Sr Software Architect
Employment Type: Full-Time, Long-Term
Role Location: Hybrid - Atlanta, GA (3 days per week in office)
Industry: Consumer Goods

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Architect - Platform to join our team. This role supports a leading organization in the Consumer Goods industry. The project is based in Atlanta, GA and is building, modernizing, and scaling Customer & Commercial product platforms across its North America business - including sales, service, and customer experience capabilities, operated under a modern Product Operating Model.

In this role, you will be responsible for driving technical excellence, system integrity, and complex problem-solving across all Customer and Commercial product teams. You will operate as a force multiplier - tackling the hardest technical challenges, shaping architecture through influence, and ensuring engineering decisions support product outcomes at scale, without owning formal people management. You will lead architectural design and review for complex systems, evaluate upstream and downstream impacts of technical decisions, proactively mitigate cross-system risks, and serve as a technical authority on security-by-design and regulatory compliance (including SOX).

Key Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of complex, high-impact systems and cross-cutting capabilities.
  
• Shape architecture and technical direction through design reviews, prototypes, and reference implementations.
  
• Identify and resolve systemic risks across performance, reliability, security, and scalability.
  
• Align with teams within and outside of the Product Operating Model for full alignment across the enterprise.
  
• Translate product strategy and outcomes into durable technical solutions; participate in product discovery to validate feasibility, assess risk, and explore alternatives.
  
• Challenge solution approaches using data, experimentation, and deep technical judgment.
  
• Establish and evangelize engineering best practices and technical standards; raise the bar on code quality, testing, observability, and operational readiness.
  
• Drive reduction of critical technical debt that constrains product outcomes.
  
• Operate across team boundaries to resolve dependencies and technical misalignment; mentor senior and mid-level engineers through pairing, reviews, and technical coaching.
  
• Act as a trusted advisor to Engineering Leads and Managers on technical trade-offs.
  
• Unblock teams by tackling the hardest problems or proving approaches quickly; improve system performance, cost efficiency, and operational stability.
  
• Ensure solutions are maintainable and support continuous delivery.
  
• Apply hands-on expertise in full-stack engineering and Salesforce platform development (Sales, Service, Experience, custom platform extensions); design cloud-native solutions on Azure.
  
• Lead technology experimentation from hypothesis and rapid prototyping through production deployment, validating customer value, operational impact, and technical feasibility.

Basic Qualifications

• Self-motivated, quick learner, and adaptable to new technologies and legacy systems.
  
• Thrives in a team environment, actively contributes to collaboration, fostering a sense of community.
  
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with a keen eye for detail and a proactive approach to issue resolution.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience in the Product Operating Model.
  
• 4+ years experience leading a Product technology team (preferred).
  
• 10-15+ years of enterprise software engineering experience.
  
• Proven track record designing and delivering large-scale, distributed systems.
  
• Expertise in modern cloud-native architectures and DevOps practices.
  
• Strong communication skills to influence without authority.
  
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, high-stakes environments.
  
• Track record of defining and being directly accountable for measurable business outcomes (revenue growth, cost reduction, cycle-time improvement, customer satisfaction, adoption, productivity gains).

Things to keep in mind!

• Alignment: W2 or C2C
  
• Applicants should be eligible to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.
  
• Individual pay is determined by multiple factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and relevant education or training.