Principal, Cloud Solutions Architect

U.S. Financial Technology•Remote,

1d•$208,500 - $235,750•Remote

About The Position

U.S. FinTech is seeking an experienced Principal, Cloud Solutions Architect to join their team. This is a full-time remote opportunity. U.S. FinTech operates the largest and most advanced mortgage securitization platform globally, supporting significant portions of the mortgage-backed securities market. Their cloud-based platform executes transactions at an extraordinary scale, enhancing liquidity in the secondary mortgage market. The company combines financial services expertise with technological innovation.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
Minimum 10 years of experience in building large-scale software applications.
Minimum 5 years of experience working in an AWS environment.
Experience creating infrastructure-as-code (AWS CDK/SAM preferred).
Experience in building web applications.
Experience designing and building relational database transactional applications.
Experience in designing and integrating RESTful APIs.
Strong knowledge of Java/TypeScript/JavaScript and Python.
Experience with AWS serverless architecture and cloud infrastructure.
Familiarity with AI development tools (e.g., Amazon Q Developer/Kiro) and AI services (e.g., Amazon Bedrock).
Excellent debugging and optimization skills.
Experience in unit/integration testing.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
Proven ability to mentor and develop engineering talent.
Experience with agile development methodologies.
Thorough understanding of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment methodologies.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring employer sponsorship currently or in the future.
Successful completion of a background investigation, which may also include a credit check for positions in some areas of our business.

Nice To Haves

Masters degree preferred.
React experience a plus.
GraphQL a plus.

Responsibilities

Hands-on development across the full cloud technology stack.
Making strategic architecture decisions.
Serving as the primary technical interface to clients and U.S. FinTech leadership.
Ensuring the delivery of scalable, secure securitization platforms while maintaining high engineering standards.
Working across the full stack to build highly scalable distributed solutions.
Developing new features and infrastructure for rapidly emerging business and project requirements.
Ensuring seamless integration between front-end and back-end by designing and implementing APIs, data models, and communication protocols.
Ensuring application security, performance, uptime, and scale through sound cloud infrastructure engineering.
Evaluating complex technology issues spanning cloud infrastructure, resiliency, performance, vulnerability management, technology lifecycle, observability, automation, and emerging technologies.
Applying engineering and systems-thinking principles to evaluate technology risks, controls, architecture decisions, operational practices, and remediation approaches.
Driving modernization of Technology Governance through automation, data analytics, and AI.
Partnering with Technology and Risk stakeholders to establish pragmatic governance approaches for emerging technologies, including AI.
Maintaining high standards for code quality and application design.
Driving strategic technical direction and architecture decisions for the platform.
Leading technical design discussions and establishing engineering best practices.
Identifying engineering defects in the existing code base and improving code quality.
Building executive business cases for larger scale, long-term improvements.
Serving as the last line of technical support and escalation.
Working primarily in Java, SQL, TypeScript, React, JavaScript/HTML/CSS.
Designing and implementing SQL, GraphQL APIs, and AWS serverless architecture.
Creating infrastructure-as-code using AWS CDK and SAM.
Leveraging AI tools for development and product enablement.
Participating in all aspects of agile software development, including design, implementation, and deployment.
Providing strategic oversight of budget and resource planning.
Building and maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders.
Serving as the external face of the engineering team to client organizations and U.S. FinTech leadership.
Translating business requirements into technical solutions.
Collaborating with product, design, and operations teams.
Maintaining business continuation and customer satisfaction.
Building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders.