Principal Enterprise Architects are recognized as high impact and practical technologists in engineering design and architecture, the scope of their influence spans across the entire company. They identify stakeholder needs, apply industry knowledge, and devise technology to address those needs. They thrive in ambiguity and move quickly, effectively to bring clarity to situations and disparate audiences.

The Principal Software Architect is a critical, high-impact role responsible for the overall technical vision and architecture of our product portfolio. As a key leader, you will work closely with senior executives, product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to create solutions that are scalable, durable, and simple. This role requires a blend of technical expertise, strategic thinking, influence across both business/technical groups and a hands-on approach to problem- solving.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage and collaborate with business stakeholders, officers, product management groups and technical teams to understand business opportunities pain points
• Given future leading business strategy, you will then bridge/translate that strategy into technical strategy; define, refine and execute architecture vision. Where the articulation of the business strategy is missing, lead the conversation to understand the desired outcomes and value that we need to deliver for our guests.
• Design high-volume, low-latency architectures for mission-critical applications
• Demonstrated ease in adjusting communications from the CIO to officers in the business teams all the way down to software engineers; proficiency in explaining the technical minutiae as well as the forward leading business aspirations
• Provide architectural oversight throughout all phases of implementation
• Lead in setting the NorthStar architecture and in the phased roadmaps where business value is delivered consistently and incrementally
• Act as a technical advisor for executive leadership on emerging technologies and software engineering practices.
• Lead architecture reviews and create design documents that ensure consistency and optimization across the entire product range.
• Develop architectural patterns and guidelines to improve software quality, performance, and reliability.

Qualifications