Architect

EY; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

EY is seeking an experienced Solutions Architect to lead cloud-native architecture across product and platform teams in the United States. You will translate requirements into architecture options, produce blueprints and designs, and collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable services.

The role emphasizes Azure, Kubernetes, APIs and data patterns, with AI-enabled tooling to boost delivery.

Qualifications

• Architect with experience across cloud-native apps, integration, data, and security.
• Hands-on software engineering in C#, Java, JS/TS, or Python required.
• Experience with agentic AI coding tools like GitHub Copilot or Cursor.
• Azure experience including compute, storage, networking, and security.
• Familiar with APIs, microservices, containers, and Kubernetes (AKS preferred).
• Design access management, authentication, and authorization patterns.
• Strong communication with senior stakeholders and distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product Managers and stakeholders to shape product vision and translate requirements into architecture options
• Produce architecture blueprints, high-level and low-level designs, and technical decision records
• Design secure, scalable, and reusable services, APIs, and datastore patterns
• Work closely with engineering teams through prototyping, code review, and design assurance
• Select appropriate technologies and define development standards to promote reuse
• Apply AI-assisted and agentic engineering practices to improve delivery and productivity

Skills

Cloud-native architecture

Java / C# / JS / Python

Azure cloud services

APIs & microservices

Kubernetes / containers

Security & IAM design

Communication with stakeholders

AI coding tools (Copilot / Cursor)

Tools

Azure AKS

GitHub Copilot

Cursor AI coding

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product Managers and stakeholders to shape product vision and translate requirements into architecture options
• Produce architecture blueprints, high-level and low-level designs, and technical decision records
• Design secure, scalable, and reusable services, APIs, and datastore patterns
• Work closely with engineering teams through prototyping, code review, and design assurance
• Select appropriate technologies and define development standards to promote reuse
• Apply AI-assisted and agentic engineering practices to improve delivery and productivity

Requirements

• Strong architecture experience across cloud-native application, integration, data, and security domains
• Hands-on software engineering capability in C#, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Python
• Practical experience using agentic AI coding tools like GitHub Copilot or Cursor
• Practical Azure experience including compute, storage, networking, and security
• Experience with APIs, microservices, containers, and Kubernetes (preferably AKS)
• Ability to design access management, authentication, and authorization patterns
• Clear communication style for working with senior stakeholders and distributed teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with internal developer platforms or reusable engineering assets
• Experience with generative AI solution patterns and RAG
• Familiarity with enterprise UX patterns and workflow automation
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert or Azure Security Engineer certifications
• TOGAF or SAFe certifications