SWE & App Arch Sr Principal Engineer
Core
Define and drive enterprise application architecture vision, strategy, and governance for scalable digital transformation across PepsiCo's value chain.
Role type
Sr Principal Software Engineer & Application Architect (Strategy & Transformation)
Builds
Enterprise application architectures, reusable platforms, shared services, and reference architectures.
Domain
Consumer goods / Food & Beverage / Cloud-native distributed systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Enterprise application architecture strategy, high-scale distributed systems design, cloud-native PaaS/SaaS solutions, monitoring and observability, cloud cost optimization (FinOps), reusable platform design, design patterns, data structures and algorithms, object-oriented design, large-scale web services, full-stack engineering, JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, React/Redux, C#, Java, C/C++, Python
Preferred skills
AI-enabled development tools, modern engineering practices, Master's or PhD in Computer Science or Engineering
Technologies
Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, Node.js, React/Redux, C#, Java, C/C++, Python, Ruby, Perl
Responsibilities
Define and drive application architecture vision aligned to business goals; Lead, build, and mentor high-performing, globally distributed engineering teams; Engage senior executives and stakeholders to shape software engineering narrative; Establish and govern enterprise architecture standards; Assess current application landscape and drive continuous improvement; Design target-state architecture and transition roadmaps; Lead design of conceptual and detailed logical/physical architectures; Implement monitoring and observability strategies; Perform build-time and run-time cost analysis; Enable seamless integration across systems; Maintain architecture artifacts and documentation; Evaluate and promote emerging technologies including AI tools.
Seniority
Sr Principal, hands-on IC with strategic leadership
