Honeywell

Principal Platform Architect

Honeywell
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14 hours ago
Atlanta, GA, USAStaff+
H1B sponsor

Responsibilities

  • Own the Forge Platform architecture vision, principles, technical direction, and long-term roadmap.
  • Develop reference architectures, standards, reusable design patterns, and engineering guardrails.
  • Lead architecture reviews and resolve complex platform architecture and design challenges.
  • Define cloud-native development, deployment, and operations patterns across Azure, AWS, GCP, or hybrid environments.
  • Shape platform architecture for Kubernetes, containers, infrastructure-as-code, automation, observability, identity, APIs, and self-service developer experiences.
  • Establish approaches for scalability, resilience, reliability, performance, security, disaster recovery, and operational readiness.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and lead proofs of concept for strategic platform investments.
  • Advance AI/ML enablement, data integration, analytics, automation, and intelligent-service capabilities.
  • Influence technical direction across Engineering, Product, Security, Infrastructure, Operations, and Enterprise Architecture teams.
  • Communicate architecture strategy, tradeoffs, and decisions to technical and executive stakeholders.
  • Mentor architects, principal engineers, technical leads, and senior engineers.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, or a related technical field.
  • 12+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, or architecture roles.
  • 5+ years of experience architecting and delivering enterprise-scale software platforms.
  • 7+ years of expertise in distributed systems, APIs, microservices, event-driven architectures, and integration patterns.
  • 3+ years of experience with at least one major cloud platform: Azure, AWS, or GCP.
  • Master's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field is valued.
  • Experience building or scaling an internal developer platform, SaaS platform, or enterprise digital platform is valued.
  • Experience with AI/ML platforms, data ecosystems, advanced analytics, security architecture, DevSecOps, SRE, enterprise architecture governance, Kubernetes, containers, infrastructure-as-code, automation, and observability is valued.
  • Relevant cloud or architecture certifications, strong communication, systems thinking, and stakeholder engagement skills are valued.

Benefits

  • Employer-subsidized medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
  • Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
  • 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, employee assistance program, and educational assistance.
  • Parental leave, paid time off, and 12 paid holidays.
  • Candidates must meet U.S. export-control requirements as a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, protected person, or person able to obtain export authorization.
  • The application period is estimated to be 40 days from the October 13, 2026 posting date, subject to change.
Honeywell

About Honeywell

10,000+ employees

Honeywell is a public industrial technology company that sells aerospace systems, industrial automation, warehouse and building management technologies, and safety and security products to commercial, industrial, and government customers. Its portfolio spans avionics and propulsion, process controls and SCADA, warehouse automation, and IoT software such as Honeywell Forge. The company is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina and serves global markets across aviation, energy, logistics, and critical infrastructure.

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