Job role: Marketplace Platform Lead
Location: Hybrid (Newark, NJ)
Duration: 6 months

Marketplace Platform Lead
Job Overview
The Marketplace Platform Lead is responsible for driving the end?to?end technical architecture and implementation of the enterprise Data Marketplace platform. This role spans stakeholder engagement, architectural definition, integration design, and hands?on leadership throughout implementation. The ideal candidate is a seasoned technical leader with deep experience designing integration patterns, building scalable platforms, and guiding engineering teams through complex cross?system solutions.

Key Responsibilities
Lead stakeholder meetings to gather business requirements, align on platform objectives, and clarify workflows and user journeys.
Conduct tool evaluations, build scoring frameworks, and make recommendations on platforms, vendors, and integration technologies.
Define end?to?end Marketplace architecture, including data flows, APIs, domain models, integration strategies, and platform components.
Design and lead the implementation of integration patterns, including API-based integrations, event-driven patterns, workflow orchestration, and cross-system interoperability.
Develop technical designs, architectural documents, and standards for Marketplace workflows, user flows, and extensibility patterns.
Provide hands-on architectural guidance to engineering teams throughout solution design, development, and delivery.
Oversee technical quality, scalability, performance, and security across Marketplace components and integrations.
Collaborate with product, engineering, data, and security teams to ensure compliance with enterprise data governance, privacy, and reliability standards.
Lead technical reviews, drive design decisions, and ensure alignment across cross-functional stakeholders.

Required Skills & Qualifications
8+ years of experience in software engineering, platform development, or technical architecture roles.
Strong expertise in designing and implementing integration architectures, including REST/GraphQL APIs, event-driven patterns, synchronous/asynchronous messaging, and workflow engines.
Deep understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and cloud-native solutions (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
Proficiency with API design, messaging systems, and enterprise integration frameworks.
Experience defining technical architecture, data flows, and workflow designs for complex platforms.
Ability to translate business requirements into technical designs, user flows, and actionable engineering plans.
Demonstrated leadership in guiding engineering teams through architectural decisions and implementation.
Strong communication skills with the ability to influence technical and non-technical partners.
Experience evaluating and scoring platforms, tools, or vendor solutions.
Solid knowledge of DevOps practices, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, observability, and security best practices.

Preferred Qualifications
Experience building or leading a Data Marketplace platform.
Familiarity with workflow orchestration platforms, rules engines, BPM tools, or catalog management systems.
Experience with enterprise identity systems (OAuth, SAML, SSO), access governance, and data privacy frameworks.
Background working with enterprise data platforms, data governance, or cross-domain integration patterns.
Prior experience leading architectural governance or serving as a platform architect in an enterprise environment.
 
  
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 65.00/hr.