Sr. Architect I, Enterprise Platforms

Your Team: 

Enterprise Platforms empowers our engineering teams with streamlined tools to accelerate the creation of solutions that align with Invesco's vision and drive business growth. Our mission is to provide a state-of-the-art internal developer platform that drives efficiency, scalability, and innovation. Our aspirations are to offer engineer-friendly platforms that effortlessly alleviate cognitive burdens rather than imposing them, fostering genuine desire for adoption and utilization. 

Your Role: 

As a Platform Architect on the Engineering Platforms team, you will define and drive the architectural strategy for internal developer platforms and enterprise services. You’ll lead cross-functional initiatives, mentor engineering teams, and ensure delivery of scalable, secure, and developer-friendly solutions that align with Invesco’s enterprise vision. This role requires deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and a passion for enabling engineering excellence at scale. 

You will demonstrate a willingness to explore and contribute to new and exciting initiatives, while maintaining accountability for foundational engineering work that ensures platform stability, scalability, and long-term success.  

Key Responsibilities / Duties:  

• Define and evolve the architectural vision for internal developer platforms and enterprise services. 

• Lead the design and implementation of reusable patterns, frameworks, and integration strategies that promote platform maturity and developer enablement. 

• Collaborate with product, infrastructure, and security teams to align platform capabilities with enterprise goals. 

• Champion DevSecOps practices and CI/CD maturity using tools such as Git, Bitbucket Pipelines, Jenkins, Maven, Gradle, SonarQube, and Artifactory. 

• Guide and support platform integrations including: 

• Asset management (Artifactory) 

• Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket) 

• API Management platforms (MuleSoft preferred) 

• Power Platform for low-code/no-code solutions 

• GitHub Copilot and other AI-assisted development tools 

• Advocate for automation and self-service engineering across the organization. 

• Support the services you architect and participate in an on-call rotation to ensure platform reliability and timely issue resolution. 

• Represent the team in enterprise architecture forums and governance bodies. 

• Mentor engineers and lead by example in applying best practices and execution excellence. 

• Promote a collaborative and engaging culture across global teams. 

Work Experience / Knowledge:  

• At least 9+ years of professional software development experience.  

• Proven experience in software architecture and platform engineering. 

• Deep expertise in Java and object-oriented programming.  

• Expert understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC).  

• Strong proficiency working in agile development teams.  

• Strong proficiency developing with CI/CD tools and practices.  

• Proven experience in software architecture and platform engineering. 

• Expertise in AWS is required, multi-cloud experience preferred. 

Preferred Skills / Other Personal Attributes Required:  

• Demonstrates a willingness to explore and contribute to new and exciting initiatives, while maintaining accountability for foundational engineering work that ensures platform stability, scalability, and long-term success. 

• Experience with cloud-based platforms (Snowflake and AWS are preferred) 

• Exposure to testing and automation tools (JUnit, Selenium, JMeter). 

• Experience with developer experience tools and frameworks. 

• Self-motivated team player who thrives in a collaborative environment 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills 

• Open minded, flexible, and willing to listen for other people’s opinions 

• Strong organizational skills and detail orientation 

• Ability to react positively under pressure to meet tight deadlines 

• Must have a strong sense of urgency and the ability to effectively prioritize and multi-task assorted tasks daily 

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. 

• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities. 

Formal Education:  

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Computer Engineering or related field of study or equivalent years of direct work experience.