Architect – Platform API & Integrations
We are looking for an Architect – Platform API & Integrations who is obsessed with customer experience is technologically savvy, and has a passion for Influencer Marketing. Day to day work involves close collaboration with technical, business and client teams to define detailed product and functional requirements. This role requires strong technical and business acumen within the Influencer Marketing space and will also function as a Product lead for the CreatorIq Enterprise API product.
Who we are:
CreatorIQ is the leading cloud solution for global enterprises to manage and optimize influencer campaigns at scale. We have global relationships with companies such as Mattel, Disney, Tiffany & Co, Airbnb, Ralph Lauren, CVS, Dell, Edelman, Creative Artist Agency, and many more.
What you’ll do:
- Lead customer communication on API integration strategy and scenario-based discussions
- Champion the technical development process to ensure implementation and execution aligns with company vision and objectives.
- Analyze, define and document external customer specifications.
- Identify and justify product enhancements and capabilities
- Communicate product requirements and rationale with all stakeholders and client
- Articulate the integration and API vision and translate this into product requirements and prioritization with development team
- Demonstrate ownership of the full life-cycle of API and SDK products including strategy and definition, feature roadmap, and GTM
- Have radical ownership of your products, including leading cross-functional teams to ensure on time and quality delivery, and escalating issues and risks to drive solutions forward
- Work with business units and marketing teams to define the global go-to-market strategy for attracting developers onto our platform
- As platform API & Integrations lead, you will:
- Seek out best practices of multi-sided platform integration in other industries
- Understand modern information technology approaches to integrating scalable software systems that are cloud-ready
- Conduct Voice of the Customer, competitive research, and financial / business case analyses
- Understanding of the Social media space is a requirement
Who you are and what you’ll need for this position:
- Minimum BS in Computer Science or related technical field
- 3+ years of experience in Python, MSSQL, Postgres, and Amazon Web Services
- 5+ of overall IT experience with at least 3+ years building out product APIs
- Work directly with clients to designing and supporting the implementation of custom solutions that leverage product APIs
- Experience working with sales and enablement teams to develop a keen understanding of customer needs and act as the accountable stakeholder for API
- Strong analytical background to seek data-driven rigor in decision-making
- Security mind-set leveraging DevSecOps principles
- Familiarity with Agile Software Development and regulated processes
- Understanding of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
- Ability to influence without authority
- Knowledge of Influencer Marketing software, processes, methods, and workflows is a plus
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
- Experience implementing lean startup techniques to quickly iterate on new ideas to drive leads and increase sales
- Success in an early-stage tech startup environment with Enterprise/ SaaS experience
- Being a team player
- High EQ, comfort with ambiguity and a “no job too small” startup mentality
- Not take yourself too seriously and the ability to have fun