Principal Architect

Our Company
Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe’s all about. We give everyone—from emerging artists to global brands—everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences We’re passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.
We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours
Adobe Digital Media - Professional Services
Enterprise Architect
Our Company
Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe’s all about. We give everyone—from emerging artists to global brands—everything they need to design and deliver outstanding digital experiences. We’re passionate about empowering people to craft beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.
We are looking for an experienced and dedicated Enterprise Architect that functions as the Adobe technical authority. Their responsibility is to not only know about the product's hidden intricacies but to engage with customers and take a broader view, aligning technology strategy with overall business goals and ensuring the IT architecture supports the company's strategic direction across all levels.
What You’ll Do
Coordinate with client teams and resources to define digital transformation goals.
Create custom enterprise architectures and roadmaps to achieve defined digital transformation needs.
Build relationships with executive and senior client leadership.
Engage and evangelize your and team’s recommendations to executive and senior client leadership teams.
Recommend future state of the technology architecture across the organization.
Understand the current state of the organization -wide architecture and experience and marketing capabilities.
Identify key business drivers and technology capabilities required to achieve clients’ optimal state.
Anticipate future technology requirements and communicate those to the client
Work closely with and act as a liaison between key Adobe, business, and IT team members during entire client engagement.
Ensure alignment between business strategies, information technology roadmap, and technical and tactical deployment teams.
Define governance and operational models to support clients’ technology goals.
Be the trusted advisor on the ground for client leadership and stakeholders regarding digital experience technological maturity.
Continually grow your footprint and role within the client engagement and relationship.
Grow Adobe’s Enterprise Architecture Practice.
Advertise the value of your role and work within the larger Adobe Consulting Group.

**Qualifications**:
**Education**:
Bachelor's or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. A Master's or equivalent experience is a plus.
**Technical Skills**:
Experience with architecture frameworks such as API, SOA, and TOGAF
Understanding & experience with Microsoft Azure & Amazon AWS cloud architecture & services, Google Cloud and serverless architectures
Good to have, knowledge of digital marketing and experience solutions such as Adobe Experience Cloud, Adobe Workfront & Fusion, AEM App Builder, AEM Assets etc.
Proficiency in front-end technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (including frameworks like React, Angular, or Vue.js).
Strong back-end development skills with languages like Java, Python or Node.js
Experience with server-side technologies and frameworks (e.g., Spring, Express.js).
Database expertise, including SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
Version control using Git and collaboration platforms like GitHub or GitLab.
Proficiency in DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
Experience with AI, in particular Generative AI, is a plus.
Experience in mobile app development (iOS/Android) is a plus.
**Professional Experience**:
13-15 years of relevant work experience in Digital Transformation with a strong Technical focus (preferable)
Demonstrated expertise in delivering end-to-end solutions, from requirements gathering to deployment and maintenance.
Experience with Agile and Scrum methodologies and the ability to work in multi-functional teams.
Prior work on projects involving large-scale data processing, real-time systems, or Big Data technologies is advantageous.
Knowledge of software development standard methodologies, including code reviews, testing (unit, integration, and automated testing), and documentation.
Experience in architecting and designing scalable and resilient systems.
**Soft Skills**:
Strong communication and interpersonal skills to interact e