Principal Software Architect

About the role

This role is for a newly formed Technical Software Architecture group that will work collaboratively across IT platform teams. This group resides in the broader IT Enterprise Architecture organization.

Responsibilities

• Architect and evolve software solutions aligned to business priorities, ensuring scalability, performance, security, and operational readiness across enterprise platforms
• Drive architecture standards and best practices by partnering with enterprise and platform architecture teams, applying design patterns across applications, integration, and event-driven systems
• Design and oversee robust, resilient systems incorporating APIs, asynchronous messaging, observability (logging, metrics, tracing), and security principles such as authentication, authorization, and fault tolerance
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, cloud, and infrastructure teams to align architectures with deployment, scalability, and reliability requirements
• Guide and govern implementation through architecture reviews, code/design oversight, documentation, and participation in governance forums to ensure consistency and continuous improvement
• Lead, mentor, and influence teams by supporting architectural decision-making, developing talent, scanning emerging technologies, and fostering innovation across projects and solutions

Requirements

• Deep understanding of software design patterns across application and integration layers
• Experience with API-driven and event-driven architectures, including asynchronous messaging
• Strong practical experience designing event-based systems (event modeling, event flows, pub/sub patterns, and integration via events)
• Solid knowledge of microservices and service decomposition approaches
• Understanding of security and resilience patterns, including authentication, authorization, and fault tolerance
• Experience incorporating observability practices (logging, metrics, tracing, production readiness)
• Able to translate business needs into scalable, maintainable technical designs
• Experience conducting architecture and design reviews, including trade-off analysis
• Proven ability to guide engineering teams and influence decisions without formal authority
• Strong communication skills and experience working across platform, enterprise architecture, and engineering teams

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• 10+ years of relevant work experience

Skills

• Event Driven Architecture (EDA)
• Microservices Architecture
• Software Design Patterns
• Communication

Benefits

• Medical & Dental
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Generous paid time off
• Life Milestones - from adoption assistance, childcare resources, pet insurance, and more
• Courtesy Services - Free digital TV and internet for full-time employees in serviceable areas
• Discount tickets for Universal Resorts, including theme park tickets and onsite hotel rooms

Education

• Preferred: Bachelor's Degree
• Consideration given to applicants with relevant coursework and experience or extensive related professional experience