Enterprise Architect

CoorsTek; United States; On-site; USD 165,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits

Company-Matched 401K

Company-Matched Pension Plan

Wellness Reimbursement Program

Job summary

CoorsTek is seeking an Enterprise Architect to support its technology and AI strategy by defining architecture patterns. This senior role involves guiding teams in building secure, scalable solutions and requires extensive software development experience, particularly in Python and TypeScript.

The position is based in Golden, CO and offers a competitive salary range of $165,000 to $195,000, along with various benefits including paid time off and a company-matched 401K.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering or relevant field.
• Strong hands-on experience in Python and TypeScript.
• Experience with enterprise architecture in complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a final technical authority for architecture decisions.
• Define enterprise architecture patterns aligned with business priorities.
• Guide teams on architecture principles and solutions.

Skills

Software development in Python

TypeScript experience

Enterprise architecture experience

AI-enabled solutions

Cross-functional architecture decisions

Git practices

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field

Master’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Copilot

Databricks

Azure-hosted applications

Job description

Job Overview

It’s exciting to work for a company that makes the world measurably better. We are committed to bringing safety, quality, and customer focus to the advanced ceramics manufacturing business. As the Enterprise Architect, you will support CoorsTek’s technology, application, and AI strategy by defining practical architecture patterns and helping teams build secure, supportable, and scalable solutions across business functions, R&D, and manufacturing environments. This is a senior individual‑contributor role reporting to the Vice President of IT, intentionally hands‑on, serving as both architect and builder.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the final technical authority for complex, cross‑functional architecture decisions impacting enterprise platforms and AI‑enabled systems.
• Define and evolve enterprise architecture patterns, technical standards, and delivery guardrails aligned with CoorsTek’s business priorities, AI strategy, application modernization needs, and citizen development approach.
• Act as a hands‑on architect and builder by designing, prototyping, reviewing, and, where needed, developing solutions across front‑end, service‑tier, API, integration, and AI‑enabled application layers.
• Partner with business leaders, IT teams, and solution builders to translate business needs into practical solution, application, data, and integration architectures.
• Provide hands‑on guidance to teams building with approved AI‑assisted development tools and platforms such as Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Codex, Claude, Replit, Azure‑hosted applications, and other approved enterprise tools.
• Define and reinforce software development lifecycle, including Git‑based workflows, branching strategy, pull requests, code review, testing, release management, and production readiness.
• Review solution designs and code to improve quality, maintainability, security, resiliency, and alignment to enterprise architecture standards.
• Help teams move solutions from prototype to governed production by establishing patterns for hosting, secrets management, logging, monitoring, support ownership, and lifecycle management.
• Support the development of internal applications, integrations, APIs, and AI‑enabled solutions that interact with enterprise and plant systems through approved methods and patterns.
• Coach developers, engineers, analysts, and citizen developers on architecture principles, AI application patterns, coding standards, and production readiness.
• Develop reusable templates, sample applications, reference implementations, and playbooks that accelerate delivery and improve consistency across teams.
• Partner with cybersecurity, infrastructure, enterprise applications, and data teams to ensure architectures incorporate identity, access control, observability, supportability, and responsible AI usage.
• Anticipate emerging trends in AI tools, coding assistants, cloud application patterns, and software engineering practices, and translate those capabilities into practical recommendations for CoorsTek.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Engineering, Data Analytics, or a related field (required). Master’s degree preferred.
• Relevant Microsoft, Azure, architecture, cloud, software engineering, AI, or Databricks certifications preferred.
• 10 or more years of progressive experience in enterprise architecture, software engineering, application development, integration, AI‑enabled solutions, or a related field.
• Strong hands‑on software development experience using Python and TypeScript, including front‑end, service‑tier, API, and integration work.
• Experience establishing or operating within disciplined software development lifecycle practices—Git, branching strategies, pull requests, peer review, testing, release management, and support handoff.
• Experience designing solution, application, integration, or enterprise architecture in complex, international business environments.
• Experience helping teams build or govern internal applications, lightweight business apps, or AI‑enabled solutions in enterprise environments.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, industrial, plant, engineering, or multi‑site global environments preferred.
• Experience with Azure‑hosted application patterns, modern CI/CD, AI‑assisted development tools, Databricks, or governed data and AI platforms preferred.

Role Specific Details

Location: Golden, CO (on‑site)

Annual Target Bonus: 20% Target

Hiring Range: USD 165,000.00 – USD 195,000.00

Actual compensation is commensurate with experience, skills, and education.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits
• Company‑Matched 401K (USA only)
• Company‑Matched Pension Plan (CANADA only)
• HSA (Health Savings Account) with Company Contribution
• Wellness Reimbursement Program (USA only)
• Voluntary Benefits (Pet Insurance, Legal Insurance, Accident Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance & more) (USA only)
• Safety Programs (reimbursement for safety shoes and company‑provided safety glasses)
• Performance‑Based Bonuses for all Employees
• Employee Recognition Programs
• Mentorship Program
• Community & Volunteer Events & more

Equal‑Opportunity Employer

CoorsTek strives to give all qualified applicants equal opportunity and to make selection decisions on job‑related factors. Applicants shall not provide any information on the application that will indicate protected status such as race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

About Us

Making the world measurably better… one person at a time. CoorsTek products and components touch people’s lives in unexpected, awe‑inspiring ways, enabling technological solutions across virtually every industry—from simple items like beverage dispensers and light switches to high‑tech items like cell phones and satellites.