Architect Lead

I can be myself at work.

We want you to feel comfortable doing great work and bringing your best, authentic self to everything you do. We value your talents, traditions, and uniqueness—and we’re committed to fostering a strong sense of belonging in a respectful workplace. We intentionally seek diverse perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds, investing in a culture designed to celebrate differences. We believe that belonging leads to better outcomes and a stronger community of associates united by our mission.

I can influence my income.

• Your performance will be reviewed annually, and your compensation will be designed to motivate and reward the value that you provide.
• You’ll receive a competitive salary, bonuses and benefits.
• Your company-funded retirement contribution will factor in salary and variable pay, including bonuses.

I can lead a full life.

• Enjoy generous time-away and health benefits from day one, with the opportunity for flexible work options.
• Receive 2-for-1 matching gifts for your charitable contributions and the opportunity to secure annual grants for the organizations you love.
• Access on-demand professional development resources that allow you to hone existing skills and learn new ones.

I can succeed as a Lead Data Architect at Capital Group.

• Serve as the technical domain expert on foundational data, integration, and AI infrastructure technologies.
• Steer technology strategy, define target state architectures, and build reference implementations for scalable, resilient data platforms optimized for Generative AI and Machine Learning.
• Identify and evaluate emerging technologies beneficial to this domain.
• Act as a thought leader in data architecture, providing guidance on governance, security, and compliance.
• Drive the technology strategy and target state architecture to support business goals.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, guiding the organization to adopt innovations that deliver value while minimizing disruption to end-users.
• Influence architects, engineers, and stakeholders to achieve strategic goals.
• Collaborate with business partners and the rest of IT to plan, design, enable and mature the capabilities needed for Capital Group to accomplish our mission of delivering superior, long-term investment results and high-quality service.

I am the person Capital Group is looking for.

• Have a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrate ability in defining, designing, and delivering enterprise-scale data strategies and data management solutions leveraging sound architecture principles, approaches, and patterns.
• Have at least 10 years of deep architecture and engineering experience with expertise in: Cloud-native data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, Dremio), LLM Orchestration (LangChain, LlamaIndex), and AI development frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with modern patterns, including domain-driven design, event-driven architecture, RAG architectures, Agentic AI patterns, Semantic Layers, and Data Mesh.
• Expertise in Python, Spark, and the deployment of large language models (LLMs) via AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, or Mosaic AI.
• Possess excellent interpersonal skills, written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to generate and present compelling content to guide strategic decisions.
• Prioritize stakeholder needs, ensuring data solutions drive meaningful business impact and user experience.
• Foster collaboration and shared ownership, partner with, and effectively influence architects and engineers to adopt/adhere to enterprise standards and deliver well-architected data-centric solutions while balancing technical depth with business outcomes.
• Proactively identify and mitigate architectural risks while ensuring adherence to regulatory and compliance standards.

I can apply in less than 4 minutes.

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I Can Learn More About Capital Group.

• Our culture, compensation and opportunities empower our associates to build successful and prosperous careers.
• We know that our history is a testament to the strength of the people we hire.
• More than 9,000 associates in 30+ offices around the world help our clients and each other grow and thrive every day.

Compensation and Benefits.

• Southern California Base Salary Range: $201,683-$322,693
• New York Base Salary Range: $213,795-$342,072
• In addition to a highly competitive base salary, per plan guidelines, restrictions and vesting requirements, you also will be eligible for an individual annual performance bonus, plus Capital’s annual profitability bonus plus a retirement plan where Capital contributes 15% of your eligible earnings.

Equal Opportunity Employer.

We are an equal opportunity employer, which means we comply with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit discrimination when making all decisions about employment. As equal opportunity employers, our policies prohibit unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including gender and gender identity), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, AIDS/HIV status, political activities or affiliations, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, assault or stalking or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.