Remote Principal Architect: Identity Resolution

Acxiom; Annapolis (MD); Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Acxiom is seeking a Principal Software Architect to provide architectural direction across high-scale software and data platforms. The role focuses on Identity Resolution and requires designing systems that identify, match, link, and resolve entities across large datasets.

The candidate will also shape cloud-based architectures on AWS, Snowflake, and Databricks. Ideal candidates have deep Java, Python, Scala, Spark, and SQL expertise, and hands-on leadership to mentor engineers and ensure

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including designing complex enterprise systems.
• Experience as Architect/Principal Engineer or senior technical leader.
• Deep experience with Identity Resolution/Entity Resolution or similar systems.
• Strong Java, Python, Scala expertise for distributed systems.
• Experience with AWS, Snowflake, and Databricks for large-scale data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive architecture for enterprise-scale Identity Resolution platforms.
• Design deterministic and probabilistic identity matching and entity resolution.
• Develop scalable, real-time and batch data processing pipelines using Spark.
• Design low-latency APIs and microservices for high throughput workloads.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to implement scalable, secure architectures.

Job description

Acxiom is seeking a Principal Software Architect to provide architectural direction across high-scale software and data platforms. The role focuses on Identity Resolution and requires designing systems that identify, match, link, and resolve entities across large datasets.

The candidate will also shape cloud-based architectures on AWS, Snowflake, and Databricks. Ideal candidates have deep Java, Python, Scala, Spark, and SQL expertise, and hands-on leadership to mentor engineers and ensure