Lead Architect

Job overview

The Lead Architect is an onsite role based in Decatur, GA, with a salary range of $122,600.00 - $204,400.00 per year. This position supports the Cox Automotive Architecture Team in evolving platforms that power inventory management and retail lifecycle services. The role exists to provide technical leadership for key products, driving platform modernization, solution architecture, and AI initiatives. It involves defining architectural vision, aligning delivery teams, and championing AWS-native patterns to ensure long-term platform health.

What you'll do

• Define and evolve architectural vision
• drive solution design from discovery through delivery
• partner with engineering and product leaders
• reduce technical debt
• champion AWS-native patterns
• identify and implement generative AI capabilities
• produce architectural artifacts
• evaluate emerging technologies.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

full-time

day shift

decatur ga

lead architect

aws

generative ai

api design

architecture

engineering

cox automotive

$122k-$204k/yr

no on-call

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Flexible vacation, seven paid holidays, up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually, bereavement leave, parental leave.

Why this role

Focus on Retail Agentic Platform and AWS-native patterns.

About the employer

Cox Automotive is hiring for this role. Industry: Computer Systems Design Services. Sector: 54.