Principal Architect

The Principal Architect is a pivotal leadership position charged with shaping and steering the overarching architecture and strategic direction of our technology solutions, leading large-scale and complex projects to ensure they meet high standards for performance, scalability, and reliability. This role collaborates closely with other technical leaders, product managers, and cross-functional teams to align solutions with business goals and technical requirements. Additionally, the Principal Architect mentors and guides multiple engineering teams across various domains, including data platforms, backend, frontend, and SDET, fostering a culture of engineering excellence and innovation. This role also involves evaluating and integrating emerging technologies, making strategic architectural decisions, and continually improving systems to support the organization’s evolving needs.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy scalable, high-performance technology solutions across various domains, including backend, frontend, data platforms etc and establish and maintain architectural standards for reliability, security, and performance
• Lead and mentor engineering teams across multiple disciplines and provide technical guidance and support, and promote best practices in coding, testing, and deployment processes.
• Enhance systems / processes to achieve optimal performance, scalability, and maintainability. Address and resolve complex technical issues to ensure overall system reliability
• Work closely with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to define system requirements and deliver integrated solutions that meet business and technical needs
• Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies to integrate new tools and techniques across various technology stacks. Continuously refine architecture and development practices to drive innovation and efficiency
• Manage the lifecycle of projects spanning multiple technology areas, ensuring timely delivery, high quality, and alignment with architectural goals. Effectively manage technical debt and make strategic decisions to maintain project momentum
• Create and maintain detailed documentation of architectural designs and decisions across technology domains. Facilitate knowledge sharing and communication to support development and troubleshooting

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field with 17+ years of experience, including 4+ years in a principal or architectural role
• Deep expertise in designing and implementing scalable and distributed systems
• Expertise in programming languages and frameworks (e.g., Python, Node.js, Java)
• Strong knowledge of database systems (e.g., SQL, NoSQL), RESTful APIs, and microservices architecture
• Strong knowledge of software design patterns, architectural frameworks, data pipelines, data modeling, and best practices
• Proficiency in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and leadership skills, with the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and communicate technical concepts effectively
• Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines and emerging technologies (e.g., GenAI, AI/ML)

Why join Enlyft

• A top-notch culture that is customer obsessed, transparent and constantly strives for excellence
• A top-notch team with colleagues that will help you learn and grow in a collaborative environment
• Competitive pay and great benefits

Enlyft is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.