Principal Platform Architect
About the Position
As a Principal Platform Architect on the Engineering Platforms team, you will define and drive the architectural strategy for internal developer platforms and enterprise services. You will lead cross-functional initiatives, mentor engineering teams, and ensure the delivery of scalable, secure, and developer-friendly solutions that align with client's enterprise vision. This role requires deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and a passion for enabling engineering excellence at scale. You will demonstrate a willingness to explore and contribute to new and exciting initiatives while maintaining accountability for foundational engineering work that ensures platform stability, scalability, and long-term success.
Responsibilities
- Define and evolve the architectural vision for internal developer platforms and enterprise services.
- Lead the design and implementation of reusable patterns, frameworks, and integration strategies that promote platform maturity and developer enablement.
- Collaborate with product, infrastructure, and security teams to align platform capabilities with enterprise goals.
- Champion DevSecOps practices and CI/CD maturity using tools such as Git, Bitbucket Pipelines, Jenkins, Maven, Gradle, SonarQube, and Artifactory.
- Guide and support platform integrations, including Artifactory, the Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket), API management platforms such as MuleSoft or Apigee, Power Platform for low-code/no-code solutions, and AI-assisted development tools like GitHub Copilot.
- Advocate for automation and self-service engineering across the organization.
- Support the services you architect and participate in an on-call rotation to ensure platform reliability and timely issue resolution.
- Represent the team in enterprise architecture forums and governance bodies.
- Mentor engineers and lead by example in applying best practices and execution excellence.
- Promote a collaborative and engaging culture across global teams.
Requirements
- 10+ years of professional software development experience.
- Proven experience in software architecture and platform engineering.
- Deep expertise in Java and object-oriented programming.
- Expert understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
- Strong proficiency in agile development practices.
- Strong proficiency with CI/CD tools and practices.
- Expertise in AWS is required; multi-cloud experience is preferred.
- Experience with cloud-based platforms (Snowflake and AWS preferred).
- Exposure to testing and automation tools (JUnit, Selenium, JMeter).
- Experience with developer experience tools and frameworks.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- Strong English communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in remote, cross-cultural teams.
