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Digital Media Solutions

Location:
United States

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

165000.00 - 180000.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

By taking ownership of technical architecture, accuracy and code quality across the entire tech ecosystem, the Principal Software Architect oversees development across the DMS software suite. They are a contributing decision maker about what technologies to use, how software should be architected and what the technical direction of certain platforms will be.

Job Responsibility:

Provide application-wide leadership on decision making about technical application architecture with the viewpoint of meeting business requirements at the lowest total application life-cycle cost for the related business value added
Perform detailed design and prototyping in accordance with the enterprise vision to move DMS’s application base forward
Advise an application team or set of application teams, providing guidance on development practices and technical designs
Lead a team or set of teams directly focusing on architecture improvement projects for specific applications or enterprise architectural components
Identify areas in applications for refactoring and improvement, and work in collaboration with the SVP of Software Development to establish a roadmap of enterprise and application-specific architectural improvement
Assist application Product Owners in prioritization of architectural work on the code base
Work closely with the Product team and SVP of Software Development to estimate large efforts and guide long-term decisions about how to implement new features and functionality
Mentor and guide developers to improve their coding practices via code standards, unit testing, secure coding practices, design patterns, code reviews, pair programming and other best practice activities as necessary
Conduct skills development efforts when new technologies are introduced
Inspire and excite people internally around the technology vision and plans
Work with the DevOps group and application teams to streamline build and release processes via architectural modifications

Requirements:

BS in Computer Science preferred, or has an equivalent combination of technical education and/or equal work experience
10+ years of experience in software development
4+ years leading an engineering team or as a Sr. Software Engineer
In-depth experience with AWS
Ability to effectively communicate across multiple channels, on and offline
Demonstrates good time management skills, utilizing tools as needed
Demonstrates knowledge of different design & problem-solving patterns
Use of multiple languages and technologies (front and back end)
Ability to use the right tool for the job
Ability to take on legacy projects as well as architect solutions from the ground up
In-depth understanding of the entire SDLC
Works well with IT and is involved in DevOps processes
Certified in Scrum/Agile, or equivalent knowledge and experience

What we offer:

Medical, dental, vision insurance
Wellness and mental health benefits
Tax-Advantaged healthcare accounts
Financial and income protection benefits (life insurance, short-term disability, 401(k)
Paid time off (PTO), holidays and sick time off
Remote worker assistance for wellness and home office

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 08, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Remote work

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