Principal Architect & Engineer
Hybrid · New York City, New York, United States or Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Job Summary
Principal Architect & Engineer role focused on leading API/platform development and engineering practices to advance enterprise technology strategy. Responsibilities include serving as primary domain expert for API development and developer tools, mentoring engineers, defining engineering standards and patterns, designing scalable cloud-native platforms, enabling adoption and operationalization of platforms, collaborating with senior leadership to guide architectural decisions, driving DevOps, CI/CD, microservices, and cloud infrastructure adoption, ensuring data privacy and security compliance, contributing to strategic roadmaps and white papers, engaging with executive stakeholders, participating in talent development and recruiting, and staying current with emerging technologies to assess impact on the architecture. Must be proficient in a broad stack (Java, Node.js, .NET/C#, Python, JavaScript), web technologies (React, Angular), dev ops tooling (Terraform, Docker/Kubernetes, Jenkins/GitHub/GitLab), and cloud (AWS). Strong communication with business and executive stakeholders and ability to accelerate impact and lead change are essential.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 15+ years of professional software development, architecture, and software-delivery experience
- Expertise with service-oriented, cloud native, and modernization architectures and patterns
- Competency with a broad range of technologies including Java, Node.js, .NET/C#, Python, JavaScript, JSON schema design, event-driven, pub-sub, API (GraphQL, REST, gRPC etc.), Database (Relational and/or non -relational)
- Competency with a broad range of web technologies including React, Angular
- Competency with a broad range of dev ops technologies including IAC (Terraform), containers (Docker/Kubernetes), CI/CD Automation (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab)
- Strong understanding and practitioner of software delivery, continuous integration, and continuous delivery concepts and technologies
- Experience with cloud technologies and services, preferably AWS
- Proven ability to grow and mentor developers at all levels and in different technologies
- Proven track record of developing and operating large scale business critical systems
- Competency with secure programming practices, software delivery, and cloud security principles
- The ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with business and executive stakeholders
- The ability to accelerate impact and lead change, create business case and associated financials
- The ability to participate and respond to technology audits
- Preferred Qualification: Experience in Enterprise Architecture, with an emphasis on digital transformation and modernization
- Familiarity with Cybersecurity frameworks, and compliance requirements
- Experience in leading architecture reviews and governance processes
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