Principal Architect – Enterprise Architecture

Best Buy; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Best Buy seeks a Principal Architect to shape technology direction across products, platforms, and teams. You will create architecture plans, guide technical choices, and mentor other leaders to build secure, reliable solutions that support our business and customer experiences.

This hybrid role requires some days at the Richfield, Minnesota office with flexible remote options; candidates outside metro areas may qualify for remote work.

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in software engineering, technology architecture, infrastructure, data architecture, or a related field.
• 4 years experience creating architecture strategies, standards, and roadmaps for complex technology environments.
• 4 years experience influencing technical decisions across multiple teams and groups.

Responsibilities

• Create technology strategies, architecture plans, and roadmaps across products, platforms, and business areas.
• Set architecture standards, patterns, and guidelines to help teams make consistent technical decisions.
• Review solutions, provide technical guidance, and help teams meet enterprise architecture goals.
• Partner with engineering, product, and business leaders on technology choices, priorities, and investments.
• Guide platform modernization efforts, reduce technical debt, and improve reliability and maintainability.
• Mentor architects and senior engineers while sharing knowledge across the technology community.

Skills

Technical leadership

Architecture planning

Mentorship

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field

Job description

As the Principal Architect, you will shape technology direction across products, platforms, and teams. You will create architecture plans, guide technical choices, and help teams build secure, reliable solutions that support Best Buy's business and customer experiences. You'll work with engineering, product, and business leaders to solve complex challenges, set technology standards, and mentor other technical leaders.

This role is hybrid, which means you will be required to work some days at our Best Buy office in Richfield, Minnesota, and some days virtually from home or another non-Best Buy location. Candidates outside these metro areas may qualify for remote work. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.

What you'll do

• Create technology strategies, architecture plans, and roadmaps across products, platforms, and business areas
• Set architecture standards, patterns, and guidelines that help teams make consistent technical decisions
• Review solutions, provide technical guidance, and help teams meet enterprise architecture goals
• Partner with engineering, product, and business leaders on technology choices, priorities, and investments
• Guide platform modernization efforts, reduce technical debt, and improve reliability and maintainability
• Mentor architects and senior engineers while sharing knowledge across the technology community

Basic qualifications

• 8 years of experience in software engineering, technology architecture, infrastructure, data architecture, or a related field
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 4 years experience creating architecture strategies, standards, and roadmaps for complex technology environments
• 4 experience influencing technical decisions across multiple teams and groups

Preferred qualifications

• 10 years of technology experience with increasing architectural leadership responsibilities
• Experience leading large-scale modernization, transformation, or cloud adoption efforts
• Strong communication skills with technical teams, business partners, and senior leaders
• Experience mentoring architects, senior engineers, and technical leaders
• Knowledge of architecture governance, technology strategy, and enterprise architecture practices

What’s in it for you

We're committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. Best Buy offers a range of benefits to support your overall well-being and provide support as you need it, especially at key moments in your life.

Our benefits include:

• Competitive pay
• Great employee discount
• Financial savings and retirement resources
• Support for your physical and mental well-being

Best Buy provides different types of leaves of absence (LOA) and potential pay sources to employees based on eligibility. The length of your LOA depends on your situation, where you live, your full-time or part-time employment status, and federal and state regulations. Intermittent or reduced-schedule leave is also available for certain medical or family care leaves. Paid time off (vacation or PTO) is offered to full-time and part-time employees based on work location, employment status, salary or hourly status (exempt/non-exempt), and years of continued or bridged service.

Certain roles, where market norms demand it, are eligible for various forms of incentive pay to drive performance and offer recognition for achieving financial and strategic results. For more information about our incentive pay plans, including eligibility, please refer to our Incentive Programs Summary.

For more information about benefits, LOA and paid time off, please refer to our Benefits Guide.

About us

As part of the Best Buy team, you'll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life - in our stores, online and in customers' homes.

Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. We're committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full, authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.

Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer.

Application deadline:

Minimum of 5 days from the posting date. You can find that date above the job title at the top of the page.

Position Type: Full time