Platform Architecture Lead — Cloud-Native & Microservices

Honeywell INC.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

Disability Insurance (Short-Term &

Retirement benefits (401(k) match)

Educational Assistance

Paid Time Off & Holidays

Job summary

Honeywell seeks a Principal Platform Architect to define and drive the Forge Platform architecture strategy. You will establish technical direction, guide strategic investments, and create reusable capabilities that improve product delivery, developer experience, and operational excellence.

You will influence architecture decisions across teams, lead governance, and mentor engineers while aligning with enterprise strategy and security practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related technical field.
• 12+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, or architecture roles.
• 5+ years of proven experience architecting and delivering enterprise-scale software platforms.
• 7+ years of expertise in distributed systems, APIs, microservices, event-driven architectures, and integration patterns.
• 3+ years of experience with at least one major cloud platform: Azure, AWS, or GCP.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture, vision, principles, and long-term technology roadmap for the Forge Platform.
• Develop reference architectures, standards, and reusable design patterns that enable consistency and scale.
• Drive cloud-native, API-first, event-driven, and microservices-based architectural approaches.
• Align platform evolution with product priorities, business outcomes, and enterprise technology strategy.
• Serve as the principal technical authority for platform architecture decisions and complex design challenges.
• Lead architecture reviews and establish pragmatic governance, standards, and engineering guardrails.
• Guide teams on scalability, resilience, security, performance, maintainability, and technical debt.
• Drive architectural consistency and reuse across products, services, and engineering teams.

Skills

Platform architecture

Cloud-native

API-first

Event-driven

Microservices

Kubernetes

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Infrastructure as Code

Observability

Security architecture

Leadership

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, or related field

Master's degree in computer science or engineering

Job description

Honeywell seeks a Principal Platform Architect to define and drive the Forge Platform architecture strategy. You will establish technical direction, guide strategic investments, and create reusable capabilities that improve product delivery, developer experience, and operational excellence.

You will influence architecture decisions across teams, lead governance, and mentor engineers while aligning with enterprise strategy and security practices.