Principal Architect

Craft & Delivery

Define technical strategy and lead architectural design across cloud, data, and AI/ML systems for end-to-end engagements

Architect scalable cloud-native solutions, including multi-cloud and hybrid strategies (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes)

Design data architectures including warehouses, data lakes, and pipelines for batch and streaming workloads (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, Spark, Kafka)

Design AI/ML systems including model serving, MLOps pipelines, feature stores, and LLM-based applications (e.g., SageMaker, Vertex AI, MLflow, Hugging Face)

Define infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and DevOps standards across engagements (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, GitHub Actions)

Drive performance, scalability, cost, and reliability optimization across deployed systems

Ensure architecture meets security, governance, and compliance requirements (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, SOC2)

Lead cloud migrations and platform modernization initiatives

Bring an AI-forward mindset to your daily work, using tools like Claude, Cursor, and other modern AI assistants to ship higher-quality work at pace

Collaboration & Communication

Partner with senior leadership and clients as the principal technical voice on strategy and direction

Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to engineering and non-engineering stakeholders alike

Engage closely with engineering, data, AI, and product teams to align architecture with broader business priorities

Develop and maintain architecture documentation, standards, and guidelines

Leadership & Influence

Define and champion architectural standards and best practices on the engagements you support

Mentor experienced engineers and architects, helping them grow their technical judgment and impact

Owning the most difficult architectural and integration challenges, serving as the senior technical decision-maker

Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend tools, frameworks, and patterns that improve architecture over time