Principal Solution Architect

Principal Solutions Architect

Interview: Video Visa: USC, GC, GC EAD, H4, L2 This is hybrid from day-1 (Local candidates highly preferred)

About the job:

As Principal Solutions Architect in Atlanta, you will lead technology transformation and AI initiatives across core vehicle processes, modernizing titles, releases, service payments, sales, approvals, documentation, and reporting.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to design solutions that address business needs
• Facilitate collaborative design discussions and lead design reviews
• Partner with product teams to envision future features and help plan development sequences
• Serve as a technical subject matter expert for the engineering team
• Assist in developing architecture standards
• Support the improvement of architectural practices
• Help govern software development to ensure non-functional requirements are met
• Champion investments in technology and architecture, advocating for project priorities
• Identify opportunities for application optimization and simplification
• Lead the architectural design and integration of AI capabilities into enterprise systems, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical feasibility
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to identify high-impact AI use cases and develop scalable solutions
• Assist in planning the IT Husbandry Roadmap for the year
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies for workload applicability and assess off-the-shelf solutions to address current engineering and product challenges
• Work closely with Security, Data Governance, and AI Governance teams to ensure AI implementations meet ethical, regulatory, and operational standards
• Bring reusable patterns, frameworks, and lessons learned from other teams to accelerate AI adoption and reduce duplication
• Serve as a bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams to ensure solutions are both innovative and practical
• Lead proofs-of-concept and reference implementations to validate approaches
• Define standards for API discoverability, extensibility, and versioning to support evolving AI capabilities
• Ensure APIs are designed with security, scalability, and interoperability in mind
• Provide architectural guidance and mentorship to engineering teams on AI technologies and patterns
• Contribute to internal documentation, training, and enablement resources to build organizational AI fluency

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline plus 10+ years of experience in software development for mid-sized to large companies.
• Engages with emerging AI technologies daily (e.g., LLMs, autonomous agents, vector databases).
• Has designed and deployed complex cloud architecture applications via AWS (preferred), GCP, or Azure.
• Has applied enterprise architecture patterns to design and deploy distributed systems (e.g., Restful APIs, Event-Driven Microservices, Micro Frontends, BFFs, Serverless architectures).
• Over 5 years of hands-on experience as a solution or technical architect, advocating for technical solutions and influencing others.
• Experience with React front-end development, J2EE back-ends, and Node.js/TypeScript applications.
• Familiarity with Snowflake and Jaspersoft is preferred.
• Experience with on-premise applications and Tibco SOA is a plus.
• Experience with replatforming applications from legacy languages (e.g., Ruby on Rails to Java/TypeScript/Python).
• Experience with Credit Card Payment Gateways.
• Familiarity with ActiveMQ is preferred.
• Experience with RPG AS400 iSeries is a plus.
• Strong ability to produce high-quality blog posts and technical documentation.
• Able to serve as a technology mentor and facilitate colleagues' growth.
• Skilled at managing conflicts and maintaining productive relationships.
• Industry experience in automotive or willingness to become an industry expert.