Architect, Builder Enablement
$195,000–$230,000 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Develop and maintain a clear, evolving view of enterprise infrastructure, services, and architectural patterns to help teams understand how systems fit together. Crystallize architectural principles and identify gaps or overlaps to align opportunities for simplification and new shared capabilities. Partner with engineering teams to build shared understanding of system interoperability, translating complex landscapes into accessible artifacts like diagrams and guidance. Act as a connector across teams to facilitate alignment and build consensus around direction and tradeoffs without formal authority. Mentor engineers to develop stronger architectural thinking and navigate ambiguity. This role is a founding position within the Builder Enablement team, requiring 10+ years of experience in distributed systems and platform engineering. The position is fully remote with a salary range of $195,000 - $230,000.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 10+ years of relevant experience
- Experience designing and evolving distributed systems and/or enterprise platforms, with an understanding of how services, infrastructure, and data systems interact at scale
- Deep, hands-on experience building software or platform systems in a production environment
- Ability to analyze complex technical landscapes and synthesize them into clear mental models, diagrams, and guidance that others can use
- Experience working across multiple teams to build alignment and shared understanding without direct authority
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate between deep technical detail and high-level architectural concepts for a range of audiences
- Experience partnering with engineering teams to influence design decisions and improve system consistency over time
- Familiarity with modern cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and common architectural patterns in cloud-native and hybrid systems
- Comfort operating at multiple levels—diving into technical detail when needed while maintaining a broader systems perspective
- A pragmatic approach to architecture, with an understanding that tradeoffs are inevitable and that progress often comes through incremental alignment rather than perfect solutions
- A track record of challenging assumptions constructively and helping teams evolve how they build and operate systems
- Fully Remote
- As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in a platform engineering, developer experience, or enterprise architecture role focused on enabling other engineers
- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD systems, and developer workflows, and how architectural decisions impact day-to-day engineering work
- Experience creating reference architectures, system maps, or internal documentation that are widely adopted and used
- Exposure to large, federated organizations where different teams own different parts of the technology stack
- An interest in how emerging patterns (including AI-assisted development and agent-based workflows) are changing how systems are designed and operated
- Ability to balance consistency and autonomy, helping organizations standardize where it matters without over-constraining teams
- Experience mentoring or guiding other engineers and architects in developing systems thinking and architectural judgment
- Domain familiarity with media, entertainment, or large-scale content platforms is a plus
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