Distinguished Architect Engineer

Wolters Kluwer•Coppell, TX

1d•$151,700 - $270,950

About The Position

Reporting directly to the VP of Engineering, the Distinguished Architect is the senior technical leader responsible for defining and driving enterprise architecture and technology strategy for Wolters Kluwer's Corporate Legal Services (CLS) division. CLS provides legal and regulatory compliance solutions, including Registered Agent services, Service of Process, Business Formation, Entity Management, Business Licensing, UCC Services, and related corporate compliance solutions. Its customers range from small businesses and law firms to some of the world's largest corporations. The role will define and execute a cohesive target-state enterprise architecture across CT Corporation and the broader CLS portfolio. The architect will establish the vision, principles, standards, and strategies to simplify and consolidate platforms, improve scalability and resiliency, modernize data and integration capabilities, strengthen security and governance, accelerate product innovation and delivery, and increase technology reuse. In partnership with engineering, product, business, security, and data leaders, the architect will translate business strategy into a pragmatic, multi-year technology roadmap that balances modernization with operational stability. This role also focuses on defining architecture for an AI-native enterprise. It will explore how AI agents, agentic workflows, intelligent automation, modern data platforms, API-first architectures, cloud-native engineering, and AI-assisted software development can transform products and the technology operating model. CLS is investing in AI-enabled solutions, including intelligent customer insights and AI-assisted service-of-process workflows, and this leader will help shape how AI is used across the organization. The successful candidate will bring deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and executive influence to guide modernization of a large-scale technology ecosystem, evaluate emerging technologies and AI capabilities, align stakeholders, and help position CLS as an AI-enabled leader in legal and compliance services. The position is eligible for a bonus. Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office during the recruitment process.

Requirements

Deep technical expertise combined with strategic thinking and executive influence.
Ability to establish an enterprise architecture vision and roadmap.
Ability to simplify a complex portfolio of systems and platforms.
Ability to drive technology standardization and modernization efforts.
Ability to enable scalable, reusable platform capabilities across the business.
Ability to advance AI adoption within products and engineering practices.
Ability to build alignment among executive, business, and technology stakeholders.
Ability to engage senior business leaders on strategic priorities, define enterprise architecture and platform strategy, evaluate emerging technologies and AI capabilities, guide modernization of large-scale technology ecosystems, and influence decisions across complex organizational environments.

Responsibilities

Define and execute a cohesive target-state enterprise architecture across CT Corporation and the broader CLS portfolio.
Establish architectural vision, principles, standards, and technology strategies.
Drive simplification and platform consolidation, technology standardization, and modernization.
Enable enterprise scalability and resiliency, modern data and integration capabilities, improved security and governance, faster product innovation and delivery, and greater technology reuse.
Translate business strategy into a pragmatic, multi-year technology roadmap that balances modernization with operational stability.
Explore how AI agents, agentic workflows, intelligent automation, modern data platforms, API-first architectures, cloud-native engineering, and AI-assisted software development can transform products and the technology operating model.
Shape how AI is leveraged across the organization and advance AI adoption in products and engineering practices.
Build alignment among executive, business, and technology stakeholders.
Help position CLS as an AI-enabled leader in legal and compliance services.