Principal, Cloud Platform Architect

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Principal, Cloud Platform Architect based in United States.

This is a high-impact architecture leadership role focused on shaping the technical foundation of a next-generation cloud platform for enterprise analytics and <AI.You> will define long-term architecture across multi-cloud, multi-region, and multi-tenant environments while driving major modernization initiatives.The role spans infrastructure, platform engineering, SRE, security, and product engineering, giving you broad influence across the technology <organization.You> will combine hands-on technical leadership with architectural governance, establishing standards that enable teams to build secure, resilient, and scalable services.A key focus will be improving reliability, developer experience, observability, and cloud-native adoption across the <platform.You> will also mentor senior engineers, influence technical strategy, and help raise architectural maturity across the organization.This opportunity is ideal for a seasoned cloud architect who enjoys solving complex distributed-systems challenges and turning technical vision into scalable execution.

Accountabilities

Own cloud platform architecture: Define and evolve the long-term architecture for a multi-cloud, multi-region, multi-tenant SaaS platform, including modernization and migration strategies.

Lead cloud modernization: Drive cloud-native adoption, architectural transformation, and major migration initiatives while addressing technical and architectural debt.

Design scalable infrastructure: Architect highly available platform services spanning compute, networking, storage, APIs, and shared infrastructure components.

Establish architectural standards: Create reference architectures, engineering patterns, and best practices while leading architecture reviews focused on security, scalability, reliability, and operational excellence.

Shape Kubernetes and platform infrastructure: Guide the architecture of containerized platforms and shared services that can reliably support enterprise-scale SaaS workloads.

Drive reliability and resilience: Partner with SRE teams to improve availability, disaster recovery, observability, fault tolerance, capacity planning, and overall operational maturity.

Enable engineering teams: Collaborate with Platform Engineering to improve CI/CD, developer tooling, infrastructure consumption, and self-service capabilities for product teams.

Collaborate across engineering: Partner with Infrastructure, Platform, SRE, Security, and Product Engineering teams to translate strategic objectives into effective technical execution.

Evaluate emerging technologies: Investigate new technologies, prototype architectural approaches, and make informed recommendations regarding the evolution of the platform.

Develop technical talent: Mentor senior engineers, facilitate architectural decision-making, and strengthen engineering standards and architectural maturity across the organization.

Requirements

Experience: 10+ years of experience in software engineering, cloud infrastructure, or related technical disciplines, including experience operating at Principal Engineer, Principal Architect, or equivalent senior architectural level.

Cloud architecture: Proven success designing and operating large-scale, multi-region, multi-tenant, cloud-native SaaS platforms.

Distributed systems: Deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud architecture, Kubernetes, containers, and modern platform engineering practices.

Cloud platforms: Strong experience with GCP, AWS, or Azure, with GCP experience particularly valuable.

Networking and infrastructure: Strong understanding of cloud networking concepts including load balancing, service discovery, ingress, DNS, service mesh, and Infrastructure as Code such as Terraform.

Reliability and observability: Experience with modern observability and monitoring technologies such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, or Datadog.

Software engineering: Strong coding capabilities in Java, Python, Go, or a comparable programming language, with the ability to contribute hands-on when required.

Architecture leadership: Demonstrated ability to establish technical standards, lead enterprise-scale cloud migrations, guide platform engineering initiatives, and resolve complex architectural challenges.

Cross-functional influence: Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and consensus-building skills, with the ability to influence senior technical teams without relying solely on formal authority.

Strategic thinking: Ability to balance long-term architectural vision with practical execution, business priorities, reliability requirements, and developer needs.

Preferred expertise: Experience with AI, analytics, large-scale data platforms, cloud security, governance, compliance, or internal developer platforms is highly valued.

Benefits

• Base salary: $215,000–$300,000 annually for U.S.-based employees, with final compensation determined by experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location.
• Performance bonus: Eligible for bonus compensation based on individual and company performance.
• Remote work support: $150 monthly Connectivity Plus stipend for remote-work-related expenses.
• Home office support: $200 annual home office reimbursement.
• Healthcare: Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Retirement: 401(k) plan with company match.
• Time off: Flexible time off, paid parental leave, and caregiver leave.
• Wellness: Mental health resources and wellness reimbursement.
• Career development: Education assistance and opportunities for ongoing professional development.
• Work flexibility: Remote-friendly work environment designed to support flexibility and productivity.
• Inclusive culture: Commitment to a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace with opportunities for growth throughout your career.