Principal Enterprise Architect, FinTech

Priceline • New York, NY

6d • $175,000 - $220,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

This role is eligible for our hybrid work model: 2 days in-office. As the Principal Enterprise Architect for FinTech, you’ll define the architectural vision and technical strategy that unify payments, invoicing, accounting, reconciliation, and financial analytics across Priceline’s platforms. This role raises the architectural bar for Priceline’s FinTech systems—you’ll shape the next-generation architecture that underpins all of Priceline’s business operations. You’ll ensure robust, secure, and scalable integration with Priceline’s products. You’ll also enable faster close cycles, real-time insights, and smarter decision-making for the business.

Requirements

• Strategic thinker and clear communicator who can influence executives, peers, and engineers.
• 10+ years in software engineering and architecture, with experience across financial systems, integration patterns, API-first design, cloud, microservices, data pipelines, and AI/ML (including generative AI).
• Hands-on software engineering background (strong preference for Java/Spring Boot and Python) with fluency in API design (gRPC/REST/GraphQL), DevOps/CI/CD, testing/QA, and observability/SRE practices.
• Experience building event streaming and data pipelines using Kafka and tools such as Informatica Cloud (IICS), GCP Dataflow, Spark, Airflow, and dbt.
• Proficient in data modeling across relational and non-relational stores, selecting fit-for-purpose datastores with the right access pattern, consistency, resiliency, indexing, and partitioning strategies.
• Proficient in one or more ERP platform ecosystems—ideally Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS), Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), and Oracle Data Integrator (ODI).
• Cloud-native experience—ideally GCP (GKE, Dataflow, Cloud Composer, Dataproc, BigQuery, Looker, Vertex AI).
• Experience working in environments requiring PCI DSS, SOX, SOC 2, and GDPR, with strong practices in auditability, traceability, and data governance.
• Bias for clarity and simplicity—reducing complexity and enabling teams to move faster and smarter.
• Analytical problem-framer who reduces ambiguity into clear, actionable components.
• Illustrated history of living the values necessary to Priceline: Customer, Innovation, Team, Accountability, and Trust.
• Unquestionable integrity and ethics are essential.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the target-state FinTech architecture aligned to Priceline’s long-term business and technology objectives, with a pragmatic, phased roadmap and measurable interim milestones.
• Design complex, distributed systems that are reliable, scalable, secure, and cost-effective—grounded in explicit trade-offs and consistent with Priceline’s infrastructure and operations standards.
• Partner with Finance, Accounting, Risk, and Engineering leaders to increase transparency, control, and agility in financial decision-making.
• Deliver AI/ML-driven improvements in anomaly detection, forecasting, fraud-risk scoring, and reconciliation automation, in partnership with Finance, Accounting, Risk, and Engineering leaders.
• Partner with business unit leaders and Enterprise Architects to drive well-founded technology choices and establish scalable, reusable patterns and platform-aligned designs across teams.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, architectural patterns, and vendors—leading build/buy/partner analyses, proofs of concept, and TCO/ROI assessments to de-risk decisions.
• Lead architecture governance by codifying standards and guardrails, managing technical debt, ensuring compliance, and reducing architectural risk.
• Coach senior and staff engineers, uplevel engineering practices, and cultivate a culture of clarity, simplicity, and continuous improvement.

Benefits

• Health & wellness coverage including medical, dental, vision, and mental health resources
• Generous time off including PTO, holidays, a company-wide Priceline Pause reset week, and paid volunteer days
• Work/life support including the ability to work up to 4 weeks per year from anywhere, parental leave, dependent care and family support resources, Summer Fridays, and office perks like stocked kitchens and catered meals (varies by location)
• Financial security programs such as retirement plans with company contributions, life and disability coverage, and tax-advantaged accounts
• Signature travel perks including employee-only discounts on hotels and flights, VIP deals, and Big Deal Bucks credits
• Additional perks & discounts like travel and partner discounts, tuition support, legal support, and pet benefits
• A people-first culture with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), social events, recognition programs, and service awards that help you connect, grow, and celebrate together

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Education Level: No Education Listed