3 Architectural Excellence Jobs

At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. We foster a culture grounded in growth mindset, innovation, and collaboration-built on the values of respect, integrity, and accountability. Together, we create an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. As an Architect Manager within the Global Delivery Center , you will lead a team of high-impact Solution Architects focused on delivering transformational outcomes across Data Modernization and AI Transformation . You will set the technical vision, guide complex presales and delivery engagements, and influence senior stakeholders to shape strategy and mitigate execution risks. Your leadership will drive innovation, readiness, and scalable delivery through reusable IP, skilling plans, and architectural excellence.

As a highly experienced Principal Software Engineer at UKG, you will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge SaaS technologies and impactful projects used by enterprises globally. Your role will involve driving technical strategy, leading large-scale projects, and mentoring engineers throughout the organization. You will be responsible for designing, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining highly complex software systems. Your responsibilities will include writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code for various software applications and systems. You will drive the technical strategy and vision for major projects, ensuring alignment with business goals and industry best practices. Leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact software projects on time and within budget will be a key aspect of your role. Architecting, designing, and developing complex software systems to ensure high standards of performance, scalability, and reliability will be crucial. You will be expected to solve complex issues with innovative solutions and impact the achievement of area/group objectives. Ensuring service health and quality, implementing best quality practices, and overseeing CI/CD pipelines will also be part of your responsibilities. To qualify for this role, you should have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, along with at least 7 years of professional software development experience. Deep expertise in programming languages such as C, C++, C#, .NET, Python, Java, or JavaScript is required. Proficiency in cloud technologies like Azure, AWS, GCP, and version control systems like GitHub is essential. Preferred qualifications include a Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related field, familiarity with developing accessible technologies, and dedication to diversity and inclusion initiatives. Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, leadership abilities, and effective communication skills are necessary for this role. At UKG, we are on the verge of achieving something truly special. As a leading provider of workforce management and human capital management solutions, we are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace. If you require disability accommodation during the application and interview process, please reach out to UKGCareers@ukg.com.,

As the Director of Developer Platforms at Zinnia, you will play a crucial role in owning the DevX strategy and leading a team of senior managers and managers to build top-notch infrastructure, tooling, and practices that significantly improve developer productivity, platform resilience, and software delivery velocity. Your responsibilities will include defining and executing the strategic roadmap for Developer Experience and Internal Developer Platforms at Zinnia. You will lead, mentor, and scale a global team across various areas such as CI/CD, observability, dev environments, testing infrastructure, and automation platforms. Collaboration with Engineering, Product, Security, and SRE teams will be essential to design and evolve platform standards that align with Zinnia's rapid growth across regions and product lines. Driving architectural and operational excellence in internal developer systems will be a key focus, encompassing build/deploy pipelines, sandbox environments, telemetry, fault injection systems, and release engineering frameworks. You will ensure that gold standards are transformed into reusable tooling, opinionated golden paths, and secure-by-default frameworks. Additionally, establishing and tracking engineering-wide KPIs related to build times, release cadence, platform availability, MTTR, and test coverage will be crucial. Your role will also involve championing engineering productivity initiatives that enhance team efficiency and safety, from friction audits to self-service tooling. Furthermore, you will lead Zinnia's cultural transformation towards a developer-first engineering mindset characterized by high standards in reliability, security, quality, and delivery. To excel in this role, you should have a solid background in software engineering, with at least 5 years of experience leading infrastructure, platform, or DevX teams at scale. Experience in building or transforming DevX or Developer Platform functions in a modern cloud-native, microservices-based enterprise will be highly beneficial. Strong leadership skills, the ability to manage managers, and a track record of delivering high-impact outcomes through strategy, people, and architecture are essential. Expertise across modern CI/CD pipelines, developer tooling, observability frameworks, and quality automation tools is required. Familiarity with tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Playwright, Selenium, JMeter, Chaos Mesh, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and service mesh technologies will be advantageous. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills are also necessary to align technical leaders, engineering teams, and business counterparts effectively. In summary, this role offers a unique opportunity to drive innovation, shape Zinnia's developer platform strategy, and contribute to the company's growth and success in the insurance technology sector.,