Principal Architect

Capgemini; New York (NY); On-site; USD 56,481 - 89,544; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Retirement benefits

Job summary

Tundra Technical Solutions is seeking a Principal Architect to design and maintain high-availability systems for NBCUniversal's broadcast and streaming platforms. You will lead architecture across services, implement scalable microservices, and guide implementation from design to delivery.

The role requires deep knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), AI integration, and modern backend orchestration. Collaboration with engineers and QA will ensure robust, fault-tolerant solutions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience with SDLC and version control.
• Strong proficiency in modern Python and cloud deployment on AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Experience integrating LLMs into software applications and managing context windows.

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain scalable backend microservices using Python and FastAPI in serverless environments.
• Lead architecture decisions and develop standards across architecture landscape.
• Implement complex distributed workflows for high-volume orchestration and dispatching.

Skills

Python

AWS

Azure

LLM integration

Terraform

Distributed systems

C4 model

Agile

Education

BS in CS/EE or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Job description

As part of the Operations & Technology Solutions Architecture team, Principal Architects are responsible for the architecture and maintenance of systems to support on-air reliability of numerous workflows for NBCUniversal’s broadcast and streaming channels. This includes internal business applications, new technology initiatives, and consumer-facing systems. The successful candidate will work closely with clients (users) to complete the analysis and design of systems and follow the implementation to completion. Principal Architects are expected to develop highly available, fault tolerant architectures following industry standards and best practices. They are expected to lead other architects and develop standards and best practices across the architecture landscape.

Responsibilities

• Applies extensive knowledge of theories, practices and design matters.
• Works on issues that impact program success or addresses future concepts and products. Implementation of solutions requires a longer-term view which impacts strategic goals and objectives spanning several functions.
• Exercise a wide latitude in determining objectives and approaches to critical assignments.
• Knowledge with broadcast production or video content management systems
• Knowledge of media management strategies and distribution workflows
• Lead and contributes to development of company objectives across and principles to achieve goals
• Deep understanding of AWS/Azure services and products
• Provide feasibility reviews for potential new projects, including development effort estimates
• Strong understanding of the C4 model and traditional design artifacts
• Work with Engineering and Quality Assurance to identify and address reported issues quickly and effectively
• Build and maintain scalable backend microservices using Python and FastAPI, deployed as varying serverless infrastructure.
• Develop tools, constraints (guardrails), and deterministic functions that our AI agents use to edit visual assets. Integrate models on owned infrastructure for inference and integrate third-party AI endpoints.
• Implement complex distributed workflows for high-volume job orchestration and dispatching (e.g. EventBridge, queues, DynamoDB streams).
• Terraform contributions to provision and mange cloud resources safely and effectively across multiple environments.
• Contribute to our modern backend orchestration or modern web frontends.
• Write robust unit and end-to-end tests to ensure the stability of both standard APIs and AI agent outputs, ensuring smooth deployments.

Qualifications/Requirements

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience with a strong grasp of the Software Development Life Cycle and version control.
• Strong proficiency in modern Python. Hands-on experience deploying and operating services in AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.
• Practical experience integrating LLMs into software applications. You must understand how to interact with inferencing endpoints, manage context windows, and parse AI-generated content.
• Applied experience with Terraform or similar IAC tools to manage cloud resources.
• A strong commitment to writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code. Experience working in an agile environment with rigorous code-review standards.
• Expert experience, understanding and knowledge of digital and broadcast production operations and workflows
• Strong knowledge of AI industry trends and best practices
• Strong experience with the C4 model and other traditional design artifacts
• Experience working in an Agile environment

Desired characteristics

• 5+ years working with the AWS cloud
• 1+ years working with the Azure cloud
• Familiarity with continuous integration practices
• BS in CS, EE or equivalent experience required

The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $41.61/hour - $65.01/hour. Our benefits include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.