Senior Principal Engineer - App Architecture & AI

PepsiCo Inc.; Colonia Tajín; On-site; MXN 1,800,000 - 3,600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexibility program

Wellness line

Scholarship programs for children

Financial wellness programs

Discounts and partnerships

Job summary

PepsiCo Inc. seeks a Sr Principal Engineer to lead application architecture across the Strategy & Transformation organization. Drive end-to-end design, establish patterns, and guide teams on scalable, cost-efficient, observable solutions built with modern AI-enabled technologies.

You will influence executives, define roadmaps, and promote reuse while ensuring alignment with business goals and global standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of relevant software development and engineering leadership experience.
• Experience defining and driving enterprise application architecture strategy and governance.
• 7+ years of experience architecting fault-tolerant, high-scale distributed systems.
• Experience with cloud-native PaaS/SaaS solutions.
• Experience with monitoring, observability, and reliability practices for large-scale systems.
• Deep knowledge of design patterns and data structures.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the application architecture vision aligned to business goals and S&T priorities.
• Lead, build, and mentor high-performing, globally distributed engineering teams.
• Engage senior executives and stakeholders to shape and communicate the software engineering narrative and architectural direction.
• Establish and govern enterprise architecture standards, principles, and processes to ensure consistency and reuse.
• Champion a culture of reuse and standardization to accelerate delivery and reduce redundancy.
• Lead the design of target-state architectures, including transition roadmaps.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Cloud-native distributed systems

JavaScript/TypeScript

Node.js

React/Redux

OA design & patterns

AI-enabled development tools

Full-stack engineering

Leadership & mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Master's or PhD (preferred)

Tools

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

Job description

PepsiCo Inc. seeks a Sr Principal Engineer to lead application architecture across the Strategy & Transformation organization. Drive end-to-end design, establish patterns, and guide teams on scalable, cost-efficient, observable solutions built with modern AI-enabled technologies.

You will influence executives, define roadmaps, and promote reuse while ensuring alignment with business goals and global standards.