Principal Cloud & AI Enterprise Architect

Sysco; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Sysco is seeking a Principal Software Architect to lead the design, development, and evolution of scalable enterprise platforms across supply chain and warehouse management systems. You will remain hands-on in critical code paths while shaping architecture standards used by multiple engineering teams.

The role includes defining roadmaps, driving cloud-native and microservices strategies, and mentoring engineers to elevate technical execution across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related technical field.
• Master's degree preferred for senior leadership roles.
• 10+ years of progressive software engineering, architecture, and technology leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mature the architecture practice, setting standards and methodologies.
• Define roadmaps and drive architecture strategy for cloud-native and microservices platforms.
• Provide architectural oversight across major initiatives and IT strategy.
• Modernize legacy systems with state-of-the-art stacks.
• Mentor engineers and architects to raise technical execution.
• Architect multi-region expansions with international integrations.
• Adopt AI tooling throughout the SDLC to improve productivity and quality.

Skills

Frontend technologies

Backend engineering

Cloud platforms

DevOps practices

AI/ML integration

Leadership & mentorship

Communication skills

Architecture patterns

Multi-region systems

Data stores (RDBMS/NoSQL)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

AWS/Azure/GCP

Kafka

CI/CD

Docker/Kubernetes

Oracle PL/SQL

PostgreSQL

React.js/Angular

Job description

Sysco is seeking a Principal Software Architect to lead the design, development, and evolution of scalable enterprise platforms across supply chain and warehouse management systems. You will remain hands-on in critical code paths while shaping architecture standards used by multiple engineering teams.

The role includes defining roadmaps, driving cloud-native and microservices strategies, and mentoring engineers to elevate technical execution across the organization.