Senior Principal Engineer, Global App Architecture & AI

PepsiCo Inc.; México; Hybrid; MXN 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexibility program

Wellness resources

Scholarship programs for children

Discounts with partner brands

Job summary

PepsiCo is seeking a Senior SWE & App Arch Sr Principal Engineer to shape enterprise architecture and drive digital transformation across its global value chain. You will lead diverse engineering teams, define standards, and ensure scalable, observable systems aligned with business goals.

You will evaluate emerging technologies, build reusable platforms, and oversee cost-efficient architectures, balancing speed, quality, and reuse across solutions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software development and engineering leadership.
• Experience defining and driving enterprise architecture strategy and governance.
• 7+ years architecting fault-tolerant, high-scale distributed systems.
• Experience with high-throughput, cloud-native distributed systems.
• Experience with mission-critical, 24x7 systems.
• Experience with Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, and cloud-native PaaS/SaaS solutions.
• Experience implementing monitoring, observability, and reliability practices.
• Experience with FinOps and cloud cost optimization.
• Experience building reusable platforms, shared services, or reference architectures.
• Deep knowledge of design patterns and algorithms.
• Full-stack engineering experience and frontend technologies.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled development tools.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the application architecture vision aligned to business goals.
• Lead, build, and mentor globally distributed engineering teams.
• Engage executives to shape software engineering narrative and architectural direction.
• Govern enterprise architecture standards, principles, and processes.
• Champion reuse and standardization to accelerate delivery.
• Translate business strategies into architectural implications and risks.
• Manage delivery risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Define development standards, guidelines, and integration patterns.
• Design target-state architecture and roadmaps.
• Lead the design of scalable enterprise applications and cost-efficient solutions.
• Enable integration across systems and maintain architecture artifacts.
• Evaluate emerging technologies including AI-enabled tools.

Skills

Software leadership

Enterprise architecture

Distributed systems

Cloud-native architectures

24x7 systems

Cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/Google)

Monitoring and observability

FinOps / cost optimization

Reusable platforms / shared services

Design patterns

Data structures & algorithms

Large-scale web services

Full-stack engineering

AI-enabled development tools

Frontend tech (JavaScript/TypeScript/6

Python/other languages

Academic credentials (CS/Engineering)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Master’s or PhD in CS/Engineering (preferred)

Tools

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

Cloud-native PaaS/SaaS

Job description

PepsiCo is seeking a Senior SWE & App Arch Sr Principal Engineer to shape enterprise architecture and drive digital transformation across its global value chain. You will lead diverse engineering teams, define standards, and ensure scalable, observable systems aligned with business goals.

You will evaluate emerging technologies, build reusable platforms, and oversee cost-efficient architectures, balancing speed, quality, and reuse across solutions.