Architect and Define Solutions: Own the end-to-end technical vision for complex implementation projects, translating ambiguous customer requirements into scalable, secure, and high-performance system architectures.
Drive Technical Governance: Establish and enforce design patterns, API specifications, and coding standards to ensure that solutions are not only functional but also maintainable and compliant with enterprise security policies.
Lead Strategic Integration: Design robust integration strategies between Adobe Experience Cloud and diverse client technology stacks (legacy systems, cloud-native apps, and third-party data platforms), ensuring seamless data flow and interoperability.
Champion Operational Excellence: Define the strategy for system observability, reliability, and high availability (HA/DR), guiding engineering teams to build 'self-healing' and resilient production environments.
Executive Technical Advisory: Lead high-stakes architectural workshops with client stakeholders (up to C-level) to align technical roadmaps with business objectives and drive consensus on implementation strategies.
Elevate Engineering Culture: Serve as a technical authority and mentor for the wider FDE team, conducting design reviews and fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and best practices.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner deeply with Product Management and Core Engineering to feedback field insights into the product roadmap, influencing the future design of Adobe’s platform capabilities.
Hands-on Prototyping: While focused on architecture, maintain deep technical acuity by building proof-of-concepts (POCs) for novel use cases to de-risk complex technical decisions before wider implementation.

Requirements

12+ years of technical experience, with at least 5 years in a Solution or Systems Architecture role, preferably designing large-scale SaaS or enterprise software solutions.
Mastery of the Java/JVM ecosystem and modern application frameworks (e.g., Spring Boot), with the ability to evaluate and select technology stacks based on long-term maintainability and performance trade-offs.
Deep expertise in Distributed System Design, including microservices, Event-Driven Architectures (EDA), and complex API integration patterns (REST, GraphQL, gRPC).
Advanced proficiency in Data Architecture, capable of designing high-throughput persistence layers and defining data models across Relational, NoSQL, and Search platforms (e.g., Elasticsearch).
Strong command of Cloud-Native principles and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker) within major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
Executive presence and communication skills: The ability to translate complex technical concepts into business value for C-level executives and non-technical stakeholders.
A strategic mindset for Security and Compliance, ensuring architectures adhere to SOC2, GDPR, and enterprise-grade security standards from day one.
Comfortable with 10%-25% travel to build relationships with customers.

Benefits

This role is eligible for bonus and equity.

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Hard skills

Solution ArchitectureSystems ArchitectureJavaSpring BootDistributed System DesignMicroservicesEvent-Driven ArchitecturesAPI Integration PatternsData ArchitectureCloud-Native Principles

Soft skills

Executive PresenceCommunication SkillsStrategic MindsetCross-Functional CollaborationMentorshipTechnical LeadershipProblem SolvingInfluencingStakeholder EngagementOperational Excellence