Senior Director, Principal Technical Architect

Scorpion Therapeutics; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 215,000 - 358,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) & Health coverage

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics is seeking a senior platform engineering leader to own the technical strategy and target-state architecture for our enterprise-scale platform. You will guide engineering teams, define standards, and ensure secure, scalable delivery across the organization.

Collaborating with business and digital leaders, you will translate ambiguous needs into practical technical choices with measurable outcomes, while fostering a culture of excellence, governance, and continuous learning.

Qualifications

• 12+ years senior engineering/technical leadership in enterprise platforms/cloud.
• Experience owning technical strategy and architecture of a large platform.
• Proven ability to lead engineers, architects, and tech leads.
• Hands-on expertise in modern engineering, cloud, data/integration, APIs, security, and reliability.
• Experience partnering with senior business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own platform technical strategy and target-state architecture.
• Define architecture standards and integration patterns.
• Lead engineering teams building and operating the Platform.
• Translate business needs into technical choices and measurable outcomes.
• Establish governance, reliability, security, and observability.
• Foster high-performing team culture and continuous learning.

Skills

Senior engineering leadership

Platform architecture

Cloud technologies

APIs & integration

Stakeholder collaboration

Hands-on engineering

Education

BS in CS/Engineering/IS

Advanced degree

Job description

Role Responsibilities

• Own Platform technical strategy: connect business priorities, enterprise architecture standards, and emerging tech into roadmap + target-state architecture.
• Act as design authority: define target architecture, technical standards, and integration patterns; ensure major decisions are sound for enterprise scale.
• Lead and develop engineering teams building and operating the Platform; drive modern, secure, scalable, reusable investments.
• Partner with business/Digital leaders and product owners to translate ambiguous needs into practical technical choices and measurable outcomes.
• Define responsible AI-enabled delivery (AI, automation, modern engineering practices) with appropriate governance and verification.
• Build a high-performing technical team and culture of excellence, hands‑on credibility, accountability, inclusion, and continuous learning.
• Establish reliability, security, documentation, and operational excellence expectations; ensure compliance, observability, and resilience.

Qualifications

Basic

• BS in CS/Engineering/IS or related; 12+ years senior engineering/technical leadership in enterprise platforms/cloud/large-scale delivery.
• Experience owning technical strategy and architecture of a significant platform/domain.
• Proven ability to lead/develop engineers, architects, and technical leads.
• Hands‑on expertise in modern engineering, cloud, data/integration patterns, APIs, security, and reliability.
• Experience partnering with senior business/Digital stakeholders.

Preferred

• Advanced degree; regulated global enterprise experience.
• AI-enabled delivery/automation/platform reuse; influence track record.
• Deep domain expertise (agent platforms, data fabric, developer experience, AI for colleagues, or cyber defense).

Work Location

• Hybrid; on-site strongly preferred.

Compensation/Benefits (explicit)

• Base salary range: $214,900–$358,100; bonus target 22.5%; eligible for long-term incentives; comprehensive benefits including 401(k) and health coverage.