Chief Architect – Core Business Services

Siemens Digital Industries Software; Wilsonville (OR); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexibility: home or office

Excellent benefits

Wellness programs

Job summary

Siemens Software is seeking a Chief Architect for Core Business Services to define and drive the architectural vision across a portfolio of foundational platform services, including licensing, integrations, delivery, and usage analytics. You will lead cross-team collaboration to ensure a cohesive, scalable, secure, and maintainable architecture aligned with business strategy.

You will mentor architects and senior engineers, influence stakeholders, and drive platform modernization while reducing

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering and architecture.
• Experience leading architecture for complex platforms across teams.
• Expertise in cloud-native/hybrid architectures, security and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Define and communicate architectural vision and roadmap for Core Business Services.
• Drive architectural consistency across engineering teams with standards and guidelines.
• Lead architecture of platform capabilities, APIs, and shared services for scalability and reliability.
• Provide technical leadership through reviews, mentoring and guidance to senior engineers.
• Evaluate new technologies to drive innovation while maintaining sustainability.
• Reduce technical debt and promote shared platform services adoption.

Skills

Software architecture

Cloud-native

Distributed systems

API design

Leadership

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Communication

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science/Software Engineering

Job description

We are a leading global software company dedicated to the world of computer aided design, 3D modeling and simulation— helping innovative global manufacturers design better products, faster! With the resources of a large company, and the energy of a software start-up, we have fun together while creating a world class software portfolio. Our culture encourages creativity, welcomes fresh thinking, and focuses on growth, so our people, our business, and our customers can achieve their full potential.

Chief Architect – Core Business Services

As Chief Architect for Core Business Services, you will define and drive the architectural vision and technical direction for a portfolio of foundational platform services, including licensing, business integrations, software delivery, and usage analytics. These shared services enable product teams to build on a common platform and deliver consistent customer experiences across the Siemens software portfolio. Working across multiple engineering teams responsible for a portfolio of product offerings, you will ensure a cohesive, scalable, secure, and maintainable architecture that aligns with the organization's business objectives and technology strategy.

You will work closely with engineering, product, and architecture leaders to shape the technical evolution of Core Business Services, balancing long-term architectural vision with the practical needs of product delivery while contributing to the evolution of the broader platform.

Your Impact & Key Responsibilities

• Define and communicate the architectural vision, technical direction, and architectural roadmap for Core Business Services.
• Drive architectural consistency across engineering teams by defining and governing architectural principles, standards, reference architectures, and technology guidelines in collaboration with peer architects, ensuring alignment across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.
• Lead the architecture of strategic platform capabilities, APIs, and shared services that support multiple product offerings, with a focus on scalability, security, reliability, interoperability, and maintainability.
• Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, cross-team initiatives, mentoring, and guidance for architects, principal engineers, and senior technical leaders.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, frameworks, and architectural approaches to drive innovation while ensuring long-term sustainability and operational excellence.
• Drive platform modernization by reducing technical debt and promoting the adoption of shared platform services, reusable components, and common architectural patterns.
• Partner with engineering and product leadership to align architectural decisions with customer needs, product strategy, and business objectives.
• Represent Core Business Services in cross-organizational architecture forums, contributing to the evolution of the broader platform architecture and shared technology standards.
• Engage with senior stakeholders, strategic customers, and internal and external technology partners to communicate architectural direction, gather feedback, and represent the interests of Core Business Services as needed.

What We're Looking For

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering and architecture, including designing and delivering large-scale enterprise software systems.
• Proven experience defining, leading, and evolving architecture for complex software platforms across multiple engineering teams and product offerings.
• Deep expertise in cloud-native and hybrid architectures, distributed systems, APIs, security, and platform engineering.
• Strong strategic thinking with the ability to balance long-term architectural direction with pragmatic delivery and evolving business priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to make pragmatic architectural decisions that balance technical excellence, business priorities, delivery timelines, and long-term platform evolution.
• Practical experience in one or more enterprise platform domains, such as software licensing, business systems integration, usage analytics, or software delivery.
• Understanding of business and operating models, financial planning, cost-benefit analysis, budgeting, and risk management.
• Experience designing reusable platform capabilities, shared services, and APIs for large-scale distributed systems.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence technical and business audiences.
• Proven ability to mentor architects and senior engineers, fostering technical excellence and a culture of continuous improvement.
• Fluent in English, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.

Why us?

Working at Siemens Software means flexibility – Choosing between working at home and the office at other times is the norm here. We offer great benefits and rewards, as you'd expect from a world leader in industrial software.

You’ll Benefit From

• Flexibility – Choosing between working at home and the office at other times is the norm here.
• Great benefits and rewards, as you'd expect from a world leader in industrial software.
• Siemens offers a variety of health and wellness benefits to our employees. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html

Salary

• The pay range for this position is 180,400 - 324,700annually with a target incentive of 15-25 of the base salary. The actual wage offered may be lower or higher depending on budget and candidate experience, knowledge, skills, qualifications, and premium geographic location.
• $180,400 $324,700

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