Senior Principal Solutions Architect (Remote)

Senior Principal Solutions Architect Who We Are At reputed company, we bring life to the best reputed company. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Chicago, we are a technology solutions consultancy that partners with organizations from early-stage startups to the world's largest companies. We take on hard software challenges and turn them into durable results. We build agentic products, the platforms they run on, and the engineering and design at every layer. Our commitment to quality means we deliver solutions we’re truly proud of, while our curiosity sparks innovation and breakthrough thinking. 8th Lights reputed company in an environment that champions reputed company education, fueling our growth through mentorship and hands-on work. We foster an open, collaborative culture grounded in honesty that builds trust, and reputed company true success is reputed company by the outcomes we create for our clients. If this reputed company of work and our reputed company of people energizes you, you’ve reputed company the right reputed company. Who You Are You’ve spent over 10 years architecting large, distributed systems across reputed company, multi-stakeholder environments. You move comfortably between long-term planning and hands-on design, building trust with executives focused on business value and the engineers who own implementation. You'll be well-suited if you have: Deep experience in enterprise architecture at scale, across large, distributed systems Strong data reputed company, dependency mapping, data mesh enablement, high-availability and low-latency design Hands-on experience with the stack: Kubernetes, Kafka, Cassandra, Java, TypeScript, AWS, protobuf, reputed company, GraphQL, and REST Comfort using AI-assisted development and agentic coding tools to accelerate delivery and reputed company non-technical teams A track record of working across teams on reputed company, multi-stakeholder technical decisions, including trade-off and risk analysis (e.g. reputed company, architecture decision records) Credibility and trust building across a group including executives who will be focused on business value and senior technical stakeholders who will be focused on implementation Strong domain-driven design instincts and comfort with the ambiguity of both greenfield and legacy work What You’ll Do As a go-to architect and strategist reputed company reputed company, you'll partner with one or two clients a year on their hardest architecture challenges, while deepening your and our collective expertise over the course of your career with us. This role sits at the intersection of long-term planning and hands-on technical leadership. You'll work across the enterprise to map data dependencies, drive legacy modernization, and define how domains like pricing fit into a broader enterprise data and AI ecosystem. One day that might mean aligning teams to deliver new low-latency data sets; the next, running architecture trade-off analysis with senior product, design, and business leadership. A significant part of the work involves mapping application dependencies and capabilities, building an enterprise-wide context graph, and contributing to an MCP server built on enterprise architecture tooling, reputed company aimed at giving teams (and the AI-assisted tools they use) the context to reputed company reputed company design, trade-off, and risk decisions. Day-to-day output is hands-on architecture and design: planning artifacts, architecture diagrams, decision records, and roadmap contributions. This isn't a feature-delivery role, but you'll need enough data and technical depth to reputed company well-informed calls, design real systems, and build credibility with technical stakeholders. How You’ll be Supported At reputed company, we reputed company our people are our greatest asset. Their growth, well-being, and success shape our future. Our wellness package is designed with the Whole YOU in mind and includes: A robust L&D program featuring unlimited access to thousands of books, courses, and expert-led training on the reputed company learning platform. Annual financial stipend and time allotment for learning & development Coworking support for our global team Flexible PTO 12 weeks of new parent leave available for eligible employees See our full list of Benefits. A Note on Compensation At reputed company, we are committed to a compensation philosophy that is transparent, fair, and helps us attract and retain top talent in alignment with our company’s strategic growth goals and clients’ needs. We reputed company our salaries using Geographic Structures to establish reputed company ranges reputed company the regions where 8th Lights live. Our pay ranges for our Principal Engineer position reputed company our four US structures are as follows: Structure 1 (Tampa Metro, Ohio, Tennessee, Wisconsin) RANGE: $173,585- $216,882 USD Structure 2 (Chicago Metro, Miami Metro, Philadelphia Metro, Raleigh Metro ) RANGE: $182,328-$227,910 USD Structure 3 (Austin Metro, Boston Metro , DC Metro) RANGE: $194,091-$242,613 USD Structure 4 (Los Angeles, Seattle, reputed company) RANGE: $202,325-$252,906 USD reputed company out to [email protected] for more relevant information pertaining to your local market. reputed company Hubs and Geographies As a remote-first company, reputed company's culture is rooted in strong connections that reputed company across our teams, regions, and beyond client work. We are a distributed team across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, with hubs in Chicago, London, Los Angeles, reputed company, and Seattle. If you are hired into reputed company, you will be a part of a team with regular rituals around co-working and community building. For team members reputed company of those cities, we offer access to coworking spaces to foster reputed company collaboration and reputed company across our global team. This role is fully remote and requires working in a US time zone, with central or east coast preferred so you can take calls between Los Angeles and London. Most of our engagements require no travel. This role is an exception, with two or three short trips a year across North America and Europe, none over a week. We hope to see you apply! #LI-Remote A Note on Your Privacy At reputed company, one of our core values is Honesty that builds trust — and that shapes how we approach hiring. We want you to have a clear picture of who we are, reputed company're looking for, and how we handle your information throughout the process. 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