SharkNinja is seeking a Principal Application Software Architect to guide the design, scalability, and evolution of their application ecosystem across mobile, cloud, and connected devices to deliver secure, scalable, and seamless experiences that delight millions of global consumers.
Requirements
- Deep Technical Mastery: 12+ years in software engineering with at least 5 years in application software architecture roles.
- Domain Expertise: Proven experience designing and scaling mobile and cloud applications, ideally within consumer electronics, IoT, or connected devices industries.
- Architectural Excellence: Expertise in distributed systems, cloud-native architectures (AWS/Azure/GCP), and API design. Strong understanding of mobile platforms (iOS/Android) and their integration with cloud services.
- AI/ML Awareness: Familiarity with applying AI/ML in consumer-facing applications to drive personalization, automation, or predictive experiences.
- Security & Compliance: Strong knowledge of cybersecurity, data privacy, and regulatory standards across global markets.
- Execution Track Record: History of delivering high-scale, reliable, and high-performance applications.
- Collaborative Leadership: Ability to influence without authority, aligning diverse stakeholders around technical direction.
Responsibilities
- Architect the Future: Define and evolve the end-to-end application architecture for SharkNinja’s mobile and cloud platforms, ensuring they are robust, modular, and designed for scale, security, and global growth.
- Technology Leadership: Act as the senior-most hands-on technical expert for application software. Provide architectural guidance, review designs, and solve complex technical challenges across engineering teams.
- Innovation & AI Integration: Partner with the VP of Software Applications and SVP of Software & AI to embed emerging technologies, including AI/ML and data-driven personalization, into SharkNinja’s applications.
- Platform Scalability: Ensure our applications are designed for resilience, high availability, and seamless integration with IoT devices, cloud services, and third-party platforms.
- Standards & Best Practices: Establish and enforce coding standards, design principles, and architectural patterns. Drive adoption of best-in-class development frameworks, DevOps practices, and security protocols.
- Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate with product managers, hardware engineers, industrial designers, and UX teams to deliver applications that integrate beautifully with SharkNinja’s connected products.
- Mentorship & Technical Influence: Mentor senior engineers and architects, raising the technical bar across the organization. Serve as a thought leader and role model for software craftsmanship.
Other
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field required; advanced degree preferred.
- Ability to thrive in complexity, bring clarity and structure to fast-moving environments, and are relentless in their pursuit of scalable, consumer-loved applications.
- We offer competitive health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, employee stock purchase options, wellness programs, SharkNinja product discounts, and more.
- We empower your personal and professional growth with high impact Learning Programs featuring bold voices redefining what’s possible.
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are vital to our global success. Valuing each unique voice and blending all of our diverse skills strengthens SharkNinja’s innovation every day.
