Principal Architect

Adobe

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
San Jose, CA
Salary
$190,200–$360,500 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
39 days ago
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Confirmed live today
Nearby
99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

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This role pays more than 83% of similar roles. Most pay $193,935–$249,925 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $275k versus about $222k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Adobe

Adobe Inc. is a global software company known for creative and multimedia software products including Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, and its cloud-based Creative Cloud and Document Cloud suites. Industry: Creative & Digital Experience Software

Adobe currently has 282 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $148,100–$282,100 across 76 roles with salary data.

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The Principal Architect will drive the architectural evolution of the Enterprise Customer Experience platform and applications, focusing on system design and technology innovation for Agentic AI solutions. This role involves partnering with engineering, product, and business leaders to define architecture strategy, influence product direction, and deliver highly scalable systems that ensure data governance. Key responsibilities include defining end-to-end system architecture for large-scale data management, driving the adoption of AI-native services like Agentic Tools and Skills, and leading architectural reviews. The successful candidate will utilize expertise in distributed systems, microservices, APIs, and platform engineering. Technical requirements include experience with streaming data platforms like Kafka and Spark, as well as real-time processing frameworks. The role solves complex problems regarding performance, security, reliability, and cost efficiency for global-scale workloads.

What does a Architect earn?

Median $225000 from 45 postings across 26 companies.

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Skills

Agentic AI Distributed Systems Microservices APIs Platform Engineering Kafka Spark Data Management Streaming Data Real-time Processing Observability System Architecture Data Governance

What you'll do

  • Define and drive end-to-end system architecture for large-scale data management systems.
  • Drive the development, integration, and adoption of AI-native services and Agentic Tools.
  • Translate business requirements into technical architecture in partnership with engineering and product leadership.
  • Lead architectural reviews and guide design decisions to ensure adherence to best practices.
  • Establish standards for scalability, observability, resiliency, and cost efficiency across platforms.
  • Mentor senior engineers and architects to elevate the organization's overall technical capability.
  • Represent architecture strategy in executive discussions and customer engagements.

What we're looking for

  • 20+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on end-to-end systems and application development.
  • Proven experience designing and operating large-scale, reliable distributed systems with high performance and high availability.
  • Strong experience with microservices, APIs, and platform engineering.
  • Familiarity with Agentic AI solution design and development.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence org-wide teams and drive architecture at scale.
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Experience with streaming data platforms and real-time processing frameworks (preferred).
  • Advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) in Computer Science or related field (preferred).

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