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Principal Solution Architect jobs are open across cloud services, enterprise software, financial services, and telecommunications, from senior individual contributor to staff and principal levels, with specializations in cloud architecture, pre-sales engineering, and digital transformation. Find a role that fits from the openings below and apply directly.
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Job Description
Intro
Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!
Why you'll love this job
- As one diverse, high-performing team dedicated to technical excellence, you will focus relentlessly on delivering unrivaled digital products that drive a more reliable and profitable airline.
- The Software domain refers to the area within Information Technology that focuses on the development, deployment, management, and maintenance of software applications that support business processes and user needs. This includes development, application lifecycle management, requirement analysis, QA, security & compliance, and maintaining the applications and infrastructure.
What you'll do
As noted above, this list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and certainly non-essential job functions) that are not referenced. Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed whenever it is deemed appropriate to do so, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations.
- Writes, tests, and documents technical work products (e.g., code, scripts, processes) according to organizational standards and practices
- Delivers high quality work and coaches team members on technical craftsmanship
- Conducts root cause analysis to identify systemic problems and defines and leads execution of action items to address
- Designs thoughtfully integrated systems that model organizational best practices, allowing disparate teams across product domains to deliver value with speed, scale, and reliability
- Oversees the management of technical debt in existing systems and drives opportunities to eliminate within ongoing implementations
- Consistently anticipates scaling, latency, and durability challenges and guides teams in implementation of mitigating strategies
- Partners with the security organization to incorporate security conscious practices early in the lifecycle of new systems
- Thoughtfully evaluates technical risks and guides toward practical prevention strategies
- Consistently works across teams to break down silos and resolve problems collaboratively
- Builds and maintains strong relationships with engineering and product leaders as well as key vendors across span of influence to capitalize on synergies within related organizations
- Clearly translates technical strategy into implementable componentry within the context of the relevant business area
- Maintains a focus on removing the duplication of effort across teams and proactively identifies opportunities for reuse within their span of influence
- Mentors individuals on teams across their span of influence
- Ensures teams across their span of influence are directionally aligned on the engineering strategy of their product domain and leads cross-team efforts that advance and influence organizational strategy
All you'll need for success
Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
- 8+ years of experience designing, developing, and implementing large-scale solutions in production environments
Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
- Airline Industry experience
Skills, Licenses & Certifications
- Proficiency with the following technologies:
- Programming Languages: Java, Python, C#, Javascript/Typescript
- Frameworks: Spring/SpringBoot, FastAPI
- Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes
- CI/CD & Infrastructure as Code: GitHub Actions, Terraform; automated cloud infrastructure provisioning and deployments
- Data management: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis
- Streaming, Integration/APIs Technologies: Kafka, REST, GraphQL, Apache Kafka, Apeche Flink, REST, GraphQL, event-driven integrations
- Cloud Architecture: Deep hands-on expertise designing and operating highly available, scalable, secure, low-latency, cloud-native distributed systems on Amazon Web Services (AWS), including real-time enterprise data integration, event-driven architectures, multi-region resiliency, disaster recovery, observability, and performance optimization
- Ability to optimize solutions for performance, resiliency and reliability while maintaining an eye toward simplicity
- Ability to concisely convey ideas verbally, in writing, in code, and in diagrams
- Ability to optimize system designs spanning multiple teams to allow small, safe, incremental releases
- Ability to work through others by cooperatively sharing responsibilities
- Ability to combines deep knowledge of a product domain with awareness of advancing technology to introduce solutions that propel the technical capability of the organization forward.
- Proficiency in object-oriented design techniques and principles
- Proficiency in Agile methodologies, such as SCRUM
- Proficiency in DevOps Toolchain methodologies, including Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment
What you'll get
Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:
- Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
- Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
- Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
- 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
- Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more
Feel free to be yourself at American
From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Team Member Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.
Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.
Job Description
Intro
Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!
Why you'll love this job
- As one diverse, high-performing team dedicated to technical excellence, you will focus relentlessly on delivering unrivaled digital products that drive a more reliable and profitable airline.
- The Software domain refers to the area within Information Technology that focuses on the development, deployment, management, and maintenance of software applications that support business processes and user needs. This includes development, application lifecycle management, requirement analysis, QA, security & compliance, and maintaining the applications and infrastructure.
What you'll do
As noted above, this list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and certainly non-essential job functions) that are not referenced. Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed whenever it is deemed appropriate to do so, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations.
- Writes, tests, and documents technical work products (e.g., code, scripts, processes) according to organizational standards and practices
- Delivers high quality work and coaches team members on technical craftsmanship
- Conducts root cause analysis to identify systemic problems and defines and leads execution of action items to address
- Designs thoughtfully integrated systems that model organizational best practices, allowing disparate teams across product domains to deliver value with speed, scale, and reliability
- Oversees the management of technical debt in existing systems and drives opportunities to eliminate within ongoing implementations
- Consistently anticipates scaling, latency, and durability challenges and guides teams in implementation of mitigating strategies
- Partners with the security organization to incorporate security conscious practices early in the lifecycle of new systems
- Thoughtfully evaluates technical risks and guides toward practical prevention strategies
- Consistently works across teams to break down silos and resolve problems collaboratively
- Builds and maintains strong relationships with engineering and product leaders as well as key vendors across span of influence to capitalize on synergies within related organizations
- Clearly translates technical strategy into implementable componentry within the context of the relevant business area
- Maintains a focus on removing the duplication of effort across teams and proactively identifies opportunities for reuse within their span of influence
- Mentors individuals on teams across their span of influence
- Ensures teams across their span of influence are directionally aligned on the engineering strategy of their product domain and leads cross-team efforts that advance and influence organizational strategy
All you'll need for success
Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
- 8+ years of experience designing, developing, and implementing large-scale solutions in production environments
Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
- Airline Industry experience
Skills, Licenses & Certifications
- Proficiency with the following technologies:
- Programming Languages: Java, Python, C#, Javascript/Typescript
- Frameworks: Spring/SpringBoot, FastAPI
- Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes
- CI/CD & Infrastructure as Code: GitHub Actions, Terraform; automated cloud infrastructure provisioning and deployments
- Data management: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis
- Streaming, Integration/APIs Technologies: Kafka, REST, GraphQL, Apache Kafka, Apeche Flink, REST, GraphQL, event-driven integrations
- Cloud Architecture: Deep hands-on expertise designing and operating highly available, scalable, secure, low-latency, cloud-native distributed systems on Amazon Web Services (AWS), including real-time enterprise data integration, event-driven architectures, multi-region resiliency, disaster recovery, observability, and performance optimization
- Ability to optimize solutions for performance, resiliency and reliability while maintaining an eye toward simplicity
- Ability to concisely convey ideas verbally, in writing, in code, and in diagrams
- Ability to optimize system designs spanning multiple teams to allow small, safe, incremental releases
- Ability to work through others by cooperatively sharing responsibilities
- Ability to combines deep knowledge of a product domain with awareness of advancing technology to introduce solutions that propel the technical capability of the organization forward.
- Proficiency in object-oriented design techniques and principles
- Proficiency in Agile methodologies, such as SCRUM
- Proficiency in DevOps Toolchain methodologies, including Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment
What you'll get
Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:
- Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
- Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
- Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
- 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
- Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more
Feel free to be yourself at American
From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Team Member Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.
Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Consulting & Professional Services
- Technology & Software
- Energy
- Gaming & Esports
- Telecommunications
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in principal solution architect jobs.
- Extensive hands-on experience designing enterprise-scale cloud or hybrid infrastructure solutions
- Deep expertise in at least one major cloud platform such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical pre-sales engagements and translate business requirements into architecture
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for executive and technical stakeholder audiences
- Relevant cloud or vendor certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect Professional or Azure Solutions Expert
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field
Tips for Your Principal Solution Architect Job Search
Quantify architecture scope on your resume
Principal solution architect roles expect evidence of scale. Replace vague claims with specifics: the number of engineering teams you aligned, the size of the migrations you led, or the annual contract value of deals your architecture supported during pre-sales.
Build a portfolio of architecture decision records
Hiring panels at this level want proof you can defend technical choices under business pressure. Compile two or three architecture decision records that show your reasoning, the tradeoffs you rejected, and the outcome, then reference them in your cover letter and interviews.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists principal solution architect openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Filter openings by cloud platform alignment
Principal solution architect postings are often written around a specific cloud ecosystem, AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. Match your applications to the platform where you hold current certifications and deployment depth, since mismatched platform experience is a common screen-out at resume review.
Prepare a whiteboard architecture walkthrough
Most final-round interviews for this title include a live design session where you architect a system from a vague prompt. Practice narrating your thinking aloud, explicitly calling out reliability, cost, and security tradeoffs as you draw, rather than jumping straight to a solution diagram.
Negotiate scope before accepting an offer
At principal level, role definitions vary widely between companies. Before accepting, clarify whether the position is primarily pre-sales, post-sales, or internal, which product lines you'll own, and whether you'll have authority to set architectural standards or only advise on them.
Principal Solution Architect Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most principal solution architects?
The companies hiring the most principal solution architects right now include Bain & Company, ServiceNow, and PSEG, with the largest share of openings in Texas, Illinois, and New Jersey, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Cloud platform providers, large system integrators, and enterprise software vendors consistently post the highest volume of openings at this level.
How many principal solution architect jobs are remote?
About 75% of principal solution architect openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, making it one of the more flexible senior technical roles in the market. Pre-sales and cloud advisory specializations tend to carry the highest remote share, while roles focused on on-premises enterprise architecture or government clients are more likely to require a regular on-site presence.
How do you become a principal solution architect?
Most principal solution architects move up from senior solutions engineer or senior cloud architect roles after building a record of leading cross-functional technical projects end to end. Getting there typically requires earning advanced cloud certifications, contributing to pre-sales or post-sales technical wins, and demonstrating that you can communicate architecture decisions credibly to both engineering teams and business executives. Developing depth in one cloud platform before broadening is a common path.
Can you get hired as a principal solution architect without prior principal-level experience?
Yes, candidates promoted from senior solutions engineer or senior architect roles are regularly hired at principal level if their project scope and influence match the expectations. The most effective approach is to frame your resume around outcomes at enterprise scale, such as migrations, platform consolidations, or revenue-generating pre-sales cycles, rather than listing years of experience, and to seek out roles at companies that promote based on demonstrated impact over tenure.
What does the principal solution architect interview process look like?
The process typically runs three to five rounds and combines a recruiter screen, a hiring manager conversation focused on your architecture philosophy and business impact, one or two technical deep-dives with senior engineers or architects, and a final executive or panel interview. Most companies at this level also include a live whiteboard or take-home design exercise where you architect a real or simulated system, narrate your tradeoffs, and field challenging questions from the panel.
Where can I find and apply to principal solution architect jobs?
You can find and apply to principal solution architect jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from companies across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your cloud platform focus, industry background, and preferred work arrangement, then apply directly to each one that fits.
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