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About the Role

Material is seeking a highly experienced Technical Architect to lead the technical evolution of a large-scale enterprise platform. This client-facing role involves enterprise architecture, platform modernization, production engineering, and technical leadership, requiring comfort with both defining long-term architecture and debugging complex production issues.

Responsibilities

• Own target-state architecture and technology roadmap; define architecture standards, engineering guardrails and design principles
• Lead architecture reviews and approve solution designs; drive platform modernization initiatives
• Serve as the senior technical leader during EST business hours, partnering with client Product Managers and Engineering leadership on technical decisions
• Mentor architects and senior engineers; review critical code changes and remove technical blockers
• Provide architectural leadership for AWS Glue ETL pipelines, PostgreSQL, Snowflake and backend processing; investigate Glue job failures and guide implementation teams
• Lead cloud-native modernization across scalability, automation, observability, reliability and security
• Lead Sev-1/Sev-2 incident reviews and RCAs; drive engineering standards, reliability improvements and technical debt reduction
• Serve as primary engineering point of contact during EST hours; drive governance forums, roadmap discussions and technical alignment with client stakeholders

Requirements

• 12+ years in software engineering with 5+ years as a Technical Architect or Principal Engineer
• Deep expertise in Java (8/11/17), Spring Boot, Spring Framework, REST APIs, Microservices and Distributed Systems
• Strong AWS experience including Glue, Lambda, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, EventBridge and SNS/SQS
• Proficiency across data platforms: AWS Glue, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, ETL, Data Modeling and Batch Processing
• Experience with DevOps tooling including Tomcat, JFrog, SonarQube, Splunk, OpenSearch, CI/CD and Git
• Background in large-scale data platforms and production-critical systems
• Client-facing consulting experience preferred
• Ability to balance strategic architecture with hands-on technical leadership
• Proven track record influencing senior stakeholders and mentoring engineering teams

Skills

• Java
• Spring Boot
• Spring Framework
• REST APIs
• Microservices
• Distributed Systems
• AWS Glue
• AWS Lambda
• AWS S3
• AWS IAM
• AWS CloudWatch
• AWS EventBridge
• AWS SNS/SQS
• PostgreSQL
• Snowflake
• ETL
• Data Modeling
• Batch Processing
• Tomcat
• JFrog
• SonarQube
• Splunk
• OpenSearch
• CI/CD
• Git
• Scala (Nice to have)
• Kafka (Nice to have)
• Terraform (Nice to have)
• Kubernetes (Nice to have)
• AI-assisted Engineering (Nice to have)

Location

• New York City

Work Type

• Hybrid
• Full-time

Experience Level

• 12+ years in software engineering
• 5+ years as a Technical Architect or Principal Engineer

Salary/Compensations

• $132,000.00 - $170,000.00

About the Company

• We drive intelligent growth for ambitious businesses and leading brands.
• Customer understanding is more potent and drives greater value when insights go to work directly within marketing and experience priorities.
• To give our clients that advantage, we put an insights-driven operating system at the core of our design, go-to-market, and digital experience solutions.
• Material clients make smarter growth choices because they can see clearly how and when to take the shots that count.
• Together, we connect consumer intelligence with customer demand generation to build lasting, profitable relationships.
• Material is a global company and we work with leading brands worldwide.
• We create and launch new brands and products, putting innovation and value creation at the center of our practice.
• Our clients are leaders in their class, across sectors from technology to retail, transportation, finance, and healthcare.
• Material employees join a peer group of exceptionally talented colleagues across the company, the country, and the world.
• We develop capabilities and leading-edge market offerings across seven global practices including strategy and insights, design, data & analytics, technology, and tracking.
• A community focused on learning and making an impact.
• Material is an outcomes-focused company.
• We create experiences that matter, create new value, and make a difference in our clients’ lives and their customers’ lives.

Equal Opportunity

• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors prohibited by law.