Sr. Director & Head of Architecture

Role overview Set the long-term architecture direction for a global software platform, including its AI capabilities, cloud infrastructure and core services. This executive-level position leads an architecture team and works closely with engineering and product leaders to connect technical strategy with customer and business outcomes.

Responsibilities - Define and guide an AI-native target architecture for core products and advanced AI agent capabilities. - Establish architecture standards that improve consistency, reuse and alignment with the technology roadmap. - Shape AI systems, data engineering, enablement plans and governance controls as a cohesive platform strategy. - Lead, grow and mentor a multidisciplinary architecture team, supporting strong engineering practices. - Set security and compliance governance for software and infrastructure, and help manage reliability, latency and service availability. - Advise technical teams and business stakeholders on trade-offs, costs, risks and the impact of new technologies and integrations.

Requirements - At least 15 years of software engineering and architecture experience building products or platforms, including at least five years in senior leadership managing architecture teams. - Demonstrated experience designing and deploying distributed, cloud-native systems, especially on AWS. - Experience building AI-native products and technology strategies. - Ability to build support for major technical changes among executives and engineering teams, and to lead architecture transformations in fast-growing or less-structured environments. - Ability to assess technology choices through total cost of ownership and return on investment. - Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering or a related technical field.

Benefits and work setup The role is described as remote-first. Benefits include paid parental leave, flexible time off, spending accounts, medical, dental and vision insurance, and a sabbatical after five years. Compensation may include an annual bonus for non-sales roles, subject to individual and company performance.