Principal Solution Architect — Hybrid Chicago

New York Technology Partners; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

New York Technology Partners seeks a Principal, Solution Architecture to lead enterprise architecture for a next-generation clearing system. The role focuses on distributed, event-driven designs across microservices, data, and security domains.

You will design streaming and batch systems, guide Kubernetes deployments, and ensure resilience and cost-efficiency while collaborating with DevOps, security, and business teams in a hybrid onsite model in Chicago.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 10+ years of relevant work experience.
• Experience with event-driven and message-based systems.
• Design architecture across distributed and enterprise platforms.
• Architect Kubernetes-based deployment topologies.
• Fluent in object-oriented design and patterns.
• Experience defining NFRs (performance, availability, security).

Responsibilities

• Design the applications’ architecture across distributed and enterprise technology platforms using patterns such as event-driven architecture, microservices, and IaC for provisioning.
• Define and enforce architectural standards, patterns, and best practices across engineering teams.
• Design streaming and batch-based systems for real-time and scheduled data flow.
• Shape and guide the architecture of message-based systems using Kafka or similar platforms.
• Develop and oversee data architecture and integration strategies for streaming, batch, and messaging.
• Own end-to-end solution architecture from ideation through implementation with documentation.
• Guide deployment of distributed, cloud-native services for resilience and cost-efficiency.
• Collaborate with DevOps, platform engineering, and security teams.
• Review designs and code for alignment with standards and security.
• Troubleshoot cross-system issues across application, infrastructure, messaging, and data layers.
• Translate requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Evaluate new tools and technologies and recommend adoption.
• Mentor teams on architectural best practices.

Skills

Event-driven

Distributed systems

Microservices

Kubernetes

Terraform

OAuth2/OIDC

Protobuf

Data lakehouse

Cloud AWS

DevOps tooling

Education

BS in Computer Science

10+ years experience

Tools

N/A

Job description

New York Technology Partners seeks a Principal, Solution Architecture to lead enterprise architecture for a next-generation clearing system. The role focuses on distributed, event-driven designs across microservices, data, and security domains.

You will design streaming and batch systems, guide Kubernetes deployments, and ensure resilience and cost-efficiency while collaborating with DevOps, security, and business teams in a hybrid onsite model in Chicago.