• Define and evolve application, platform, and infrastructure architecture within a cloud-native SaaS environment • Establish architectural principles, standards, and reference models that guide teams while preserving appropriate flexibility • Lead architecture decisions for major initiatives, products, and platforms • Balance near-term delivery needs with long-term sustainability and scalability • Own and deeply understand the full cloud stack, including cloud infrastructure and networking (IaaS / PaaS), container platforms and orchestration, application architecture (APIs, microservices, distributed systems), CI/CD pipelines, DevSecOps, observability, and reliability engineering • Champion pragmatic, cloud-native approaches that improve resilience, scalability, and developer productivity • Embed security and regulatory requirements into architectural designs in partnership with Security and Compliance • Provide technical leadership across product, engineering, and professional services teams • Mentor architects, principal engineers, and senior technical leaders • Lead through influence—driving clarity, alignment, and technical direction across teams • Step in to resolve complex or high-risk technical challenges • Promote shared platforms, reusable frameworks, and standardized tooling to enhance speed and quality • Reduce duplication and fragmentation through thoughtful architectural design • Strengthen engineering practices that scale teams while maintaining craftsmanship • Deploy AI-powered solutions or agentic AI frameworks to accelerate engineering velocity and automate architectural insights • Implement AI capabilities within SaaS products in alignment with business strategy and customer value • Serve as a trusted technical advisor to executive leadership • Translate complex technical concepts for technical and non-technical audiences • Represent platform and architectural considerations in company-level planning • Build and scale a high-performing architecture organization • Foster a culture of security, empowerment, and ownership across the company • Partner with executive leadership to define and advance the security strategy and roadmap • Up to 15–20% travel for executive meetings, customer engagements, industry conferences, and critical incident response