Location: [U.S. - Remote]
Company Overview:
BMC is a leading enterprise software company dedicated to delivering innovative solutions in automation and IT infrastructure management, that empower businesses to thrive in a digital- first world. We leverage cutting-edge technologies to enhance operational efficiency, drive growth, and create exceptional user experiences for many of the largest and most complex global enterprises, government agencies across geographies and mid-tier, high-growth companies.
Position Overview:
We are seeking a Product Architect to define and drive the technical vision, architecture, and strategy for BMC’s next-generation data automation and data management products. This role is responsible for shaping the long-term product architecture, ensuring scalability, security, and extensibility across platforms. The Product Architect partners closely with product management, engineering leadership, and customer-facing teams to align technical direction with business strategy. The ideal candidate will be a forward-looking technologist and thought leader who can balance deep technical expertise with cross-functional collaboration, influencing the evolution of our product portfolio while guiding teams in executing against architectural blueprints.
Key Responsibilities
- Architectural Strategy – Define and own the overall technical architecture and vision for enterprise-grade data automation and management platforms, ensuring alignment with product strategy and market needs.
- Enterprise-Scale Design – Establish architectural patterns and standards that enable security, resiliency, scalability, and multi-cloud deployment at enterprise scale.
- Cross-Functional Leadership – Collaborate with product management, engineering, operations, and customer success to translate business requirements into architectural roadmaps and system designs.
- Innovation & Thought Leadership – Stay ahead of emerging technologies (workflow orchestration, AI/ML, cloud-native, open-source ecosystems) and advocate for their application in shaping product direction.
- Governance & Standards – Define best practices for system integration, API design, data governance, and interoperability to ensure product consistency and extensibility.
- Mentorship & Guidance – Provide architectural oversight and mentorship to Principal Product Developers and engineering teams, fostering growth and alignment across development efforts.
- Integration Architecture – Oversee strategies for integration with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), enterprise systems, and data ecosystems to ensure seamless automation and observability.
- Stakeholder Influence – Serve as a trusted advisor to executives, customers, and partners on architectural decisions, product scalability, and technical differentiators.
- Product Evolution – Shape and refine the long-term architectural roadmap to anticipate customer needs, competitive pressures, and technology trends.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 12+ years of professional software development/architecture experience, with 5+ years in an architectural or principal-level leadership role.
- Proven experience designing and scaling distributed systems, data pipelines, and workflow orchestration platforms.
- Deep expertise in Python and modern software development frameworks, with the ability to set architectural coding standards.
- Extensive experience with Apache Airflow (OSS) and related orchestration frameworks, including deployment at scale.
- Strong background in enterprise-grade software design, data management principles (lineage, observability, governance), and open-source commercialization.
- Hands-on familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), microservices, and API- first design.
- Broad expertise in databases and storage systems: RDBMS (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server), cloud warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift), transformation frameworks (dbt, Spark, Databricks), and object storage (S3, ADLS, GCS).
- Strong knowledge of enterprise security standards, protocols, and compliance frameworks (e.g., OAuth, SAML, TLS, SOC 2, ISO 27001), with the ability to design secure, compliant, and resilient systems.
- Strategic understanding of AI/ML applications (including Large Language Models) to enhance automation and data management solutions.
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and collaboration skills, with a track record of influencing executives, product leaders, and technical teams.
Why Join Us?
At BMC, you will have the opportunity to shape the future of workload automation and data management in the enterprise, and to deliver compelling solutions to our customers. BMC has a successful track record in delivering compelling solutions for every major paradigm shift in the computing era. Our customers include many of the global 1000, where we have helped accelerate their automation and innovation aspirations with AI, data and hybrid cloud solutions. We offer a dynamic work environment, competitive compensation, and the chance to work with a talented team of professionals who are passionate about technology and
Interested candidates please reach out to Troy_Cline@bmc.com and ben_stokes@bmc.com