Principal Software Architect
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Sep 27, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 7, 2026.
About the role
Principal Software Architect What You Will Do Define architecture and technical strategy across multiple engagements, platforms, and teams. Lead the design of complex, large-scale, secure production systems for regulated enterprise clients. Set engineering standards, reference architectures, and best practices adopted firm-wide. Provide deep technical leadership on the most challenging delivery and reliability problems. Partner with delivery leadership, architects, and senior client stakeholders on technical direction and proposals. Drive build-vs-buy, technology selection, and platform investment decisions. Mentor senior and staff engineers, and grow the technical bench across teams. Contribute reusable platforms, accelerators, and frameworks that scale delivery. Champion responsible, effective use of AI tools across engineering.
What you'll bring
What We Are Looking For You should have the following skills and experience: 10 to 15 years of experience delivering and architecting production software at scale. Recognized depth in system design, distributed systems, and cloud-native architecture. Extensive AWS expertise, including security, networking, and enterprise deployment patterns. Track record setting technical direction across multiple teams or a business line. Experience in regulated industries (financial services, telco, insurance) is strongly valued. Strong influence, communication, and stakeholder leadership skills. Continued hands-on engineering credibility.