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Principal Architect

The Friedkin Group
Posted 4 months ago, valid for 16 days
Location

Houston, TX 77203, US

Salary

Competitive

Contract type

Full Time

Retirement Plan
Wellness Program

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  • The Principal Architect, Databricks position requires a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field and at least 10 years of experience in software engineering with a focus on architecting systems.
  • This role involves leading the architectural vision for the Databricks Platform, developing reusable patterns, and providing hands-on guidance to engineering teams.
  • Candidates must possess deep expertise in the Databricks ecosystem, including Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, MLOps, and a strong command of cloud architecture on AWS.
  • The compensation for this role is competitive and fair, based on skills, experience, and qualifications, although specific salary figures are not provided in the job description.
  • The position also requires excellent communication skills and the ability to mentor technical staff, with occasional travel requirements of up to 10%.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire and must not require employer sponsorship now or in the future. This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship, and the company will not assume sponsorship obligations for existing visa holders.

 

Living Our Values
All associates are guided by Our Values. Our Values are the unifying foundation of our companies. We strive to ensure that every decision we make and every action we take demonstrates Our Values. We believe that putting Our Values into practice creates lasting benefits for all of our associates, shareholders, and the communities in which we live.

Why Join Us

  • Career Growth: Advance your career with opportunities for leadership and personal development.
  • Culture of Excellence: Be part of a supportive team that values your input and encourages innovation.
  • Competitive Benefits: Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package that looks after both your professional and personal needs.

Total Rewards
Our Total Rewards package underscores our commitment to recognizing your contributions. We offer a competitive and fair compensation structure that includes base pay and performance-based rewards. Compensation is based on skill set, experience, qualifications, and job-related requirements. Our comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, wellness programs, retirement plans, and generous paid leave. Discover more about what we offer by visiting our Benefits page.

 

A Day In The Life

You'll architect and build our enterprise platform for data, machine learning, and agentic AI. This is a 100% hands-on technical leadership role — not a theoretical one (think builder, not TOGAF/Zachman framework guru).

 

What You'll Do

  • Define architectural patterns, enterprise standards, and engineering best practices
  • Write code to add features to the platform in Python and Terraform
  • Balance the needs of individual AI use cases against broader platform principles
  • Design automated processes for reproducibility, auditability, and traceability
  • Apply deep expertise across DevOps, MLOps, CI/CD, and platform automation
  • Cut through complex, contradictory information to make sound technical decisions
  • Navigate the policy, people, and process dynamics that come with enterprise-scale work

What We Need From You

 

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science (required)
  • 10+ years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
  • A career that began in software engineering and evolved into architecture by leading teams that built large, multi-tenant, and high-throughput applications
  • Expert-level software engineering, Python, and computational algorithms.
  • Deep AWS expertise and fluency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, YAML)
  • Ability to quickly build expertise in the platform's technologies, such as Databricks, Lang Graph, etc.
  • A self-starter mindset — you learn new tech quickly, prove its value with a POC, and build the business case to scale it

Physical and Environmental RequirementsThe physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. While performing the duties of the job, the associate is required on a daily basis to analyze and interpret data, communicate, and remain in a stationary position for a significant amount of the workday and frequently access, input, and retrieve information from the computer and other office productivity devices. The associate is regularly required to move about the office and around the corporate campus. The associate must frequently move up to 10 pounds and occasionally move up to 25 pounds.

 

Travel Requirements
10% The associate is occasionally required to travel to other sites, including out-of-state, where applicable, for business.

 

Join Us
The Friedkin Group and its affiliates are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please contact us at TalentAcquisition@friedkin.com. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all associates.


 

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