Softcard (acquired by Google)

Principal Platform Architect, Enterprise Platforms

Softcard (acquired by Google)

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Houston • Texas • United States

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

AWSCloudGradleJavaJenkinsJMeterJUnitMavenSDLCSelenium

About the role

  • Define and evolve the architectural vision for internal developer platforms and enterprise services.
  • Lead the design and implementation of reusable patterns, frameworks, and integration strategies that promote platform maturity and developer enablement.
  • Collaborate with product, infrastructure, and security teams to align platform capabilities with enterprise goals.
  • Champion DevSecOps practices and CI/CD maturity using tools such as Git, Bitbucket Pipelines, Jenkins, Maven, Gradle, SonarQube, and Artifactory.
  • Guide and support platform integrations including: Asset management (Artifactory), Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket), API Management platforms (MuleSoft or Apigee), Power Platform for low-code/no-code solutions, GitHub Copilot and other AI-assisted development tools.
  • Advocate for automation and self-service engineering across the organization.
  • Support the services you architect and participate in an on-call rotation to ensure platform reliability and timely issue resolution.
  • Represent the team in enterprise architecture forums and governance bodies.
  • Mentor engineers and lead by example in applying best practices and execution excellence.
  • Promote a collaborative and engaging culture across global teams.

Requirements

  • At least 10+ years of professional software development experience.
  • Proven experience in software architecture and platform engineering.
  • Deep expertise in Java and object-oriented programming.
  • Expert understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
  • Strong proficiency working in agile development teams.
  • Strong proficiency developing with CI/CD tools and practices.
  • Expertise in AWS is required, multi-cloud experience preferred.
  • Experience with cloud-based platforms (Snowflake and AWS are preferred)
  • Exposure to testing and automation tools (JUnit, Selenium, JMeter).
  • Experience with developer experience tools and frameworks.
  • A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Computer Engineering or related field of study or equivalent years of direct work experience.
Benefits
  • Flexible paid time off
  • Hybrid work schedule
  • 401(K) matching of 100% up to the first 6% with a discretionary supplemental contribution
  • Health & wellbeing benefits
  • Parental Leave benefits
  • Employee stock purchase plan
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
Javaobject-oriented programmingsoftware architectureplatform engineeringCI/CDDevSecOpsagile developmentcloud-based platformstesting toolsautomation
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationmentoringcommunicationproblem-solvingadvocacyengagementsupportorganizationexecution excellence
Certifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer ScienceBachelor's Degree in Management Information SystemsBachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering