Principal Platform Architect, Enterprise Platforms

Platform Architect

As a Platform Architect on the Engineering Platforms team, you will define and drive the architectural strategy for internal developer platforms and enterprise services. You'll lead cross-functional initiatives, mentor engineering teams, and ensure delivery of scalable, secure, and developer-friendly solutions that align with Invesco'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.

You will be responsible for:

• 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:
• Asset management (Artifactory)
• Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)
• API Management platforms (MuleSoft or Apigee)
• Power Platform for low-code/no-code solutions
• GitHub Copilot and other AI-assisted development tools
• 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.

The experience you bring:

• At least 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 working in agile development teams.
• Strong proficiency developing with CI/CD tools and practices.
• Expertise in AWS is required, multi-cloud experience preferred.
• Experience with cloud-based platforms (Snowflake and AWS are preferred).
• Exposure to testing and automation tools (JUnit, Selenium, JMeter).
• Experience with developer experience tools and frameworks.
• A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Computer Engineering or related field of study or equivalent years of direct work experience.