Direct Hire
4 days onsite in Plano, TX or Irvine, CA
At The Intersect Group, we partner with organizations that rely on modern, scalable technology to deliver secure, high impact digital solutions in highly regulated industries. Our client operates at enterprise scale, balancing innovation with disciplined governance, risk management, and operational excellence. The technology organization values deep technical expertise, hands on leadership, and architectural rigor that drives measurable business outcomes.
Role Summary
We are seeking a Principal Software Architect to provide architectural leadership and thought leadership across one or more business critical technology domains. This role is instrumental in shaping enterprise application strategy while working directly with engineering teams to deliver resilient, scalable, and secure solutions.
The Principal Software Architect leads technical direction, develops reference architectures, and actively participates in hands on prototyping and proof of concept development. This role partners closely with delivery teams, leadership, and third party resources to solve complex technical challenges and ensure high quality production outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead technical strategy and architectural direction within assigned domains and produce reference implementations, tooling, and abstractions
• Develop hands on proofs of concept and prototypes, spending approximately 40 to 60 percent of time in active technical implementation
• Embed with delivery teams on complex or novel initiatives to remove blockers and ensure successful production deployments
• Provide input into architectural policies and governance to balance risk management with value generation
• Maintain and extend enterprise application standards, templates, and engineering guidance
• Introduce and scale new platform capabilities through structured experimentation, pilots, and controlled rollouts
• Establish and lead adoption of enterprise application development standards and best practices across the organization
• Collaborate effectively across time zones and with third party technology partners
Key Requirements
• Ten or more years of experience in software architecture or large scale system design
• Five or more years of deep expertise in at least one business critical technology domain such as cloud platforms, microservices, data or streaming architectures, or AI and machine learning
• Expert level experience with the Microsoft stack including C#, .NET, and SQL
• Strong hands on experience with Azure services including AKS, managed services, and infrastructure as code using ARM, Bicep, or Terraform
• Experience designing cloud native and microservices based architectures; multi cloud awareness is a plus
• Mortgage or financial services experience preferred, with familiarity with regulatory standards such as SOX, SOC2, or GLBA
• Strong communication, influence, and collaboration skills with the ability to lead through expertise and guidance
Call to Action
If you are ready to apply your architectural expertise to enterprise scale systems and make a lasting technical impact, we encourage you to apply today. Please submit your resume and contact information to The Intersect Group to take the next step in your career.