Principal Architect

Cox Communications • Atlanta, GA

5h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Cox Automotive architecture team seeks a Principal Solution Architect to lead technological efforts supporting the Logistics domain. This senior role will drive Solutioning, tech modernization and AI initiatives across Logistics marketplace services.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline and 10 years' related experience. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 8 years'; a Ph.d. and 5 years' experience; or 22 years' experience in a related field.
• 10+ years’ software development at mid-to-large companies, or advanced degree with relevant experience.
• 5+ years of solution/technical architecture experience.
• Proven track record of building high efficiency web applications and mobile apps
• Experience with fraud and IT risk mitigation for web apps (countering phishing scams, identity theft, knowledge of secure identity, login patterns)
• Hands-on experience with AI technologies and concepts (LLMs, autonomous agents, vector databases, Model selections, agent-based architecture, data pipeline, AI-assisted PDLC etc.)
• Experience designing cloud architectures (preferably AWS, also GCP/Azure).
• Applied enterprise patterns to distributed systems (RESTful APIs, microservices, events, micro-frontends etc.).
• Strong teamwork and communication skills.
• Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship. No OPT, CPT, STEM/OPT or visa sponsorship now or in future

Nice To Haves

• Experience or good familiarity with Salesforce CRM and Billing domain
• Experience modernizing legacy systems
• Skilled in technical writing and blog posts.
• Able to present at conferences and represent Cox Automotive externally.
• Technology mentoring and conflict management abilities.
• Automotive industry and Logistics background or interest.

Responsibilities

• Design solutions aligned with business needs in partnership with product and engineering teams.
• Facilitate design reviews and collaborative architecture discussions.
• Guide feature planning and serve as technical expert.
• Help develop architecture standards and enforce best practices.
• Oversee software development for non-functional requirements compliance.
• Advocate technology investments and prioritize architectural work.
• Integrate appropriate AI capabilities into systems, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Identify and translate high-impact AI use cases into scalable solutions.
• Assess emerging AI technologies and coordinate with governance for ethical and regulatory adherence.
• Promote reusable patterns and frameworks to accelerate Product development and AI adoption.
• Bridge communication between business stakeholders and technical teams for practical solutions.
• Develop strategies for AI agent interaction, autonomous workflows, and orchestration.
• Mentor engineering teams in AI technologies.
• Lead proofs-of-concept and reference implementations.
• Contribute to internal documentation and training.

Benefits

• The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members.
• Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.
• Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees