Principal Solution Architect
| Company | ADI Global Distribution |
|---|---|
| Location | Austin, TX, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | |
| Experience Level | Expert or higher |
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience in software with a focus on solution architecture across cloud, device, and application domains.
- Experience designing cloud-native, distributed systems using Azure or similar public cloud environments.
- Understanding of IoT protocols, data pipelines, and API integration patterns.
- Experience designing large-scale, resilient systems with high availability and strong observability.
- Experience translating business needs into well-structured, technically feasible, and scalable solutions.
- Familiarity with secure design principles and compliance standards (e.g., GDPR, SOC-2, ISO 27001).
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills to drive alignment and tradeoff discussions.
Responsibilities
- Architect holistic, end-to-end solutions that integrate device, mobile/web applications, APIs, and cloud platforms (primarily Azure).
- Translate complex business requirements and product concepts into scalable solution designs that meet functional, performance, security, and compliance needs.
- Define solution-level tradeoffs across technical domains including development cost and timeline, hardware (BOM) and cloud infrastructure costs, interoperability and system complexity, user experience impact, technical debt and future extensibility.
- Lead the design of resilient and observable systems with recovery strategies for connectivity interruptions, message loss or delays, service outages, user error and interrupted processes.
- Partner with product managers, technical teams, and enterprise architects to align solutions with long-term platform strategy and standardization efforts.
- Support cross-team design reviews, architectural governance, and best practice enforcement.
- Collaborate with cybersecurity and privacy teams to ensure secure-by-design and privacy-compliant architectures.
- Maintain clear and up-to-date documentation of architectural decisions, diagrams, and interfaces.
Preferred Qualifications
- Stakeholder management skills to drive alignment and tradeoff discussions.
- Experience with platform convergence, reusable architecture components, and modular system design.
- Familiarity with smart home, connected device, or consumer electronics domains.
- Prior experience working within a formal architectural governance structure (e.g., Architecture Review Board).
- Knowledge of mobile/web app architecture frameworks (e.g., React, native apps).
- Experience with TOGAF or similar enterprise architecture frameworks.
- Background in embedded systems or firmware development is a plus.