Staff Architect-C

Anchor is seeking a Staff Architect for our technology operations.

About You:

This person will be adaptable, dynamic, and embody City Experiences' RESPECT Service System.

About the Opportunity:

We're hiring a Staff Architect with deep, practical expertise in Node.js, React.js, and AWS Lambda to lead the design of scalable, performant, and resilient systems. This role will report directly to the CTO and collaborate closely with product, design, and infrastructure teams to shape the technical direction of our platform.

You'll lead architectural decisions across our core platform, which integrates ticketing, real-time access control, CRM, and analytics into one unified system. You'll also optimize and evolve our AWS stack to ensure world-class performance and uptime as our customer base grows.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

- Architect and evolve Anchor's core services and UI components using Node.js (backend) and React.js (frontend).
- Drive the design and optimization of serverless architecture with AWS Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB, API Gateway, and other AWS services.
- Identify and resolve bottlenecks in platform performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Lead cross-functional technical initiatives across engineering pods and guide design reviews.
- Partner with DevOps to optimize infrastructure cost, latency, and observability.
- Mentor senior and mid-level engineers in modern architectural patterns and coding practices.
- Contribute hands-on code to mission-critical projects when needed.

Requirements & Qualifications:

- Architect and evolve Anchor's core services and UI components using Node.js (backend) and React.js (frontend).
- Drive the design and optimization of serverless architecture with AWS Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB, API Gateway, and other AWS services.
- Identify and resolve bottlenecks in platform performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Lead cross-functional technical initiatives across engineering pods and guide design reviews.
- Partner with DevOps to optimize infrastructure cost, latency, and observability.
- Mentor senior and mid-level engineers in modern architectural patterns and coding practices.
- Contribute hands-on code to mission-critical projects when needed.

About Us:

City Experiences' passion is to provide amazing experiences on land and water. Our 40-year success through organic growth and acquisitions has resulted in a portfolio of over 25+ brands that welcome upwards of 30 million guests/riders annually. If you're an enthusiastic team player who thrives in an environment where communication, creativity, and cooperation are encouraged, this may just be the opportunity for you.

The RESPECT Service System embodies City Experiences' mission, vision, values and operating principles. By creating a company culture that puts RESPECT at its core, we believe it will drive us to achieve our goal of becoming a Global Experiences and Transportation Leader.

The Company is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment against any applicants or employees based upon their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, mental or physical disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics prohibited by applicable law.

The Company participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations.

We encourage qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records to apply.