About Intermezzo
Intermezzo is building the global payroll platform the market has been missing. Global payroll
remains one of the last major enterprise workflows without a true platform.
Most providers stitch together aggregators, country-specific solutions, and manual operational
processes. We're taking a fundamentally different approach.
Our approach is to treat payroll as a systems problem: build the platform first, then countries
become specializations of a unified, explainable, API-first payroll engine. We combine deep
compliance expertise, deterministic payroll computation, and AI-native workflows to create
infrastructure that can power payroll globally.
The Role
We are looking for a Chief Architect to define the technical architecture and technology strategy.
This role will report to and work closely with the CTO to provide technical leadership across our
globally distributed engineering organization and help build the foundation of our global payroll
platform.
This is not just a technology role. This is a company-building role. The decisions you make will
shape both our technology platform and our ability to scale globally.The right person will impact
our global roadmap significantly. They will partner with our global team, make architectural
decisions, work directly on design and code, and move rapid in a startup environment.
Experience designing systems that effectively incorporate AI technologies into products and
engineering workflows is a must
This is a hands-on leadership role. We expect the Chief Architect to spend significant time
designing systems and contributing directly to implementation.
What You’ll Do
Define the long-term technical architecture of the Intermezzo platform.
Lead the design of deterministic payroll and compliance engines across multiple
jurisdictions.
Establish engineering standards for APIs, distributed systems, security, and scalability.
Partner with engineering & product leads through architecture reviews, design
discussions, a