Principal Cloud Architect
Core
Design and steward end-to-end cloud, data, and platform architecture patterns for a large-scale multi-tenant SaaS platform serving 35,000+ companies.
Role type
Principal Cloud Architect (Strategy & Hands-on IC)
Builds
Cloud runtime, networking, service mesh, container platforms, data pipelines, and AI-augmented architecture tooling.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure & Data Architecture
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Multi-cloud architecture (AWS/GCP), Kubernetes orchestration, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/GitOps), Data architecture (streaming, SQL/NoSQL, lakehouse), AI/ML infrastructure, Technical leadership, Technology evaluation (POCs), Cost optimization (FinOps)
Preferred skills
Service mesh (Istio), Confluent Platform, MLOps tooling, Architecture Review Council experience, AI-augmented review workflows
Technologies
GCP, AWS, Kubernetes (GKE), Terraform, GitOps, Kafka/Confluent, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Snowflake, BigQuery, Solr, Elasticsearch, Dataflow, Cloud Composer, MLflow, Kubeflow, Vertex AI, SageMaker
Responsibilities
Prototype and hand off platform patterns with reference implementations; Participate in and lead architecture reviews; Own domain specialty (Cloud or Data); Define technology lifecycle and evaluate emerging tech; Enable R&D teams via design reviews and workshops; Shape multi-year platform strategy
Seniority
Principal, strategy & mentorship
