Principal Architect: Identity Resolution & Data (Remote)

Acxiom; Salt Lake City (UT); Remote; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Acxiom is seeking a Principal Software Architect to lead architectural direction across high-scale software and data platforms. The role focuses on Identity Resolution, matching, linking, and resolving entities across large datasets, with emphasis on scalable enterprise applications and low-latency APIs.

The ideal candidate has deep expertise in Java, Python, Scala, Spark, and SQL, and strong experience designing systems on AWS, Snowflake, and Databricks.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with enterprise systems.
• Experience designing Identity Resolution or similar large-scale data systems.
• Strong Java, Python, Scala and SQL expertise for distributed workloads.
• Proven AWS, Snowflake and Databricks architecture experience.
• Ability to lead architecture direction and mentor engineers.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive architecture for enterprise Identity Resolution platforms.
• Design low-latency APIs and scalable data-processing pipelines.
• Architect distributed applications using Java, Python, and Scala.
• Collaborate with data engineering, security, and product stakeholders.
• Provide technical direction during complex system development.
• Review designs to ensure standards and long‑term platform strategy.

Skills

Java

Python

Scala

Apache Spark

SQL

AWS

Snowflake

Databricks

Identity Resolution

REST APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

Acxiom is seeking a Principal Software Architect to lead architectural direction across high-scale software and data platforms. The role focuses on Identity Resolution, matching, linking, and resolving entities across large datasets, with emphasis on scalable enterprise applications and low-latency APIs.

The ideal candidate has deep expertise in Java, Python, Scala, Spark, and SQL, and strong experience designing systems on AWS, Snowflake, and Databricks.