About the job
CI&T brings together human expertise and artificial intelligence to build technology solutions at scale. With a team of more than 8,000 professionals and over 1,000 client partnerships worldwide, the company has focused on AI-driven approaches for three decades.
Role overview
The Principal Architect shapes the design and development of advanced, scalable systems at CI&T. This position defines the technology direction for key products, manages technical debt, and ensures that architectural decisions support business growth. Handling complex client relationships and balancing organizational priorities are central to the role.
What you will do
- Architecture & Stakeholder Leadership: Design and direct distributed system architectures with a focus on resilience, low latency, and global scalability. Connect client objectives with technical teams to ensure engineering efforts drive business results.
- Strategic Client Management: Use interpersonal skills to align partner expectations and translate ambiguous requirements into actionable technical plans.
- Product Vision & Analysis: Convert complex financial models and business needs into technical solutions, emphasizing systems for real-time data processing and enterprise-level analysis.
- Automation & Resilience: Build and refine CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation to support agility, security, and stability, especially in Linux and AWS environments.
- Diplomatic Mentorship: Guide engineers in both technical and communication skills, helping the team explain technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
Location
This position is based in São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
