Vice President, Architecture
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Vice President of Architecture at Quavo responsible for technical architecture of SaaS platform. Collaborating with CTO and engineering teams to ensure scalable cloud infrastructure and AI integration.
Responsibilities:
- Define and own the long-term technical architecture and platform strategy
- Establish architectural principles, standards, and reference patterns
- Ensure architectural decisions align with organizational, operational and finance goals
- Serve as the final architectural authority for major platform and infrastructure decisions
- Balance near-term delivery needs with long-term sustainability
- Own cloud architecture strategy with a primary focus on AWS
- Drive cost efficient, scalable, and resilient cloud designs
- Partner with engineering and cloud operations to optimize infrastructure spend
- Standardize core platform capabilities such as networking, identity, data, and observability
- Guide decisions around build vs buy for platform services
- Define approved architectural patterns for AI and machine learning capabilities
- Ensure AI solutions are scalable, secure, cost effective, and production ready
- Partner with engineering and product teams to embed AI into the platform intentionally
- Avoid fragmented or experimental AI implementations that create long term risk
- Stay current on AI platform capabilities and guide responsible adoption
- Align architectural decisions across engineering teams to avoid duplication
- Review and guide major design decisions and technical proposals
- Ensure reuse of shared services and platform capabilities
- Reduce architectural drift as teams and products scale
- Establish lightweight governance that enables speed without bureaucracy
- Partner with the CTO on technology strategy and investment decisions
- Lead senior engineers and architects across the organization
- Mentor senior engineers across the organization
- Influence without direct ownership by building trust and technical credibility
- Communicate architectural direction clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience
- 12 or more years of experience in software engineering and architecture roles
- Demonstrated experience designing and scaling SaaS platforms
- Deep experience with AWS based architectures
- Proven ability to define and evolve architecture in growing organizations
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, data platforms, and cloud native design
- Experience balancing technical quality, cost, and delivery speed
- Previous experience in a VP, Head of Architecture, or Principal Architect role preferred
- Experience driving architectural change in scaling SaaS environments preferred
- Hands on experience with AI and machine learning system design preferred
- Strong understanding of cloud cost optimization and financial impact preferred
- Experience influencing senior engineering leaders without direct reporting lines preferred
- Ability to communicate complex architectural concepts in clear, practical terms preferred.
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development
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