AMH · 17 hours ago
Director, Application Architecture
Draper, UT
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
15+ years expAmerican Homes 4 Rent is a leading single-family rental company and homebuilder recognized as a top employer. The Director of Application Architecture leads a team of Application Architects, driving technical innovation and ensuring architectural alignment across scrum teams while maintaining a deep understanding of the technology stack.
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Responsibilities
Manage and mentor a team of Application Architects, cultivating cross-functional partnership and professional growth. Oversee technical implementation of key Architecture deliverables by the Application Architects. Align the Application Architecture team members to the Agile Scrum SDLC. Maintain knowledge base of each team’s technology stack, architecture, and long-term roadmap. Promote architectural best practices and ensure consistency across teams
Leads designing and implementing key architectural components or patterns, develops and implements architecture initiatives and technical solutions
Drive technical innovation and evaluate emerging technologies for adoption. Define and maintain the enterprise application architecture strategy and roadmap
Collaborates with Product Owners, Engineering Managers, and Scrum Teams to align architecture with business objectives. Facilitate cross-team architectural discussions and decision-making
Qualification
Required
High school diploma or GED required
Master's degree in computer science or equivalent experience of 15+ years of experience in software development and architecture
Minimum of 3 years in a leadership role
Advanced experience architecting OLAP and OTLP data management solutions
Advanced methodologies, designs, and processes in technical areas of Event Driven Architecture, Data Architecture, ETL processing, data fabric, and data modeling
Advanced experience in all database types including RDBMS, NoSQL (document, graph, columnar) and vector databases to support AI processing
Experience in ERD, UML and Domain Driven Design methodologies and principles is highly desirable
Advanced hands-on experience implementing data migration and data processing using Azure services: Azure Data Factory, Azure Functions, Synapse, Azure SQL DB, Event Hub, Service Bus, Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Analysis Service, Azure Data Catalog, Cosmo Db
Intermediate experience with other BI tools (Power BI, SSRS, SSAS and Tableau)
Advance experience using data modeling tools (Sparx enterprise architect, Toad, and/or Erwin)
Experience using structure, semi-structured, and unstructured content data types
Proven experience managing architecture teams in an Agile environment, delivering technical solutions on time
Experience in Data Lakehouse architecture and analytics data pipelines
Experience utilizing AI LLMs and other models to deliver user-facing features and SDLC productivity utilizing MCP and Agentic AI workflows
Expertise in modern application frameworks (React, MAUI, .Net), cloud platforms (Azure), and microservices architecture (Distributed Systems, Event-driven, Domain-Driven Design)
Expertise in modern distributed data architecture, with experience in relational, document, graph databases in a distributed system
Strong coding skills in languages such C#, Python, Typescript
Excellent communication, both written and verbal, and leadership skills
Excellent planning and organizational skills
Strong staffing, development and appraisal skills
Ability to interact effectively at all levels
Strong customer, quality and results orientation
Entrepreneurial spirit and willingness to take prudent risks
Preferred
Experience in Azure and Big Data technologies (Python, ADLS/Blob, Apache Spark/SparkSQL, Databricks, HDInsight, Hive, Hadoop), file formats like Parquet, and streaming technologies (Kafka, EventHub, NiFi, etc.) is preferred but not required
Intermediate experience with application development languages (C#, Java, NodeJS, and/or PHP) is desirable
Benefits
Medical, dental and vision insurance
Flexible spending accounts and/or health savings accounts
Dependent savings accounts
401(k) with company matching contributions
Employee stock purchase plan
Tuition reimbursement program
9 paid holidays per year
Paid time off (PTO) at a rate of 0.0577 hours of PTO per hour worked, up to a maximum of 120 hours per year
Company
AMH
At AMH, we’re redefining what it means to make a home yours. And we’re doing it with care.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.15B2025-05-06Post Ipo Debt· $650M
2024-12-02Post Ipo Debt· $500M
2024-06-18Post Ipo Debt· $500M
Leadership Team
Philip Irby
Chief Technology Officer
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