Principal Engineer - Commercial Architecture

Company: Advantage Solutions
Location: Chicago
Posted on: May 3, 2025

Job Description:

SummaryPrincipal Software EngineerA successful Principal Engineer @ Advantage Solutions manifests holistic wisdom of up- and down-stream impacts of technology solutions and trends to guide the development of future products and patterns. With that, a Principal Engineer @ Advantage Solutions is a top-tier engineer - a visionary leader and a hands-on builder - with experience making high-level design choices, framing technical standards, and re-enforcing frameworks, patterns, and principles, including tools, software, and engineering execution standards.To be effective, a Principal Engineer @ Advantage Solutions develops expertise within their domain (understanding capabilities, strong problem-solving skills, etc.), creates a roadmap for their systems, and communicates that plan to others within the organization. However, more than technical knowledge is required, as a Principal Engineer @ Advantage Solutions must also have the soft skills to manage and positively influence projects and people.The focus area for this role will be Advantage Commercial, with a hyper-focus on Consumer packaged goods (CPG) Execution, including all actions a brand takes to get to the final step of the buyer's journey: purchase.Responsibilities:

• Collaborating with various stakeholders to determine application requirements
• Play a central role in technical, business, and organizational contributions affecting the sub-department/department
• Creating high-level product specifications and design documents (conceptual and physical diagrams)
• Exert technical influence over multiple teams, increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing your deep knowledge and experience
• Providing the development team with architectural blueprints to follow
• Ensure the security of all applications/software systems
• Meet financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing budgets, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions
• Actively seek ways to improve business applications/software processes and interactions
• Enhance our cloud capability by creating and implementing cloud application patterns
• Work closely with lead architects and engineers to create and maintain architectural templates, build/operational documents, and automation playbooks
• Define API features, expected security setup, scalability, and monetizationSecondary Responsibilities:
• Research and properly evaluate sources of information to determine possible limitations in reliability or usability
• Help other development and engineering teams resolve application-to-platform integration issues for Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) services
• Maintain domain knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, and participating in professional organizations
• Coach and mentor engineering teams to raise collective technical expertise
• Testing the final product to ensure it is entirely functional and meets requirements
• Use a proactive approach to common challenges and continually research best practices in codingQualifications:

• Outstanding collaboration and communication skills are essential
• 10+ years of hands-on experience in architecting and designing solutions using at least three disciplines: cloud architecture, software development, data platform integration, business processes and capabilities, focusing on scalability, security, performance, and cost to serve
• 10+ years of experience in applying architecture patterns that cover application, data, events, and API-led design concepts enabling transaction flow for scenarios such as application to application, business to business (B2B), direct to consumer (B2C), digital integration, devices, and things
• 10+ years of experience working on large-scale application projects
• 10+ years of exposure to cloud-managed services, serverless technology, and microservices like Function-as-a-Service, Containers, and managed databases
• 10+ years of experience developing applications/software utilizing various coding languages, including Python, .Net, Java, JavaScript/React, and more
• 10+ years of experience overseeing customized development of processes for multiple projects simultaneously
• 10+ years of experience designing secure application systems based upon industry specifications
• Demonstrated deep knowledge of web applications, webhook and API development, cybersecurity, and open-source technologies
• Demonstrate a track record of leading within complex organizations requiring strong influence management skills - the ability to work cooperatively at all levels in a matrix environmentAdditional Information Regarding Advantage Solutions Job Duties and Job Descriptions: Job duties include additional responsibilities as assigned by one's supervisor or other manager related to the position/department. This job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required for the position. The Company reserves the right at any time with or without notice to alter or change job responsibilities, reassign or transfer job positions, or assign additional job responsibilities, subject to applicable law. The Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable a qualified applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by the law.Job Will Remain Open Until FilledImportant InformationThe above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of associates so classified.The Company is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment practices without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental disability, or any other category protected by law. As part of this commitment, the Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable an applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by the law.
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