[Hiring] Senior Manager, Engineering & Enterprise Architect @Amy's Kitchen

Role Description

The Senior Manager, Engineering & Enterprise Architect serves as the organization's primary enterprise architect, providing enterprise-wide leadership for the design, integration, governance, and strategic direction of applications, infrastructure, data platforms, and development practices. This role establishes architecture standards, governance processes, and the Architecture Review Board (ARB), while serving as the key architecture decision-maker across on-premises and cloud environments. The role also leads a team of Integration/Productivity Platform Engineers and Data Engineers, ensuring technology solutions align with business objectives and long-term technology strategy. This is a player-coach role that combines direct enterprise architecture accountability with engineering leadership for a technical team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
• 8 or more years of progressive IT experience, including at least 4 years in an enterprise or solution architecture role, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Requirements

• Serves as the organization's primary enterprise architect and maintains accountability for enterprise architecture across all technology domains.
• Directly performs and leads enterprise architecture activities, including architecture strategy, standards, governance, and solution reviews.
• Possesses broad and deep technical knowledge across enterprise platforms.
• Provides architectural guidance, mentorship, and direction to other technical staff.
• Owns end-to-end application architecture across core platforms, including Oracle ERP, UKG, Azure-hosted applications, and associated middleware.
• Defines integration patterns, API standards, and data exchange protocols.
• Evaluates and recommends integration and middleware technologies.
• Partners with application owners and project teams to embed architecture standards into project delivery.
• Maintains current-state and target-state architecture documentation.
• Serves as the enterprise architecture authority for all infrastructure domains.
• Defines and governs infrastructure architecture standards.
• Owns hybrid connectivity architecture between Azure and on-premises environments.
• Establishes workload placement criteria and cloud adoption patterns.
• Partners with infrastructure teams on platform roadmaps and capacity planning.
• Ensures infrastructure architecture aligns with broader application, data, and development strategy.
• Serves as architect and product owner for the Azure Synapse/Databricks data platform.
• Defines data architecture standards and ensures the data platform supports reporting and analytics needs.
• Partners with data engineering, analytics, and business intelligence stakeholders.
• Governs data flows between Oracle ERP, UKG, and the data platform.
• Establishes and operates an Architecture Review Board (ARB).
• Develops and maintains architecture principles, standards, and guardrails.
• Implements an architecture review process that supports project delivery.
• Builds relationships with business stakeholders.
• Co-owns the organization's transition from a purchased-application model to an internal build capability.
• Architects the standard approach for internally-built applications.
• Designs and governs the architecture for AI-assisted development practices.
• Establishes architecture guardrails for internally-built applications.
• Partners with the Director of IT Strategy and Business Solutions.
• Evaluates and recommends tools supporting internal development.
• Leads and develops a team of Integration/Productivity Platform Engineers and Data Engineers.
• Acts as the primary architecture mentor and subject matter expert.
• Promotes a culture of documentation, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.
• Serves as a technical mentor for team members transitioning into product ownership.
• Upholds the mission of the Amy’s Food Safety and Quality Policy.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health plans with Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.
• Mental health support with Modern Health.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match.
• Referral Rewards and Scholarship Program.
• Tuition Reimbursement Program.
• Paid parental leave for new parents.
• Paid Time Off for vacations and sick days.
• 9 paid US Holidays annually.
• Amy's product discount reimbursement.
• Remote gym discounts.

Company Description

At Amy’s Kitchen, we're more than just a food company—we're a family-owned, proudly independent organic, and vegetarian food company on a mission. As a Certified B Corporation®, our purpose is clear: to make it simple and enjoyable for everyone to eat well.

We're committed to crafting authentic, mouthwatering dishes using only the finest organic ingredients sourced with care. From farm to table, we ensure top-notch quality in every bite, making healthy eating accessible and convenient for all.

At Amy’s, we're not just serving meals; we're serving up a taste of goodness, one delicious dish at a time.