Principal Architect, Applications & Integration

Principal Architect, Applications & IntegrationDate: Sep 23, 2026Company: Dorman ProductsDorman was founded on the belief that people should have greater freedom to fix motor vehicles. For over 100 years, we have been driving new solutions, releasing tens of thousands of aftermarket replacement products engineered to save time and money, and increase convenience and reliability. Founded and headquartered in the United States, we are a pioneering global organization offering an always-evolving catalog of automotive, heavy-duty and specialty vehicle products. Today, we have more than 3,800 employees across 29 different locations, with a family of brands that also includes SuperATV and Dayton Parts. Reaching a revenue of $2.13 billion in 2025, Dorman is publicly traded under the stock ticker DORM.Everyone who works at Dorman is called a Contributor. We need everyone, regardless of role and experience, to contribute to our success. That means everyone has a unique ability to make an impact on the business. We encourage all our Contributors to bring their authentic selves to work. The freedom to pursue new ideas, offer different perspectives, and grow in your career is fundamental to working at Dorman.Job Summary For established technologies and patterns, the Principal Architect provides risk-based oversight and resolves material design decisions. For new technologies, platforms, or patterns, the role defines the target architecture, establishes guardrails, shapes partner strategy, and guides the first implementations until the approach is proven and repeatable. This is a senior individual-contributor role that leads through technical authority, influence, mentoring, and collaboration.Primary DutiesOwn architecture for custom web, mobile, cloud-native, API-driven, event-driven, workflow, and internally engineered business solutions.Define application frameworks, reference architectures, reusable components, and engineering patterns.Guide modernization, technical debt, technology lifecycle, production readiness, and build-versus-buy decisions.Establish patterns and standards for APIs, events, messaging, orchestration, middleware, managed file transfer, and partner integration.Define reusable integration services connecting custom solutions, packaged applications, partners, and governed data services.Ensure integrations are secure, loosely coupled, observable, supportable, and designed for transaction integrity, error handling, recovery, and performance.Define reusable patterns for LLM access, orchestration, prompt management, retrieval-augmented generation, vector search, agents, inference, and intelligent automation.Establish architecture patterns and engineering guardrails for low-code, workflow, and citizen-development platforms, including integration with enterprise applications and services.Ensure AI-enabled solutions follow established software engineering, security, testing, deployment, observability, support, and lifecycle standards.Partner with Security, Risk, Legal, and Compliance on Responsible AI, privacy, access, traceability, explainability, and auditability.Maintain reference architectures, reusable patterns, architecture decision records, design guidance, and technology roadmaps.Apply risk-based architecture reviews and define engineering requirements for secure development, automated testing, deployment, observability, and lifecycle management.Identify architecture risks, technical debt, capability gaps, and lifecycle concerns, and recommend practical remediation.First-of-Kind Technology EnablementLead evaluation and target architecture for technologies and patterns not yet established in the delivery model.Work with the PMO and delivery organization to define technical workplans, decision points, specialist capabilities, partner support, and transition criteria.Guide initial implementations, capture lessons and reusable assets, and transition mature patterns into repeatable delivery and support.Technical Leadership & Partner AdvisoryLead architecture decisions through credibility and influence; direct and mentor architects, developers, QA resources, consultants, and partners without routine people-management accountability.Evaluate technologies and vendors; support due diligence, proofs of concept, licensing, and build-versus-buy assessments.Advise IT leadership on architecture capabilities, investments, risks, partner needs, and roadmap priorities.Education / Experience12+ years of experience in…