is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
Horizontal is committed to taking affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process or participate in the interview process, click here to request accommodation assistance.
All applicants applying must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment.
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