Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Act as a hands-on technical authority and contributor to solution architecture for Empower’s cloud and data frameworks.

• Collaborate with enterprise architects, senior architects, business leaders, IT teams, and the Innovation Lab.

• Develop solution architectures in alignment with a cohesive IT data strategy.

• Document target-state architectures, reference architectures, and essential dependencies.

• Design and facilitate the modernization and migration of intricate systems to scalable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud architectures.

• Work alongside delivery teams throughout the implementation process.

• Assess and prototype new technologies and applications, including Generative AI and Advanced Analytics.

• Contribute to business cases and provide recommendations.

• Implement and operationalize architectural standards, best practices, and governance expectations.

• Collaborate with business and engineering teams to develop end-to-end solutions.

• Offer architectural guidance on process design, system orchestration, and enterprise integration.

• Advocate for security, resilience, and scalability across data platforms and solutions.

• Create reusable patterns, decision documentation, and lessons learned.

• Support full-stack development teams during solution design and implementation.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s and/or master’s degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent experience.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in delivering data-intensive solutions.

• At least 1 year of proven ownership in solution design for moderately complex initiatives.

• Demonstrated experience in various data-focused roles, including data engineering, ETL/ELT, data architecture, database administration, BI or analytics engineering, data science, or data governance.

• Proficiency in architecture frameworks, performance optimization, availability, caching, monitoring, scalability, and security.

• Strong expertise in data and cloud architecture; AWS experience preferred.

• Familiarity with systems such as Snowflake or Redshift.

• Ability to convert complex data into actionable business insights and reporting solutions.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

• Data engineering experience encompassing ETL/ELT pipelines, orchestration, data quality controls, and batch/near real-time workloads.

• Experience with streaming and event-driven data using Kafka or Kinesis.

• API and integration experience, including API governance, versioning, security, and event-driven integration.

• Experience in data platform modernization using Spark or comparable distributed computing solutions.

• Knowledge of data security and privacy, including encryption, masking/tokenization, access controls, and auditability.

• Experience in cloud cost and performance, including FinOps, workload rightsizing, storage optimization, and performance engineering.

• Familiarity with DevOps for data, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and Kubernetes or EKS.

• Applied AI and GenAI experience, including retrieval, evaluation, monitoring, and responsible AI practices.

• Broad polyglot engineering experience with Java, microservices, and third-party API integrations.

• Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect are advantageous.

• Applicants must have authorization to work for any employer in the U.S.; no employment visa sponsorship or transfer of sponsorship is available.

• Reliable high-speed wired internet and a suitable home workspace are required for remote work.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.

• Retirement savings – 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup.

• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 per year.

• Business-casual environment that allows for jeans.

• Generous paid time off from the start, including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year.

• Paid volunteer time — 16 hours per calendar year.

• Leave of absence programs, including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA).

• Business Resource Groups (BRGs) that promote inclusion and collaboration.

• Flexible working environment.

• Necessary computer equipment provided.

• Opportunity to participate in a bonus program for non-sales positions.