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Architecture Specialist II

Auto-translated from Portuguese · original: Especialista de Arquitetura II

5 day weekFortune 100 Best '26Remote · Brazil

Company Description

Experian is a global data and technology company that drives opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We operate in diverse markets, including financial services, healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and others. Experian invests in people and advanced new technologies to unlock the power of data. We have an incredible team of 25,200 employees in 32 countries.

Our uniqueness is valuing yours. Experian's people-centered, inclusive, and purpose-driven culture is recognized by various awards — including World's Best Workplaces™ 2025 (Top 25 global by Fortune) and Great Place To Work™ in 26 countries, among others. Check out Experian Life on social media or explore our careers website to understand why. Experian also takes pride in being an employer that promotes equal opportunity and affirmative action.

Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for a Principal Architect to lead the technical evolution of a set of strategic company products.

This professional will be responsible for defining the long-term architectural vision, establishing corporate standards, and technically directing multiple engineering teams, ensuring that solutions are scalable, resilient, secure, and aligned with business objectives.

We expect a professional with strong influence capability, systemic vision, and strategic thinking, capable of connecting technology and business, promoting consistent architectural decisions, and accelerating the organization's technological evolution.

Daily Responsibilities

  • Lead multiple engineering teams technically, acting as the primary reference in software architecture and platforms;

  • Define the architectural strategy of products aligned with the technology roadmap and business needs;

  • Establish architecture standards, principles, and best practices for the entire organization;

  • Conduct Architecture Reviews, Design Reviews, and Technical Assessments of major initiatives;

  • Support technical leaders and engineers in making complex decisions;

  • Ensure that solutions meet scalability, availability, security, observability, and performance requirements;

  • Work together with Engineering, Product, Security, Data, and Infrastructure teams on the evolution of the technology platform;

  • Lead the adoption of new technologies, frameworks, and architectural patterns;

  • Act as a technical reference in critical incidents involving architectural decisions;

  • Promote continuous architecture evolution, reducing technical debt and increasing technological maturity.

Key Deliverables

  • Definition and evolution of the reference architecture of products;

  • Architectural roadmap aligned with company strategies;

  • Corporate standards for development, integration, and architecture;

  • Architecture evolution to support scale, performance, and resilience growth;

  • Definition of standards for APIs, microservices, events, and integrations;

  • Architectural governance through ADRs (Architecture Decision Records), Design Reviews, and Technical Standards;

  • Reduction of structural technical debt;

  • Evolution of cloud and engineering platforms;

  • Monitoring of architectural indicators (Resilience, Availability, Performance, Security, Cost, and Scalability);

  • Technical development of the architects and Tech Leads community through mentoring, workshops, and communities of practice.

What We're Looking for in You

Leadership

  • Proven experience leading multiple engineering teams technically;

  • Ability to influence technical leaders, architects, and executives;

  • Excellent technical and executive communication;

  • Strategic vision of corporate architecture;

  • Ability to make decisions considering technical and business trade-offs;

  • Experience conducting Architecture Reviews and strategic decisions

Qualifications

  • Microservices Architecture;

  • Domain Driven Design (DDD);

  • Event Driven Architecture;

  • API First;

  • GraphQL and REST;

  • Enterprise Integration Patterns;

  • Event-Driven Architecture (Kafka, RabbitMQ);

  • Kubernetes;

  • Docker;

  • Service Mesh (Istio);

  • Cloud Native Architecture;

  • AWS (EKS, ECS, EC2, Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, SNS, RDS, DynamoDB, S3);

  • Terraform;

  • CI/CD;

  • Observability (OpenTelemetry, Dynatrace, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana);

  • Resilience (Circuit Breaker, Retry, Bulkhead, Timeout);

  • Performance Engineering;

  • Application Security;

  • OAuth2, OpenID Connect, JWT;

  • Zero Trust Architecture;

  • Platform Engineering;

  • FinOps;

  • Data Architecture (when applicable).

It Will Be a Differentiator

  • AWS Professional or Specialty Certifications;

  • TOGAF;

  • Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) or CKA;

  • Experience with internal platforms (Platform Engineering);

  • Knowledge of AI applied to software development;

  • Experience in large distributed environments (Large Scale Systems);

  • Participation in technical communities, events, or content production.

Additional Information

Serasa Experian is much more than you imagine. With the purpose of creating a better future, expanding opportunities for people and businesses, in Brazil we are more than 4,000 people working in diverse teams and specialties. Here, every knowledge and diversity complement each other and you can work on what you love most. We are committed to building an inclusive culture and an environment in which people can balance their careers with their personal commitments and interests, prioritizing well-being.

We are very dedicated to being one of the best and most innovative companies to work for in the country, enabling incredible experiences and careers for our people. Our strong people-first approach is recognized externally through various market certifications: we have been awarded by Great Place To Work™ in 24 countries and by the international Top Employers certification, and we are recognized as one of the best companies for young professionals with a 4.6 rating on Glassdoor. Each recognition indicates that we are on the right path, providing an increasingly better work environment for our talents.

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