Principal, Software Architect

⚡We are your Energy Technology Partner. We electrify, automate, and digitalize every industry, business, and home, driving efficiency and sustainability for all. At Schneider Electric, our values – IMPACT (Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork) – are the foundation of everything we do. Becoming an Impact Maker means turning sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. Are you ready to lead the digital transformation to create a more sustainable world?? If you are up to challenge your creativity and make an impact, we are excited to welcome you!

Schneider Digital is the digital department of Schneider Electric, leading the digital transformation in the company by giving support globally to our internal teams and our clients. Schneider Digital consists of 6 Digital Hubs worldwide which are strategically located to ensure a 24/7 support across the company (France, China, India, USA, Mexico and Spain). Our Digital Hub in Barcelona is formed by +450 employees working in strategic projects and different roles such as Data, Cybersecurity, ERP, Cloud, Infrastructures, IT Project Management or Digital Marketing.

We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Software Architect to lead and own the end-to-end architecture of our unified web platform. This role is accountable for driving scalability, performance, and reliability across complex, multi-layered web systems, while providing strong hands-on technical leadership and solution guidance across multiple teams and streams. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in large-scale web platforms, including non-logged-in and logged-in B2C, B2B, and eCommerce customer journeys, and the ability to translate these into robust, scalable technical solutions. A strong inclination to deep dive into code and platform internals (frontend and backend) is essential.

What will you do?

Architecture & Platform Ownership

• Define, design, and govern end-to-end architecture across frontend, middleware, APIs, backend, and integration layers, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, security, scalability, and performance requirements

• Drive technology strategy and architectural roadmap for web platforms (B2C, B2B, eCommerce), including cross-platform dependencies and integrations

• Lead platform-level initiatives focused on performance optimization, scalability, caching strategies (CDN/edge), and operational resilience

• Identify and address systemic gaps, bottlenecks, and technical debt across the platform

• Establish observability frameworks, SLOs, and reliability metrics (e.g., Core Web Vitals), and lead RCA with durable fixes

Technical Leadership & Solutioning

• Act as the technical authority for complex system design, architecture decisions, and critical delivery milestones

• Provide hands-on guidance in architecture reviews, solution design, and key code areas; mentor engineering teams to improve engineering quality and maturity

• Translate business requirements into scalable, implementation-ready solutions, ensuring feasibility and alignment with platform strategy

• Guide adoption of modern architecture patterns including modular/monorepo architectures, microservices, API-first and event-driven designs

• Enforce engineering best practices in secure coding, performance optimization, and system reliability

Governance, Quality & Delivery Assurance

• Lead architecture governance, design reviews, and technical audits, ensuring adherence to standards, performance benchmarks, and regulatory requirements

• Ensure strong decision gates and quality checkpoints across the delivery lifecycle

General

• Partner closely with QA, DevOps, and Release Management to ensure robust CI/CD, release governance, and production readiness

• Oversee impact analysis of changes across frontend, backend, APIs, caching layers, and integrations to ensure minimal risk and high release confidence

Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Leadership

• Clearly communicate architecture vision, trade-offs, and risk positions to both technical and non technical stakeholders

• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, QA, and Business teams to align customer experience with platform capabilities

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• Drive adoption of modern web and platform engineering practices (API-first, cloud-native, headless CMS, composable architectures)

• Introduce tools, frameworks, and practices to improve developer productivity, platform performance, and delivery efficiency

• Stay current with evolving technologies across frontend ecosystems, CMS, and digital commerce platforms

What qualifications will make you successful for this role?

• Strong experience in enterprise web platform architecture across frontend, backend, and integration layers

• Deep understanding of B2C, B2B, and eCommerce customer journeys (logged-in and non-logged-in)

• Hands-on expertise in:

  • SvelteKit, React, Angular, headless UI, SSR/CSR hybrid rendering, Reusable components (eg: Quartz)
  • Node.js / Java / serverless architectures (e.g., Lambda), middleware aggregation, server-side rendering (SSR)
  • Third party integrations for search, personalization, content indexing
  • APIs, microservices, and integration patterns with REST / GraphQL services
  • Caching strategies (CDN, Akamai, edge caching), reverse proxy routing & traffic handling
  • CMS and composable platforms (e.g., Builder.io, Spryker)
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), Cloud service containers (Amplify, K8), API gateways, messaging

• Strong understanding of scalability, performance engineering, resilience patterns, and security best practices, using Dynatrace, telemetry and load testing tools such as JMeter, tracking Core web vitals (LCP, CLS, INP)

• Exposure to CI/CD, DevOps practices, observability, and monitoring tools (Nx or monorepo-based setups preferred)

• Ability to own the complete solution lifecycle, from architecture through execution alignment

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with a decisive, problem-solving mindset

Experience

• 12–18+ years in software engineering

• 5+ years in architect-level roles leading large-scale web platforms

General

• Proven experience in platform transformation initiatives and multi-team ecosystems

• Certifications such as TOGAF, AWS Architect

Success Metrics

• Improved platform stability, uptime, and Core Web Vitals performance

• Reduction in production incidents and recurring defects

• Delivery of scalable, resilient, and maintainable architectures

• Adoption of architecture standards and governance frameworks across teams

What will you get?

We adapt to you:

• With our flexible schedule, you'll have the freedom to adjust your work hours to accommodate your personal needs and responsibilities.

• We know how great it is to work from home. With our hybrid work plan, you can enjoy working from the comfort of your home.

• Need more time to relax and disconnect? With our Holy Pack, you can purchase additional vacation days to recharge when you need it most.

• Celebrate holidays your way! With Floating Holidays, you can exchange holidays for other days that better suit your plans and personal preferences.

• Need additional time to explore new experiences or focus on personal projects? With the Sabbatical Pack, you can request up to 2 months of extra leave (unpaid).

• We value the importance of family and want to support you in all aspects of your life. Our Global Family Leave Policy provides flexible paid conditions for when you need it most, whether you're about to be a parent, need time to overcome a loss, or to care for a loved one.

We take care of you:

• With access to the health and wellness platform Wellwo, you and up to 5 people of your choice can enjoy access to wellness content, nutrition counseling, fitness classes, and more!

• From dance classes to booking a hotel spa, we offer an agreement with Wellhub so you can access a network of thousands of gyms and sports centers to keep your body active in the way you like best.

• Your well-being is our priority. You will have medical service at your workplace for close attention to any medical needs.

We empower you:

• With Career Hub, our AI-driven professional development platform, you can connect with job opportunities, projects, and mentors at Schneider Electric globally.

• We offer you the opportunity to be a shareholder of Schneider Electric and share in our achievements with our stock ownership program.

• We celebrate everyone's talent and success with our recognition program, through which you can give and receive points for your achievements and redeem them for gift cards at your favorite stores.

• You will have life insurance for your protection.

• We offer you a Flexible Remuneration Plan in which you can choose from a variety of options, such as health insurance, meal vouchers, childcare vouchers, transportation vouchers, training, and more.

• With Club Schneider, you will enjoy special discounts at your favorite stores, restaurants, travel agencies, and other external services.

• Participate in company-subsidized volunteer programs to contribute to our community and have a positive impact on your environment.

Looking to make an IMPACT with your career? When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us. IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world. We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one. Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!

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