Principal Platform Architect

Role: Principal Platform AWS Architect

Work Location: Houston, TX (4 days in office with 1 hybrid day)

Number of Positions: 1

Position Type: Fulltime

Company Description: Automotive

US CITIZENS AND GREEN CARD HOLDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. WE ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE SPONSORSHIP AT THIS TIME.

JOB SUMMARY

You'll architect and build our enterprise platform for data, machine learning, and agentic AI. This is a 100% hands-on technical leadership role — not a theoretical one (think builder, not TOGAF/Zachman framework guru).

RESPONSIBILITIES

Define architectural patterns, enterprise standards, and engineering best practices
Write code to add features to the platform in Python and Terraform
Balance the needs of individual AI use cases against broader platform principles
Design automated processes for reproducibility, auditability, and traceability
Apply deep expertise across DevOps, MLOps, CI/CD, and platform automation
Cut through complex, contradictory information to make sound technical decisions
Navigate the policy, people, and process dynamics that come with enterprise-scale work

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s degree in computer science (required)
10+ years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
A career that began in software engineering and evolved into architecture by leading teams that built large, multi-tenant, and high-throughput applications
Expert-level software engineering, Python, and computational algorithms.
Deep AWS expertise and fluency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, YAML)
Ability to quickly build expertise in the platform's technologies, such as Databricks, Lang Graph, etc.
A self-starter mindset — you learn new tech quickly, prove its value with a POC, and build the business case to scale it

TRAVEL REQUIRED

Minimal travel is required for this position (up to 10% of the time and on a domestic basis).

STANDARD BENEFITS

· Medical, Dental & Vision- eligible after 30 days of employment

· 401K company match is 4% 1:1 - starts day one and you vest after 2 years.

· 27 days of PTO in a full year. 10 paid holidays.

· Eligible to participate in vehicle program and performance bonuses