Principal Cloud Architect: Lead Reliability & Scale

Career Launch; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

Career Launch in San Francisco Bay Area is recruiting for a Principal Cloud Architect to lead the design and delivery of reliable software systems for partner employers. This senior role demands strong ownership, executive communication, and a track record of measurable results.

Candidates should guide architecture decisions, translate business goals into engineering plans, and mentor teams while driving reliability, security, and performance improvements in high-impact products and platforms.

Qualifications

• Experience shipping and operating complex software in a senior engineering role.
• Strong system design, technical judgment, and written communication.
• Experience working across product and business functions in a fast-moving environment.
• Ability to lead ambiguous work from initial problem definition through production results.
• Experience coaching peers or leading technical programs without relying on formal authority.
• Authorization to work in the United States for the employer without misrepresenting work status.

Responsibilities

• Guide cloud architecture, modernization, reliability, cost, and security decisions.
• Own architecture and technical decisions for high-impact products and platform capabilities.
• Translate business and product goals into pragmatic engineering plans and milestones.
• Build, review, and improve production systems with attention to reliability, security, and performance.
• Raise engineering standards through design reviews, documentation, testing, and operational discipline.
• Mentor engineers and improve collaboration across product, data, design, and go-to-market teams.
• Use metrics and incident learning to prioritize technical investment and reduce recurring risk.

Skills

Cloud architecture

System design

Technical judgment

Cross-functional leadership

Written communication

Job description

Career Launch in San Francisco Bay Area is recruiting for a Principal Cloud Architect to lead the design and delivery of reliable software systems for partner employers. This senior role demands strong ownership, executive communication, and a track record of measurable results.

Candidates should guide architecture decisions, translate business goals into engineering plans, and mentor teams while driving reliability, security, and performance improvements in high-impact products and platforms.