Principal Software Architect & Tech Leader

Siemens; Cypress (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens is seeking a senior architect to lead the evolution of core system architectures and drive strategic projects. You will guide distributed, real-time platforms, mentor engineers, and ensure reliability while aligning engineering with product and ML priorities.

The role requires extensive backend expertise, strong system design and fault-tolerance skills, and a track record of cross-team collaboration across large-scale initiatives.

Qualifications

• Requires 10+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience designing and scaling distributed systems and real-time applications.
• Proven record of leading technical strategy and cross-team architecture.
• Proficiency in a backend systems language with strong system design, performance optimization, and fault-tolerance skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve architecture for core systems and products.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership for strategic projects.
• Align engineering with product and machine learning priorities, address scaling challenges, mentor engineers, and champion reliability.

Skills

Distributed Systems

Real-Time Applications

Technical Architecture

Technical Leadership

System Design

Performance Optimization

Fault Tolerance

Machine Learning

Cross-Team Collaboration

Mentoring

Python

Go

Java

Cloud Infrastructure

Kubernetes

AWS

Tools

Python

Go

Java

Cloud Infrastructure

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Siemens is seeking a senior architect to lead the evolution of core system architectures and drive strategic projects. You will guide distributed, real-time platforms, mentor engineers, and ensure reliability while aligning engineering with product and ML priorities.

The role requires extensive backend expertise, strong system design and fault-tolerance skills, and a track record of cross-team collaboration across large-scale initiatives.