Principal, Software Architect

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We electrify, automate, and digitalize every industry, business, and home, driving efficiency and sustainability for all.

At Schneider Electric, our values - IMPACT (Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork) - are the foundation of everything we do.

Becoming an Impact Maker means turning sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization.

Are you ready to lead the digital transformation to create a more sustainable world?

If you are up to challenge your creativity and make an impact, we are excited to welcome you!

Schneider Digital is the digital department of Schneider Electric, leading the digital transformation in the company by giving support globally to our internal teams and our clients.

Schneider Digital consists of 6 Digital Hubs worldwide which are strategically located to ensure a 24/7 support across the company (France, China, India, USA, Mexico and Spain).

Our Digital Hub in Barcelona is formed by +450 employees working in strategic projects and different roles such as Data, Cybersecurity, ERP, Cloud, Infrastructures, IT Project Management or Digital Marketing.

We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Software Architect to lead and own the end-to-end architecture of our unified web platform.

This role is accountable for driving scalability, performance, and reliability across complex, multi-layered web systems, while providing strong hands-on technical leadership and solution guidance across multiple teams and streams.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in large-scale web platforms, including non-logged-in and logged-in B2C, B2B, and eCommerce customer journeys, and the ability to translate these into robust, scalable technical solutions.

A strong inclination to deep dive into code and platform internals (frontend and backend) is essential.

What will you do?

Architecture & Platform Ownership


* Define, design, and govern end-to-end architecture across frontend, middleware, APIs, backend, and integration layers, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, security, scalability, and performance requirements


* Drive technology strategy and architectural roadmap for web platforms (B2C, B2B, eCommerce), including cross-platform dependencies and integrations


* Lead platform-level initiatives focused on performance optimization, scalability, caching strategies (CDN/edge), and operational resilience
Identify and address systemic gaps, bottlenecks, and technical debt across the platform


* Establish observability frameworks, SLOs, and reliability metrics (e.g., Core Web Vitals), and lead RCA with durable fixes

Technical Leadership & Solutioning


* Act as the technical authority for complex system design, architecture decisions, and critical delivery milestones


* Provide hands-on guidance in architecture reviews, solution design, and key code areas; mentor engineering teams t...