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Cox Enterprises · 18 hours ago

Principal Architect

Atlanta GA

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff

$163K/yr - $272K/yr

10+ years exp

Cox Automotive is a leader in transforming the way the world buys, owns, and sells cars. They are seeking a Principal Architect to lead technological efforts in the Logistics domain, focusing on solution design, tech modernization, and AI initiatives.

AdvertisingBroadcastingDigital MediaTelecommunications

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Responsibilities

Design solutions aligned with business needs in partnership with product and engineering teams

Facilitate design reviews and collaborative architecture discussions

Guide feature planning and serve as technical expert

Help develop architecture standards and enforce best practices

Oversee software development for non-functional requirements compliance

Advocate technology investments and prioritize architectural work

Integrate appropriate AI capabilities into systems, ensuring alignment with business objectives

Identify and translate high-impact AI use cases into scalable solutions

Assess emerging AI technologies and coordinate with governance for ethical and regulatory adherence

Promote reusable patterns and frameworks to accelerate Product development and AI adoption

Bridge communication between business stakeholders and technical teams for practical solutions

Develop strategies for AI agent interaction, autonomous workflows, and orchestration

Mentor engineering teams in AI technologies

Lead proofs-of-concept and reference implementations

Contribute to internal documentation and training

Qualification

Solution ArchitectureAI TechnologiesCloud ArchitectureSoftware DevelopmentFraud MitigationTechnical WritingTeamworkAutomotive Industry KnowledgeCommunication SkillsMentoringConflict Management

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline and 10 years' related experience. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 8 years'; a Ph.d. and 5 years' experience; or 22 years' experience in a related field

10+ years' software development at mid-to-large companies, or advanced degree with relevant experience

5+ years of solution/technical architecture experience

Proven track record of building high efficiency web applications and mobile apps

Experience with fraud and IT risk mitigation for web apps (countering phishing scams, identity theft, knowledge of secure identity, login patterns)

Hands-on experience with AI technologies and concepts (LLMs, autonomous agents, vector databases, Model selections, agent-based architecture, data pipeline, AI-assisted PDLC etc.)

Experience designing cloud architectures (preferably AWS, also GCP/Azure)

Applied enterprise patterns to distributed systems (RESTful APIs, microservices, events, micro-frontends etc.)

Strong teamwork and communication skills

Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship. No OPT, CPT, STEM/OPT or visa sponsorship now or in future