Principal Platform Architect

Job Description: About the Company: Join AT&T and reimagine the communications and technologies that connect the world. Our Consumer Technology experience team is delivering innovative and reliable technology solutions to power differentiated, simplified customer experiences. Bring your bold ideas and fearless risk-taking to redefine connectivity and transform how the world shares stories and experiences that matter. When you step into a career with AT&T, you won’t just imagine the future-you’ll create it. About the Team: AT&T is seeking a talented and experienced principal architect to join our platform architecture team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in E2E platform architecture & infrastructure design, cloud and on-premises system design, and a proven track record of leading teams of application architects. Key Roles and Responsibilities: • Define technical solutions and ensures alignment and provides technical leadership for the evolving architectural capabilities of the entire platform • Work closely with the enterprise architects and system engineers to ensure that individual program and product strategies align with business and technical objectives • Facilitate important design decisions for development teams, local authority • Work with customers, stakeholders, and development teams to define high-level solution • Determine the primary components and subsystems and analyze technical trade-offs • Identify interfaces and collaborations between them, define higher-level functional & nonfunctional requirements (NFRs) • Defines a shared technical and architectural vision focused on creating technical alignment for the full solution rather than concerns for specific components • Work with portfolio stakeholders, customers, enterprise architects, system engineers and development teams to align the architectural direction • Establish incremental implementation strategy and technical foundation for the architectural runway; Abstraction and generalization to preserve architectural flexibility • Ensure that common technology, design practices, and infrastructure are used when applicable; and facilitate the reuse of code, components, and proven patterns • Influence common modeling, design, and coding practices. Experience Required • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems or related field • 10+ years of experience in working in Architecture, Engineering or Development roles in a Java and Open Source environment. • Ideally 8+ years of experience in architecture and design of systems using microservices architecture. • Ability to evaluate current and emerging technologies to select or recommend the best solutions for the future state architecture. • Advanced knowledge of software architecture, applications, and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., Azure cloud, open source in Python, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.) • Machine learning and recommendation architecture engine experience is a plus • Technical Career Pathway (TCP) role. Supervisory: No Our Principal Software Engineering, earns between $141,300.00-$211,900.00 USD Annual, Not to mention all the other amazing rewards that working at AT&T offers. Individual starting salary within this range may depend on geography, experience, expertise, and education/training. Joining our team comes with amazing perks and benefits: · Medical/Dental/Vision coverage. · 401(k) plan · Tuition reimbursement program. · Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays) · Paid Parental Leave. · Paid Caregiver Leave. · Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected. · Adoption Reimbursement. · Disability Benefits (short term and long term) · Life and Accidental Death Insurance. · Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal. · Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) · Extensive employee wellness programs. · Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone. AT&T is leading the way to the future – for customers, businesses and the industry. We're developing new technologies to make it easier for our customers to stay connected to their world. Together, we’ve built a premier integrated communications and entertainment company and an amazing place to work and grow. Team up with industry innovators every time you walk into work, creating the world you always imagined. Ready to #transformdigital with us? Apply now! #ConsumerTechnologyeXperience Weekly Hours: 40 Time Type: Regular Location: Alpharetta, Georgia Salary Range: $141,300.00 - $237,400.00 It is the policy of AT&T to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, AT&T will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Apply Job!