Principal Solutions Architect

At Experian, we believe great work happens when people come together. We're focused on attracting talent in and around our designated hub locations who are open to collaborating with colleagues in person. Aligning employees to these talent markets helps foster collaboration, strengthen team connections, and support long-term career growth within Experian. You will report to the Head of Technology, and reside in or near one of our collaboration hubs:

Costa Mesa, CA; San Jose, CA; Allen, TX; Austin, TX; Franklin, TN; New York, NY; Schaumberg, IL; Washington, D.C.; Atlanta, GA; Boston, MA; Seattle, WA

As a Principal Solutions Architect, you'll be a senior technical leader who designs large-scale data platforms. You'll partner with engineering, product, and business teams to set technical direction for complex, high-volume data systems.

You'll have opportunity to:

• Define end-to-end architecture for large-scale data platforms and distributed systems

• Develop automated, custom data pipelines using Apache Spark, Trino, or similar Big Data technologies

• Establish architecture best practices for data ingestion, transformation, storage, and usage

• Improve performance, scalability, resiliency, and cost efficiency across data platforms

• Partner with Product, Engineering, Security, Cloud, and Architecture teams to modernize legacy workflows and translate our needs into technical solutions

• Lead architecture reviews, resolve cross-team technical decisions, and define practices for data governance, security, and observability

• Mentor architects and engineers, and communicate technical strategy and risk to senior leadership

Department: Technology
Function: Engineering
Experience Level: Not Applicable