Lead Architect

About This Role

Bounteous is a global AI Services firm where agentic engineering and human experience converge to deliver transformative business outcomes for the enterprise. We help organizations design, build, and scale AI-driven products, platforms, and processes. With more than 5,000 team members worldwide, Bounteous delivers AI that sticks, powering adoption and outcomes that move organizations from experimentation to true transformation. Bounteous is backed by New Mountain Capital, a New York-based growth-oriented investment firm that emphasizes business building.

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Lead Architect to drive the architecture, design, and technology strategy for enterprise-scale solutions. The ideal candidate will be responsible for defining solution architectures, ensuring alignment with business objectives, leading technical design discussions, and providing architectural governance across multiple projects and technology domains.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture Strategy & Design

• Define end-to-end architecture solutions aligned with business and technology objectives.
• Develop architecture roadmaps, technology strategies, and transformation plans.
• Design scalable, secure, and high-performing enterprise solutions.
• Evaluate and recommend technologies, frameworks, and tools based on business requirements.

Solution Architecture

• Lead architecture design for applications, integrations, data platforms, cloud solutions, and digital ecosystems.
• Create architecture artifacts, solution blueprints, and technical specifications.
• Define integration patterns, data flows, and system interactions.
• Ensure architecture standards, best practices, and design principles are followed.

Technical Leadership

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to development and engineering teams.
• Review solution designs and ensure adherence to architectural standards.
• Drive design reviews, architecture governance, and technical decision-making.
• Mentor architects, developers, and technical consultants.

Stakeholder Management

• Collaborate with business leaders and stakeholders to understand strategic objectives.
• Translate business requirements into technology solutions.
• Present architecture recommendations and technical roadmaps to leadership teams.
• Act as a trusted advisor for technology and architecture decisions.

Cloud & Technology Enablement

• Lead cloud adoption and modernization initiatives.
• Define environments, deployment strategies, and scalability requirements.
• Ensure solution reliability, availability, and performance optimization.
• Support DevOps, automation, and continuous delivery initiatives.

Security, Governance & Compliance

• Ensure architectures align with security, compliance, and governance standards.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks.
• Establish architecture review processes and governance frameworks.
• Support regulatory and enterprise compliance requirements.

Project Delivery Support

• Partner with project teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support estimation, planning, and resource allocation activities.
• Resolve complex technical challenges and implementation issues.
• Ensure successful solution delivery and business adoption.

Required Skills

• Solution Architecture and Enterprise Architecture.
• Application Design and Integration Architecture.
• Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• API Design and Integration.
• Data Architecture and Data Modeling.
• Microservices and Distributed Systems.
• Security Architecture and Governance.
• DevOps, CI/CD, and Automation concepts.
• Database Technologies (SQL and NoSQL).

Information Security Responsibilities

• Promote and enforce awareness of key information security practices, including acceptable use of information assets, malware protection, and password security protocols.
• Identify, assess, and report security risks, focusing on how these risks impact the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information assets.
• Understand and evaluate how data is stored, processed, or transmitted, ensuring compliance with data privacy and protection standards (GDPR, CCPA, etc.).
• Ensure data protection measures are integrated throughout the information lifecycle to safeguard sensitive information.