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You will focus on building a scalable, reliable, and secure platform that empowers engineering teams to build and deploy applications with speed and efficiency. This role involves defining standards, selecting technologies, and guiding the development of core platform components such as microservices frameworks, APIs, and shared libraries-including those that enable AI agents and agentic workflows.\nKey Responsibilities\nPlatform Strategy: Define the technical vision and roadmap for the Zeta application platform, ensuring it meets the long-term needs of the business and engineering teams.\nArchitectural Design: Design and lead the implementation of core platform services, including reusable microservices, APIs, and shared components that serve all applications.\nAI Platform Integration: Architect and build the underlying platform services and APIs that enable the seamless integration of AI agents, large language models (LLMs), and agentic workflows. 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