Principal Solution Architect (Austin)

Principal Solutions Architect

The Product Development team is seeking a highly motivated, hands-on Principal Solutions Architect to serve as a senior individual contributor on our architecture team. You will lead the end-to-end architectural design and technical strategy for our next generation of connected smart home products, facilitating architecture between IoT devices and cloud platforms that serve millions of users globally.

In this pivotal role, you will define scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions that span device, cloud, data, and application layers within our Azure-centric ecosystem. Working closely with cross-functional engineering, product, and business teams, you'll shape systems that power millions of IoT devices, process trillions of datapoints, enable real-time analytics, and deliver intuitive user experiences across our connected ecosystem.

This position requires both deep hands-on development experience and strategic formal architecture expertise. You will have felt the weight of architectural decisions through hands-on implementation while possessing the broader perspective needed to orchestrate solutions across multiple programs and portfolios.

Job Duties :

• Architect holistic, end-to-end solutions that integrate IoT devices, mobile / web applications, APIs, and cloud platforms (primarily Azure).
• Translate complex business requirements and product concepts into scalable solution designs that meet functional, performance, security, compliance, and other non-functional requirements (NFRs).
• Define solution-level tradeoffs across our six core architecture pillars : Security, Performance, Cost, Reliability, Operations, and Developer / User Usability.
• Drive standardization of architectural development practices across the organization while de-risking future system capabilities through hands-on development of POCs and frameworks.
• Lead design of resilient and observable systems with recovery strategies for connectivity interruptions, service outages, and system failures.
• Partner with product managers, technical teams, and enterprise architects to align solutions with long-term platform strategy and standardization efforts.
• Guide cross-functional teams on architectural tradeoffs and document key architectural decisions within the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology.
• Support cross-team design reviews, architectural governance, and best practice enforcement across multiple programs and portfolios.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity and privacy teams to ensure secure-by-design and privacy-compliant architectures.
• Maintain clear and up-to-date documentation of architectural decisions, C4 diagrams, and interface specifications.

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