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MGA Entertainment · 1 day ago

Sr. Developer / Solution Architect

Los Angeles, CA, US

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$150K/yr - $250K/yr

7+ years exp

MGA Entertainment is a leading global toy company, and they are seeking a Sr. Developer / Solution Architect to guide the architectural foundation for their emerging solution development and automation capability. This role involves establishing technical frameworks, ensuring secure and scalable solutions, and leading a transition from a support-focused IT model to a product-centric technology organization.

ChildrenGamingManufacturingToys

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Establish the architectural vision and standards for automation and agent-enabled product development

Define MGA’s technical framework for rapid proof of concept, modular development, and scalable integration

Build the foundation for an internal product engineering capability operating alongside traditional IT

Translate long-term technology strategy into actionable reference architectures and reusable patterns

Design and build the company’s automation sandbox environment, ensuring secure, compliant, and scalable experimentation

Develop the transition pipeline — moving prototypes into enterprise-ready solutions through defined quality, security, and performance gates

Own API strategy, integration patterns, microservice architecture, data access frameworks, and cloud infrastructure design

Deliver reference implementations, starter templates, and tooling that accelerate product team velocity

Partner with Solution designers, Data miners, and Engineering teams to architect automation enabled features, workflows, and applications

Define the standards for model deployment, vector search, data pipelines, and runtime hosting

Ensure solutions integrate properly with core enterprise systems (ERP, CRM, eCommerce, Data Warehouse)

Serve as the bridge between modern development practices and the existing enterprise IT estate

Ensure all new solutions fit MGA’s security, governance, compliance, and operational standards

Collaborate with Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, ERP, and Data warehouse teams to ensure smooth integration and long-term maintainability

Maintain architectural consistency across environments, products, and teams

Act as the senior-most technical mentor for full-stack developers, ML engineers, and platform engineers

Build a culture of pragmatic, hands-on engineering balanced with disciplined architectural thinking

Contribute to building MGA’s internal product engineering team structure and capability

Provide coaching and guidance that grows mid-level engineers into future technical leads

Publish MGA’s Architecture Framework for AI-enabled solution development

Build the business process automation sandbox environment and secure access model

Deliver the transition pipeline for promoting prototypes into production

Produce reference architectures and reusable components for APIs, integrations, and automation workflows

Support the launch of multiple AI-enabled products/solutions or automation across business units

Establish core architectural guardrails for ERP, data, integration, and cloud alignment

Qualification

Cloud-native developmentSolution architectureAI/ML systems deploymentDevOps practicesEnterprise technologiesAutomation frameworksTeam leadershipTechnical mentoring

Required

7–12 years experience in software engineering or solution architecture

Hands-on expertise in cloud-native development (AWS/Azure/GCP), containers, and modern application architectures

Experience deploying AI/ML systems, LLM-based applications, or automation frameworks

Strong understanding of enterprise technologies: ERP systems, system integrations, data platforms, Power Platforms, identity management

Proficient with DevOps practices (CI/CD, IaC, observability) and secure-by-design engineering principles

Prior experience in modernization environments or product engineering teams

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience)

Company

MGA Entertainment

MGA Entertainment is a manufacturer of children's toys and entertainment products founded in 1979.

Founded in 1979

Chatsworth, California, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://www.mgae.com

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