Principal Architect – Enterprise Architecture

As the Principal Architect you will shape technology direction across products platforms and teams. You will create architecture plans guide technical choices and help teams build secure reliable solutions that support Best Buys business and customer experiences. Youll work with engineering product and business leaders to solve complex challenges set technology standards and mentor other technical leaders.

This role is hybrid which means you will be required to work some days at our Best Buy office in Richfield Minnesota and some days virtually from home or another non-Best Buy location. Candidates outside these metro areas may qualify for remote recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.

What youll do

• Create technology strategies architecture plans and roadmaps across products platforms and business areas
• Set architecture standards patterns and guidelines that help teams make consistent technical decisions
• Review solutions provide technical guidance and help teams meet enterprise architecture goals
• Partner with engineering product and business leaders on technology choices priorities and investments
• Guide platform modernization efforts reduce technical debt and improve reliability and maintainability
• Mentor architects and senior engineers while sharing knowledge across the technology community

Basic qualifications

• 8 years of experience in software engineering technology architecture infrastructure data architecture or a related field
• Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science Engineering Business or a related field or equivalent experience
• 4 years experience creating architecture strategies standards and roadmaps for complex technology environments
• 4 experience influencing technical decisions across multiple teams and groups

Preferred qualifications

• 10 years of technology experience with increasing architectural leadership responsibilities
• Experience leading large-scale modernization transformation or cloud adoption efforts
• Strong communication skills with technical teams business partners and senior leaders
• Experience mentoring architects senior engineers and technical leaders
• Knowledge of architecture governance technology strategy and enterprise architecture practices

Whats in it for you

Were committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. Best Buy offers a range of benefits to support your overall well-being and provide support as you need it especially at key moments in your life.

Our benefits include:

• Competitive pay
• Great employee discount
• Financial savings and retirement resources
• Support for your physical and mental well-being

Best Buy provides different types of leaves of absence (LOA) and potential pay sources to employees based on eligibility. The length of your LOA depends on your situation where you live your full-time or part-time employment status and federal and state regulations. Intermittent or reduced-schedule leave is also available for certain medical or family care leaves. Paid time off (vacation or PTO) is offered to full-time and part-time employees based on work location employment status salary or hourly status (exempt/non-exempt) and years of continued or bridged service.

Certain roles where market norms demand it are eligible for various forms of incentive pay to drive performance and offer recognition for achieving financial and strategic results. For more information about our incentive pay plans including eligibility please refer to our Incentive Programs Summary.

For more information about benefits LOA and paid time off please refer to our Benefits Guide.

About us

As part of the Best Buy team youll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life in our stores online and in customers homes.

Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. Were committed to being a great place to work where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.

Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer.

Application deadline: Minimum of 5 days from the posting date. You can find that date above the job title at the top of the page.