Principal Solutions Architect: Enterprise AI & Cloud Hybrid

Piper Companies; Raleigh (NC); Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Piper Companies, a leading financial services firm in downtown Raleigh, NC, seeks a Principal Solutions Architect to lead enterprise architecture initiatives, drive AI strategy and adoption, and provide technical leadership for highly scalable applications serving tens of millions of users and records.

This hands-on role involves mentoring teams, building proof‑of‑concepts, influencing technology strategy, and contributing to development efforts when needed.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering and architecture in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Experience designing and scaling highly available, low-latency applications for 30-50+ million users/records.
• Hands-on development with Java and .NET, with recent focus on Java.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Atlassian Rovo, etc.).
• Experience in financial services, banking, fintech, or regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of enterprise-scale architecture solutions prioritizing scalability, resiliency, performance, and security.
• Provide technical leadership across engineering teams, including architecture guidance, mentoring, POC development, and hands-on coding when needed.
• Drive AI and application modernization initiatives, evaluating tools like GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Atlassian Rovo, SharePoint, and Jira integrations.
• Partner with stakeholders to develop strategic roadmaps and deliver cloud and enterprise solutions.

Skills

Senior architect

Java & .NET

Mentorship

Hands-on coding

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Claude Code

Atlassian Rovo

SharePoint

Jira

Job description

Piper Companies, a leading financial services firm in downtown Raleigh, NC, seeks a Principal Solutions Architect to lead enterprise architecture initiatives, drive AI strategy and adoption, and provide technical leadership for highly scalable applications serving tens of millions of users and records.

This hands-on role involves mentoring teams, building proof‑of‑concepts, influencing technology strategy, and contributing to development efforts when needed.