DTE Energy · 5 hours ago
Software Platform Architect
Detroit, MI
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
5+ years expDTE Energy is one of the nation’s largest diversified energy companies, focused on creating a cleaner, healthier environment. The Software Platform Architect role involves providing architectural direction and leadership for the Internal Developer Platform, developing technology roadmaps, and overseeing the design of systems to enhance engineering velocity and compliance with organizational standards.
EnergyEnergy EfficiencyIndustrialOil and Gas
Responsibilities
Conceptualizes, designs, and enables the construction of software applications and platform hosting environments, including hosting, security, scalability, and functional requirements in compliance with the company's technology strategy
Develops technology roadmaps and architecture transition plans that guide technical resources in implementing "paved roads" and "golden paths" for cloud application deployment and infrastructure provisioning
Provides direction and leadership to the ITS community across multiple teams to ensure software products are consistent with business environments and that teams follow architectural direction
Drives engineering velocity and reduces manual toil by embedding security, compliance, and policies directly into platform workflows using reusable GitHub Actions and SARIF-based reporting
Articulates the architectural vision by creating models, diagrams, and component documents, specifically utilizing C4 system context models to document system interactions and example workflows
Provides technical advice and risk quantification to business partners, specifically regarding distributed systems issues such as state, transactional integrity, availability, and data consistency
Maintains awareness of emerging trends in modern platform engineering and the software development lifecycle (SDLC) to guide the adoption of new guardrails that reduce developer cognitive load while keeping the platform modern
Assists project teams in making critical software architecture decisions, validates architecture against requirements, and assists with the resolution of complex technical problems
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in information systems discipline and 5 years of information technology experience; OR
High School diploma and 9 years of related information technology experience
Technical lead or architecture experience designing and guiding complex software systems
Distributed systems and cloud experience, including Azure and AWS, cloud PaaS, APIs, microservices, and integrations (5+ years)
Expert‑level infrastructure automation experience using Terraform (HCL), OPA, and GitHub Actions
Strong container and orchestration expertise, including Docker, Kubernetes, and workflow tools such as Helm or ArgoCD
Experience building self‑service platform blueprints using TypeScript, YAML, or JSON‑based APIs
Experience integrating monitoring and logging solutions (e.g., Dynatrace, Grafana, Splunk) into automated pipelines
Industry‑recognized architecture or cloud certification (e.g., TOGAF, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect)
Advanced experience with web‑based technologies and architectural patterns, including cloud PaaS, middleware, event streaming/queuing, relational and NoSQL databases, and system modeling (C4 or UML)
Strong command of modern software engineering practices, including DevOps, Agile, and CI/CD methodologies
Advanced knowledge of emerging technologies and industry standards, including open‑source ecosystems, systems design, and systems integration
Deep understanding of distributed systems challenges, including state management, transactional integrity, availability, performance, and data consistency
Demonstrated business and leadership skills, including planning, communication, decision‑making, problem-solving, and professional development
Company
DTE Energy
DTE Energy provides gas & electric utility services to MI homes and businesses.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$8.17BKey Investors
US Department of Energy
2025-11-18Post Ipo Debt· $400M
2025-09-08Post Ipo Debt· $600M
2025-01-16Post Ipo Debt· $7.17B
Leadership Team
David Ruud
Chief Financial Officer
Diane Antishin
Vice President, HR Operations and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
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