Solutions Architect: Enterprise Tech & Innovation Lead

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co; Dublin; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance (if available)

Job summary

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead the design and implementation of a solutions architecture across core services. You will guide engineering teams, define service architectures, and ensure alignment with the IT roadmap and digital strategy.

The role emphasizes architecture governance, API and microservice patterns, and delivering scalable, reliable business capabilities in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years in software development with multiple tech stacks.
• Experience designing enterprise integration patterns and middleware.
• Knowledge of APIs, microservices, event-driven IT and analytics.
• Familiarity with ITIL, agile/lean, and EA governance.

Responsibilities

• Leads evaluation, design and analysis for enterprise services and capabilities.
• Provide technical guidance from inception to implementation.
• Define services to meet business capabilities and digital priorities.
• Ensure architecture delivers reliability, interoperability and sustainability.
• Facilitate enterprise strategy, technology and business case development.
• Promote economy of scale through common architecture decisions.
• Drive new capabilities by executing proofs of concept (POCs).
• Develop standards, governance and policy for technology.
• Construct deliverables aligning to strategic goals.
• Research emerging tech trends relevant to the business.

Skills

Software development

Multiple tech stacks

Enterprise integration

APIs & microservices

Event-driven IT

Data analytics

DevOps practices

Agile & Lean

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science/Engineering or STEM

Tools

Middleware technologies

Graphical modelling tools

Job description

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead the design and implementation of a solutions architecture across core services. You will guide engineering teams, define service architectures, and ensure alignment with the IT roadmap and digital strategy.

The role emphasizes architecture governance, API and microservice patterns, and delivering scalable, reliable business capabilities in a fast-paced environment.