Key Roles for Building and Architecting on the Kinetic Platform

You don’t need a large team to build powerful solutions, just the right skillsets in the right places. Below are the roles most essential to implementing and evolving on the Kinetic Platform, prioritized by impact.

1. Solution Builder (Most Critical)

The hands-on builder responsible for creating the forms, workflows, and integrations that power your solution.

Core Skills

• Form & Workflow Design
  • Kinetic Form Builder
  • Workflow Designer (Trees & Routines)
  • JavaScript, Ruby (for expressions and handlers), HTML/CSS basics
• Integration Development
  • Kinetic Integrator / Handler setup
  • REST API familiarity
  • JSON, XML
• Optional Front-End Experience
  • React, Redux, KineticLib
  • Bundle setup and theming

Responsibilities

• Build and update solutions based on defined requirements
• Coordinate with stakeholders on functionality and logic
• Troubleshoot issues and iterate as needs evolve

2. Application Owner / Use Case Owner

Owns the business logic and priorities for a specific solution or use case.

Core Skills

• Requirements gathering
• Process mapping and documentation
• Familiarity with Kinetic form/data concepts

Responsibilities

• Define the scope and success criteria for the solution
• Maintain the backlog and validate deliverables
• Coordinate testing and user feedback
• Communicate with stakeholders and ensure business alignment

3. Systems Architect

Provides the technical framework and environment oversight to ensure scalability and reliability.

Core Skills

• Platform infrastructure concepts (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker, networking)
• Kinetic environment configuration and deployment
• High-level integration patterns and platform upgrades

Responsibilities

• Architect system-level configurations and environments
• Manage non-prod/prod separation and infrastructure health
• Guide long-term technical decisions and patterns

For cloud-hosted customers, Kinetic often fills this role.

4. Platform Owner (Strategic Sponsor)

An executive or strategic leader who ensures the platform is aligned with organizational priorities.

Core Skills

• Executive communication
• Platform adoption strategy
• Cross-departmental influence

Responsibilities

• Champion platform use across the organization
• Connect business goals to technical initiatives
• Interface with Customer Success for roadmap planning and optimization

Optional & Supporting Roles

These roles are helpful in larger teams or more complex implementations but not required to get started.

UX Designer

Focuses on visual styling and front-end usability.
Skills: React, CSS, HTML, design systems, accessibility best practices

Release Manager

Manages Git deployments and coordinates staging/production rollouts.
Skills: Git, bundling, environment promotion workflows

Application Administrator

Owns day-to-day operations, access management, and issue tracking.
Skills: Basic Kinetic admin, user/data handling, error triage

Summary: Start Lean, Grow Smart

At a minimum, a successful Kinetic build team includes:

• A Solution Builder
• An Application Owner
• Access to a Systems Architect (internally or via Kinetic)