Hybrid Senior Product Architect

at Hyatt

• Job title: Senior Product Architect
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $135,000 - $175,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Angular, Apache, AWS, Azure, Cloud, Docker, Google Cloud Platform, Gradle, Hibernate, Java, JavaScript, Jenkins, Kafka, Kubernetes, Maven, Microservices, Next.js, NGINX, Node.js, RDBMS, React, Spring, Spring Boot, SpringBoot, SQL, Webpack
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Chicago, United States

About the role

• Senior Product Architect responsible for designing high-performing, scalable solutions. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to align with business goals and technical strategies.

Responsibilities

• The Senior Product Architect plays a critical role and is responsible for designing, architecting and implementing scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions.
• This individual will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure our solutions align with business goals, technical strategy, and best practices.
• Design comprehensive, high-level architecture.
• Provide architectural frameworks and technical direction to ensure system scalability, performance, and security.
• Create detailed architecture diagrams, technical documentation, and solution blueprints for development teams.
• Oversee the integration of backend services with frontend applications, ensuring seamless API interactions and data flow.
• Work closely with business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions that meet both functional and non-functional needs.
• Collaborate with DevOps, security, and infrastructure teams to ensure smooth deployment, operation, and maintenance of developed solutions.
• Lead and mentor development teams, ensuring alignment with architectural best practices and guiding them through technical challenges.
• Continuously evaluate emerging technologies, frameworks, and platforms to recommend improvements that enhance the scalability, performance, and reliability of solutions.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressively complex software engineering experience leveraging modern, mainstream frameworks and tools like React, Next.js, Kubernetes, and Kafka.
• 3+ years of experience as a Solutions Architect or similar role guiding the architecture and development of microservice and containerized architectures, where the required changes span multiple teams and/or departments.
• Strong proficiency in Java, JavaScript, and associated frameworks, including Spring Boot, Hibernate, JPA, MyBatis, AngularJS, and Node.js.
• Skilled in continuous integration and deployment using Jenkins, Git, Bash scripts, Maven, Gradle, Webpack, and WildFly application/web servers.
• Expertise in RESTful services, API development, and integrations using APIGEE, nginx, and JSON.
• Working knowledge of Apache Kafka for building event-driven architectures and integrating microservices.
• Exposure to cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proficient in SQL, PL/SQL, relational databases (RDBMS) concepts, and dimensional modeling.
• Skilled in planning how applications connect with databases, data warehouses, data lakes, and external APIs.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to lead technical discussions.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience designing and developing solutions that comply with accessibility standards and usability for individuals with disabilities.
• Knowledge of security principles and best practices (e.g., OWASP Top Ten).

Benefits

• Annual allotment of free hotel stays at Hyatt hotels globally
• Flexible work schedule
• Work-life benefits including wellbeing initiatives such as a complimentary Headspace subscription, and a discount at the on-site fitness center
• A global family assistance policy with paid time off following the birth or adoption of a child as well as financial assistance for adoption
• Paid Time Off, Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K with company match