Sr. Principal Software Architect

Job Description -

Locals Highly desirable and linkedin mandatory

Client - Corteva Agriscience

Sr. Principal Software Architect
Hybrid- Johnston, IA
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Required Skills
7+ years of technical leadership with data or platform engineering roles preferred
Experience or deep understanding of designing or enabling federated data/ML environments where teams self-serve platform capabilities.
Strong understanding of platform architecture and patterns that support data mesh or domain-oriented enablement.
Ability to think in terms of platform products including prioritizing reusable capabilities, reducing cognitive load for users, and avoiding central engineering bottlenecks.
Experience influencing architecture decisions and guiding teams through platform-aligned adoption pathways.
Knowledge of/or expertise with Databricks as a platform beyond notebook usage, including governance, workspace design, multi-domain enablement, and Unity Catalog patterns.

Nice to Have Skills
Hands-on familiarity with Terraform, AWS infrastructure concepts (IAM, S3, networking), and IaC workflows.
Platform mindset with experience building internal platform products with developer experience and scale in mind.
General knowledge of cybersecurity and secure-by-default design patterns in cloud platforms.
Awareness of FinOps principles and cost optimization patterns specific to Databricks (e.g., cluster policy trade-offs, compute model selection, multi-workspace vs multi-catalog trade-offs).
Experience working within a federated data governance or data mesh operating model.