Principal Architect
Core
Lead solution architecture and AI initiatives for Cox Automotive's retail lifecycle platforms, including inventory management, deal creation, and service experiences.
Role type
Principal Solution Architect (Director level)
Builds
Platforms powering inventory management, deal creation, validation, and service across the retail lifecycle
Domain
Automotive retail technology, cloud-native platforms, Generative AI
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Solution architecture, API design (GraphQL/REST), AWS cloud architecture, Generative AI (LLMs, autonomous agents, vector databases), DevOps, distributed systems, technical leadership
Preferred skills
Event-driven architecture, API governance, platform strategy, mentoring engineering teams
Technologies
AWS, GraphQL, REST, LLMs, autonomous agents, vector databases
Responsibilities
Drive solution design from discovery to delivery, partner with engineering and product leaders to prioritize architectural investments, champion adoption of common tenancy and AWS-native patterns, identify and evaluate generative AI capabilities, produce architectural artifacts (roadmaps, decision records), assess emerging AI technologies for ethical and regulatory compliance, promote reusable patterns, translate business objectives into technical recommendations, lead proofs of concept and reference implementations
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic influence
