Principal Architect

Turn2Partners - Washington, DC, United States

This Turn2 Client is a fast-growing software company that is hiring a Principal Architect to lead platform architecture and technical strategy across its core digital products. This is the top technical leadership role in the organization — ideal for an experienced architect who thrives at the intersection of system design, product innovation, and hands-on mentorship.

You'll report directly to senior leadership and work closely with product and engineering teams to shape scalable, cloud-native platforms used by millions. This is both a strategic and execution-focused role with broad impact across technical direction, engineering culture, and product delivery.

Key Responsibilities

  • Define platform-wide architecture with a focus on scalability, performance, and long-term maintainability

  • Set engineering standards and guide system-level design across teams

  • Partner with product and executive stakeholders to align technology with business strategy

  • Lead adoption of modern cloud-native patterns (e.g., serverless, microservices, event-driven design)

  • Provide architectural oversight for key initiatives such as data strategy, AI/ML integration, and system interoperability

  • Mentor senior engineers and elevate engineering maturity across the org

Ideal Experience

  • 12+ years of progressive software engineering experience, with at least 5 years in senior or architectural leadership roles

  • Proven success architecting complex, cloud-based SaaS products at scale

  • Strong experience with modern technologies like Node.js/TypeScript, Python, React, AWS, containerization, and CI/CD

  • Deep understanding of distributed systems, API design, authentication/authorization, and observability

  • Comfortable collaborating at the executive level while remaining hands-on with technical delivery

  • Experience mentoring engineering leaders and shaping a high-performance team culture



Posted On: Thursday, October 30, 2025
Compensation: 240K - 280K



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