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In close partnership with Product Management, Engineering, Support, and executive leadership, this role aligns product roadmaps, platform investments, and architectural decisions with customer needs, business objectives, and Rocket's strategy to become a platform company.\nThe DataEdge portfolio includes Rocket's data integration, replication, synchronization, virtualization, and data intelligence solutions. It helps customers unlock enterprise data across distributed, cloud, and mainframe environments by making trusted data available where it is needed. As AI adoption accelerates, DataEdge delivers trusted, connected, and actionable information to the applications, platforms, models, agents, and intelligent business processes that power modern digital enterprises.\nThis role will evolve the portfolio into an integrated platform through cloud-native architecture, shared services, AI-enabled innovation, and cross-product collaboration. 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Maintain awareness of industry trends, analyst perspectives, emerging technologies, and competitive offerings to help shape portfolio strategy and investment priorities.\nShape how DataEdge fits within the broader data, analytics, and AI ecosystem, collaborating across Rocket portfolios and external technology partners to deliver integrated platform capabilities and differentiated customer outcomes.\nPromote adoption of industry standards, open APIs, and interoperability frameworks to ensure DataEdge integrates effectively across diverse customer environments and technology ecosystems.\nCoach teams on AI-enabled development, including AI-assisted coding, testing, documentation, modernization, and delivery.\nLead architecture reviews, communicate decisions and tradeoffs, and mentor senior technical talent across the portfolio.\nRequired Qualifications:\nMinimum 10 years of software engineering experience\nProven experience defining architecture and technology strategy across multiple enterprise products or platforms. \nStrong expertise in LLMs, agentic systems, MCP, retrieval architectures, enterprise AI integration, and responsible AI patterns. \nDemonstrated delivery of AI-enabled product capabilities and adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices. \nDeep expertise in cloud-native architecture, containers, Kubernetes, distributed systems, and modern software delivery. \nExperience building shared platforms, services, APIs, or reusable frameworks and leading technology consolidation. \nSuccessful partnership with Product Management on strategy, roadmaps, prioritization, and investment decisions. \nProven ability to lead cross-product initiatives, resolve competing priorities, and influence without direct authority. \nExceptional communication and facilitation skills, including with executive leaders; experience mentoring senior engineers or architects. \nEducation:\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IS, or related technical discipline.\nTravel Requirements:\n5%-10% minimal travel\nInformation Security:\nInformation security is everyone’s responsibility. A fundamental principle of information security at Rocket Software is that all individuals in the organization have a responsibility for the security and protection of company information and IT Resources over which they have control, according to their role.\nDiversity, Inclusion & Equity:\nAt Rocket we are committed to an inclusive workplace environment, where every Rocketeer can thrive by bringing their full selves to work. Being a Rocketeer means you are part of our movement to continually drive inclusivity, diversity and equity in our workforce.\n.Rocket Software Inc. is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Rocket Software Inc. is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.\nAt Rocket Software, we believe AI is a critical enabler of innovation and productivity. All Rocketeers are expected to actively leverage AI-powered tools and technologies, where appropriate, to enhance efficiency, improve decision-making, and deliver greater impact in their roles. Embracing continuous learning and the responsible use of AI is an essential part of how we work.\nAs part of our commitment to a safe and trustworthy workplace, we include background and reference checks in our hiring process.\nRocket is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need special assistance or an accommodation while seeking employment, please call: 781-577-4321 or send an email to . 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