Principal Enterprise Architect, FinTech

<div><p>This role is eligible for our hybrid work model: 2 days in-office</p><p></p><p><b>Principal Enterprise Architect, FinTech</b></p><p>Our Technology team is the backbone of our company: constantly creating, testing, learning and iterating to better meet the needs of our customers. If you thrive in a fast-paced, ideas-led environment, you’re in the right place. </p><p></p><p><b>Why this job’s a big deal: </b></p><p>As the Principal Enterprise Architect for FinTech, you’ll define the architectural vision and technical strategy that unify payments, invoicing, accounting, reconciliation, and financial analytics across Priceline’s platforms.</p><p></p><p>This role raises the architectural bar for Priceline’s FinTech systems—you’ll shape the next-generation architecture that underpins all of Priceline’s business operations. You’ll ensure robust, secure, and scalable integration with Priceline’s products. You’ll also enable faster close cycles, real-time insights, and smarter decision-making for the business.</p><p></p><p><b>In this role, you will get to:</b></p><ul><li><p>Define and evolve the target-state FinTech architecture aligned to Priceline’s long-term business and technology objectives, with a pragmatic, phased roadmap and measurable interim milestones.</p></li><li><p>Design complex, distributed systems that are reliable, scalable, secure, and cost-effective—grounded in explicit trade-offs and consistent with Priceline’s infrastructure and operations standards.</p></li><li><p>Partner with Finance, Accounting, Risk, and Engineering leaders to increase transparency, control, and agility in financial decision-making.</p></li><li><p>Deliver AI/ML-driven improvements in anomaly detection, forecasting, fraud-risk scoring, and reconciliation automation, in partnership with Finance, Accounting, Risk, and Engineering leaders.</p></li><li><p>Partner with business unit leaders and Enterprise Architects to drive well-founded technology choices and establish scalable, reusable patterns and platform-aligned designs across teams.</p></li><li><p>Evaluate emerging technologies, architectural patterns, and vendors—leading build/buy/partner analyses, proofs of concept, and TCO/ROI assessments to de-risk decisions.</p></li><li><p>Lead architecture governance by codifying standards and guardrails, managing technical debt, ensuring compliance, and reducing architectural risk.</p></li><li><p>Coach senior and staff engineers, uplevel engineering practices, and cultivate a culture of clarity, simplicity, and continuous improvement.</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b>Who you are:</b></p><ul><li><p>Strategic thinker and clear communicator who can influence executives, peers, and engineers.</p></li><li><p>10+ years in software engineering and architecture, with experience across financial systems, integration patterns, API-first design, cloud, microservices, data pipelines, and AI/ML (including generative AI).</p></li><li><p>Hands-on software engineering background (strong preference for Java/Spring Boot and Python) with fluency in API design (gRPC/REST/GraphQL), DevOps/CI/CD, testing/QA, and observability/SRE practices.</p></li><li><p>Experience building event streaming and data pipelines using Kafka and tools such as Informatica Cloud (IICS), GCP Dataflow, Spark, Airflow, and dbt.</p></li><li><p>Proficient in data modeling across relational and non-relational stores, selecting fit-for-purpose datastores with the right access pattern, consistency, resiliency, indexing, and partitioning strategies.</p></li><li><p>Proficient in one or more ERP platform ecosystems—ideally Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS), Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), and Oracle Data Integrator (ODI).</p></li><li><p>Cloud-native experience—ideally GCP (GKE, Dataflow, Cloud Composer, Dataproc, BigQuery, Looker, Vertex AI).</p></li><li><p>Experience working in environments requiring PCI DSS, SOX, SOC 2, and GDPR, with strong practices in auditability, traceability, and data governance.</p></li><li><p>Bias for clarity and simplicity—reducing complexity and enabling teams to move faster and smarter.</p></li><li><p>Analytical problem-framer who reduces ambiguity into clear, actionable components.</p></li><li><p>Illustrated history of living the values necessary to Priceline: Customer, Innovation, Team, Accountability, and Trust.</p></li><li><p>The Right Results, the Right Way is not just a motto at Priceline; it’s a way of life. Unquestionable integrity and ethics are essential.</p></li></ul><p></p><p>There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. In addition to a competitive base salary, certain roles may be eligible for an annual bonus and/or equity grant. </p><p></p><p>The salary range for this position is $175,000- $220,000K USD</p><p></p><p>#LI-VM1</p><p>#LI-Hybrid</p><p></p><p></p><p><b>Applying for this position</b></p><p>We're excited that you are interested in a career with us. For all <b>current employees</b>, please use the internal portal to find jobs and apply.</p><p>External candidates are required to have an account before applying. When you click Apply, returning candidates can log in, or new candidates can quickly create an account to save/view applications.</p><p></p></div>