Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field; advanced degree preferred
Minimum 10 years in software development or equivalent technical environment
At least 4 years in a development team technical lead or architecture role
Strong experience in cloud and API-based architecture
Expertise in enterprise systems design and architecture modeling
Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies
Responsibilities
Collaborate with stakeholders to align business and IT goals
Influence strategic roadmaps based on technological trends
Drive innovation through prototyping and new tech capabilities
Own the strategic architecture and reference architecture
Facilitate technology governance processes
Communicate project architecture adherence
Support and mentor teams in architectural best practices
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Paid time off for various needs including vacation and illness
Financial benefits for retirement and health savings
Employee recognition programs
Discounts at Choice hotels worldwide
Full Job Description
** This role is not eligible for sponsorship AND is four days onsite hybrid at our N. Scottsdale office **
Your Responsibilities
Own enterprise architecture strategy across platforms, business capabilities, and technology domains, ensuring alignment with business priorities, modernization objectives, and long-term technology strategy.
Define and govern architecture standards, reference architectures, integration patterns, API strategies, cloud service patterns, and enterprise solution guardrails.
Lead architecture strategy and adoption planning for cloud modernization, platform engineering, developer enablement, data-driven decision making, generative AI, intelligent agents, and automation capabilities.
Partner with Business Relationship Management, Product, Technology, Security, Privacy, Risk, Data, Engineering, and operational stakeholders to align technology investments with business objectives and governance requirements.
Establish architecture patterns and guardrails for AI-enabled systems, enterprise AI platforms, intelligent automation, orchestration capabilities, and emerging AI technologies.
Assess current-state and future-state architectures, identify practical transition states, and define short- and long-term roadmaps for modernization, platform growth, AI adoption, and enterprise capability maturity.
Drive proof-of-concepts, architectural prototypes, technology assessments, and tradeoff analysis to validate future-state capabilities and inform enterprise investment decisions.
Serve as a trusted advisor and technical leader for strategic initiatives, architecture reviews, solution direction, stakeholder decision-making, and Enterprise Architecture practice maturity.
Your Experience, Skills & Competencies
Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related field required; equivalent experience may be considered. Master's degree preferred.
At least 10 years of relevant experience in software development, information systems, enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or a related technical environment.
Experience designing and implementing enterprise-class systems, including distributed systems, cloud platforms, API-based architectures, messaging patterns, application boundaries, and non-functional requirements such as scalability, availability, security, resilience, observability, and supportability.
Experience defining architecture strategy, standards, roadmaps, governance frameworks, and reference architectures across cloud, data, integration, application, platform engineering, modernization, and AI domains.
Experience with cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, or Microsoft Azure; familiarity with enterprise AI platforms such as AWS Bedrock, OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure AI, Google AI, or similar technologies preferred.
Strong knowledge of architecture modeling, alternative analysis, tradeoff analysis, portfolio analysis, Agile/Scrum delivery, security and compliance considerations, and modern software delivery practices.
Technical depth across service APIs, OpenAPI/Swagger, messaging technologies such as Kafka or Java Message Service, relational and non-relational databases, CI/CD pipelines, version control, performance tuning, and cloud deployment patterns.
Demonstrates strategic thinking, executive communication, collaboration, influence without authority, sound judgment, problem solving, and the ability to lead through ambiguity.
Your Team
This is an individual contributor role that will report to the Director of Enterprise Architecture. You will collaborate with Enterprise Architects, Solution Architects, Product teams, Engineering, Security, Data, Privacy, Risk, operational stakeholders, and technology leaders on a regular basis.
**This role is not eligible for sponsorship**
Choice prioritizes our associate wellbeing by offering a comprehensive benefits program that is both competitive and flexible to help you achieve your wellbeing goals - here are just a few:
Competitive compensation and benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage
Leave and paid time-off for holidays, vacation, personal, family, volunteer, sick, jury duty, bereavement, military, and religious observance
Financial benefits for retirement and health savings
Employee recognition programs
Discounts at Choice hotels worldwide
About Choice Hotels International Inc
Choice Hotels International is a hospitality company that franchises hotels under several brands, including Comfort Inn, Quality Inn, and Econo Lodge. The company operates in over 40 countries and territories, with over 7,000 hotels and 570,000 rooms. Choice Hotels International's mission is to provide affordable and comfortable lodging options for travelers. The company was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland.
