Principal Architect

Job overview

The Principal Architect role is an onsite position based in Exton, PA, with a salary range of $163,400.00 - $272,300.00 per year. This role 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 shaping architectural strategy, mentoring engineering teams, and ensuring alignment across product and business stakeholders.

What you'll do

• Drive solution design from discovery through delivery
• partner with engineering and product leaders to prioritize architectural investments
• champion adoption of AWS-native patterns
• evaluate and implement generative AI capabilities
• produce architectural artifacts including roadmaps and decision records.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

full-time

day shift

exton pa

principal architect

aws

generative ai

solution architecture

engineering

product development

cox automotive

$163k-$272k

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Flexible paid vacation, seven paid holidays, 160 hours of paid wellness time, bereavement leave, parental leave, and volunteer time off.

Why this role

Focus on AI-driven platform modernization and Retail Agentic Platform standards.

About the employer

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