Principal Architect- Agentic Commerce transformation

What you'll do

• Define and lead scalable, secure, resilient architecture for B2B Commerce and payment services.
• Architect cloud-native distributed systems and AI/agentic systems, establishing reusable patterns and controls.
• Partner across business and technology teams to guide delivery, influence architecture decisions, and communicate strategy to senior leaders.

What they ask for

• Formal training or certification in architecture concepts and 10+ years of applied experience.
• Hands-on experience designing and delivering large-scale distributed systems and production software.
• Deep knowledge of cloud-native architecture, APIs, microservices, event-driven systems, data architecture, resiliency, security, observability, and performance; strong software engineering foundation.
• Experience designing AI, generative AI, or agentic systems for enterprise platforms; experience with AWS and enterprise AI platforms such as Amazon Bedrock or equivalent; experience applying Spec-Driven Development (SDD) and AI-assisted engineering.

Nice to have

• Experience in B2B or commercial payments, transaction banking, payment networks, multi-rail payments, routing, or orchestration.
• Experience with supplier onboarding, AP/AR automation, remittance, reconciliation, ERP integration, or payment execution.

Pay

USD $175,750.00-$260,000.00 base salary (Chicago, IL)

Tools

AWS, Amazon Bedrock, APIs, microservices, event-driven systems, Spec-Driven Development (SDD)

AI focus

Architects AI, generative AI, and agentic systems, including orchestration, grounding, memory, tool integration, observability, and controls; establishes reusable AI patterns and applies AI-assisted engineering.