Liatrio - Principal Application Modernization Architect
Requirements
• Architecture and Engineering • You've owned the full modernization lifecycle at enterprise scale — assessing a complex legacy estate, making the architectural case for change to skeptical executives, and seeing it through to delivery in organizations that don't change easily • You have architectural range across the full technology stack — frontend, backend, data, infrastructure, cloud, and platform — with genuine depth in multiple areas • You've navigated the hardest parts of enterprise modernization: tightly coupled monoliths, shared databases, organizational silos, regulatory constraints, and teams that have built the same system for years — and you've found a way forward without burning everything down • You can look at a large, complex codebase or architecture and quickly develop a credible assessment — identifying the risk areas, the leverage points, and the sequence of changes that create momentum without creating chaos • You have deep expertise in cloud-native architecture and you've led large organizations through the cultural and technical transformation required to actually operate that way — including cloud-native platform adoption, or other orchestration platforms depending on client environment • You've worked in regulated industries and you understand what it means to modernize in environments where security, compliance, and operational risk are non-negotiable • AI and Intelligent Systems • You've built or integrated AI capabilities— LLMs, agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, or AI-augmented developer tooling — and you understand the architecture, the failure modes, and what it actually takes to keep these systems working reliably • You can have a credible conversation with a client's executive team about where AI creates genuine leverage in their modernization journey — cutting through the hype, grounding the discussion in what's real, and helping them think through a practical path forward • You have enough hands-on depth to evaluate approaches, guide your team's implementation decisions, and recognize when something that sounds good in theory isn't going to hold up in production • Full benefits including unlimited PTO, funded HSA option, 401k match, monthly LiveWell stipend, and quarterly company bonus • Annual base salary: $210,000- $240,000, depending on experience • 10+ years of hands-on software engineering and architecture experience, with significant time in senior technical leadership roles at the enterprise level • Proven track record as a trusted technical advisor at the CTO, CIO, or Chief Architect level • Must be authorized to work in the United States or Canada without sponsorship • Travel: 25-50%, primarily US-based with occasional international travel
Responsibilities
• Enterprise Technical Strategy and Architecture • Set and own the architectural direction for major client engagements — defining the modernization strategy, target architecture, sequencing, and guardrails that keep delivery aligned to business outcomes • Partner with the Strategic Principal to shape SOWs, working directly with C-suite, CTO, CIO, and Chief Architect stakeholders to align technical strategy with organizational goals • Lead architectural design across one or more technical domains — full-stack application development, cloud-native platforms, AI integration — and evolve Liatrio's point of view as the industry changes • Architect enterprise solutions that reduce technical debt while balancing constraints of time, budget, risk, and organizational readiness — and communicate those tradeoffs clearly to executive stakeholders • Anticipate where engagements are heading before others do — surfacing risks, identifying opportunities, and proactively shaping strategy before problems become crises • Participate in scoping discussions and SOW architecture for new and existing customers • Client Relationship and Influence • Build and maintain deep, trusted relationships with CTO, CIO, Chief Architect, and VP-level technical stakeholders — the kind of relationships where clients call you before making major technical decisions • Guide clients through complex, politically charged modernization efforts — removing organizational impediments, building consensus across competing stakeholders, and keeping transformation on track when it gets hard • Influence organizational culture and engineering practices at client organizations, helping them build the internal capabilities to sustain transformation after Liatrio is gone • Delivery Oversight and Technical Leadership • Provide technical oversight across multiple workstreams — accountable for the quality, coherence, and strategic alignment of everything your team delivers • Integrate AI and LLM capabilities into client modernization strategies — agentic workflows, intelligent automation, AI-augmented engineering — ensuring those capabilities are production-grade and maintainable • Guide and collaborate with both Liatrio and client architects and engineers, elevating the technical quality of the engagement as a whole • Support the sales team in client expansion conversations and validate the technical feasibility of proposed work • Leverage Liatrio's accumulated insights to create accelerators, methodologies, and intellectual property that benefit future engagements • Team and People Leadership • Accountable for the morale, well-being, and technical growth of the Liatrio team on your accounts • Coach and mentor engineers and leads through 1:1s, real-time feedback, and formal reviews — with a focus on growing the next generation of technical leaders at Liatrio
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