The Lead Software Architect is a senior technical leader responsible for defining, maintaining, and evolving the software architecture for complex enterprise systems. This role ensures that solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with business objectives while fostering innovation and technical excellence across engineering teams.
Key Responsibilities
· Define and maintain high-level architecture for enterprise applications and platforms.
· Establish design principles, patterns, and standards for software development.
· Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption strategies.
· Drive modernization initiatives, including cloud migration and microservices adoption.
· Partner with product owners, engineering managers, and stakeholders to align technical solutions with business goals.
· Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineering teams.
· Ensure adherence to security, compliance, and performance standards.
· Implement best practices for code quality, testing, and deployment.
· Promote innovation through research and proof-of-concepts.
· Optimize system performance and reliability through proactive design improvements.
Required Qualifications
· Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
· 10+ years of software development experience, with at least 5 years in an architecture leadership role.
· Proven expertise in designing distributed systems, microservices, and cloud-native applications.
· Strong knowledge of modern programming languages and frameworks (e.g., .NET Core, Java, Node.js).
· Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) and container orchestration (Docker/Kubernetes).
Preferred Skills
· Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
· Familiarity with security frameworks and compliance standards.
· Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
· Ability to influence technical direction across multiple teams and projects.
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Honeywell Automation and Control Solutions (ACS) team members are part of a global, 65,000-employee network of smart and entrepreneurial, hard-working and inquisitive professionals who solve problems every single day. Put simply, our employees create safer, more energy efficient, more secure and more productive environments for our customers around the world. ACS turnout gear protects firefighters from extreme temperatures; our thermostats keep homeowners comfortable; our security systems ensure the safety and security of facilities from backyard sheds to Las Vegas casinos; our rugged mobile computers track packages and goods as they are shipped across the globe; our sensors measure temperature and pressure in hemodialysis machines and other medical devices. ACS energy management services have helped big-box retailers achieve double-digit reductions in their peak energy demand, and our process control systems are used in the world's top 50 oil refineries. As much as we are a product and solutions company, we are a technology company. In fact, our technology is in 150 million homes and 10 million buildings. Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with operations in more than 100 countries , ACS is organized into seven strategic business units -- five focused on products and two on services and solutions. ACS is an approximately $15 billion division of Honeywell, a Fortune 100 industrial technology company based in Morristown, New Jersey. We'd love to have you consider coming to work with us. We are Honeywell!