Principal Enterprise Architect

Job Description

Addepar is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect to lead the design, development, and implementation of scalable and secure wealth management SaaS products. This role involves providing technical leadership, education, and guidance to engineering and product teams across the organization, as well as making recommendations to leadership as part of a central practice group. The ideal candidate will draft and champion strong architectural practices to ensure technical strategic alignment with business objectives, mentor and train engineers and SaaS architects, and identify and drive solutions for structural or organizational blockers and technical debt.Role involves:

• Defining technology roadmaps and architectural standards.
• Designing and architecting SaaS applications.
• Proactively identifying and remediating tech debt.
• Mentoring software engineers and architects.
• Evaluating and selecting technologies and frameworks.
• Ensuring the security, scalability, and efficiency of SaaS solutions.
• Collaborating with product management and business stakeholders.
• Conducting code reviews and ensuring code quality.
• Troubleshooting complex technical issues.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in software development.
• 5+ years of experience in SaaS architecture.
• Expertise in cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
• Strong internet and internal networking experience.
• Strong understanding of microservices, distributed systems, and SaaS component services.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.

Addepar offers:

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits