Senior Manager, Solution Architect

Skills

• Craft and convey clear, impactful and engaging messages that tell a holistic story.
• Apply systems thinking to identify underlying problems and/or opportunities.
• Validate outcomes with clients, share alternative perspectives, and act on client feedback.
• Direct the team through complexity, demonstrating composure through ambiguous, challenging and uncertain situations.
• Deepen and evolve expertise with a focus on staying relevant.
• Initiate open and honest coaching conversations at all levels.
• Make difficult decisions and take action to resolve issues hindering team effectiveness.
• Model and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 15+ years of experience in software engineering and architecture.
• 6+ years of hands-on AWS experience including modernization or migration.
• Daily proficiency with AI coding assistants (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, or Kiro) with a track record of establishing AI-native engineering practices across teams.
• Experience evaluating and adopting new AI development tools and platforms for engineering organizations.
• Hands-on experience with agentic AI frameworks including LangChain, Claude Agent SDK, and Bedrock Agent SDK.
• Experience designing applications with AI agent integration points and understanding how agentic AI intersects with the application layer.
• Ability to measure and report AI-driven efficiency metrics to leadership.
• Proficiency in front-end frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue.js.
• Strong back-end development skills with Node.js, Java, Python, or equivalent.
• Experience migrating legacy applications to AWS using methodologies like lift-and-shift, re-platforming, and refactoring.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services including Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, API Gateway, CloudFront, Cognito, IAM.
• Strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK).
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS/EKS).
• Strong understanding of application security, identity management, and cloud governance in AWS.
• Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven track record leading cloud migration or modernization projects.
• Knowledge of Agile methodology and practices.
• Prior experience with microservices architecture, serverless patterns, and event-driven design.

Benefits

The salary range for this position is: $124,000 - $280,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws.

All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.

PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more.

To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance

For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws.

To view information about anticipated application deadlines: https://pwc.to/us-application-deadlines