Sr. Developer / Solution Architect

Posted 2 Days Ago
Be an Early Applicant
Los Angeles, CA, USA
In-Office
150K-250K Annually
Senior level
Kids + Family • Retail • Manufacturing
The Role
Lead the architecture and hands-on development of an AI-enabled automation and product engineering capability. Build secure sandbox and transition environments, define API, integration, microservice, data, cloud, and model deployment standards, and guide prototypes into enterprise-ready solutions. Partner with engineering, cybersecurity, ERP, infrastructure, and data teams to integrate solutions with existing systems. Mentor developers, ML engineers, and platform engineers while establishing reusable architectures, tooling, governance, and technical guardrails.
Summary Generated by Built In

Role Purpose 

The Lead Architect will establish and guide the architectural foundation for our global MGA’s emerging solution development and automation enablement capability. This is a hands-on, technical leadership role responsible for building the frameworks, environments, and standards needed to prototype agent-driven solutions quickly and transition them into MGA’s traditional IT ecosystem. 

The Lead Architect will define the technical pathways that connect experimentation with enterprise readiness — building a sandbox environment, establishing integration patterns, and ensuring solutions can scale securely across the business. This role blends modern software engineering, cloud-native development, and strong knowledge of traditional IT systems (ERP, data platforms, infrastructure, cybersecurity). 

This position is the anchor of MGA’s move from a support-focused IT model to a product-centric, innovation-driven technology organization. 

Key Responsibilities 

Strategic Architecture Leadership 

  • Establish the architectural vision and standards for automation and agent-enabled product development.
  • Define MGA’s technical framework for rapid proof of concept, modular development, and scalable integration.
  • Build the foundation for an internal product engineering capability operating alongside traditional IT.
  • Translate long-term technology strategy into actionable reference architectures and reusable patterns.

Engineering & Platform Ownership 

  • Design and build the company’sautomation sandbox environment, ensuring secure, compliant, and scalable experimentation.
  • Develop the transition pipeline — moving prototypes into enterprise-ready solutions through defined quality, security, and performance gates.
  • Own API strategy, integration patterns, microservice architecture, data access frameworks, and cloud infrastructure design.
  • Deliver reference implementations, starter templates, and tooling that accelerate product team velocity.

Automation Enablement & Solution Architecture 

  • Partner withSolution designers,Data miners,and Engineeringteams to architectautomationenabled features, workflows, and applications.
  • Define the standards for model deployment, vector search, data pipelines, and runtime hosting.
  • Ensure solutions integrate properly with core enterprise systems (ERP, CRM, eCommerce, Data Warehouse).

Enterprise Alignment 

  • Serve as the bridge between modern development practices and the existing enterprise IT estate.
  • Ensure all new solutionsfit MGA’s security, governance, compliance, and operational standards.
  • Collaborate with Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, ERP, and Data warehouseteams to ensure smooth integration and long-term maintainability.
  • Maintain architectural consistency across environments, products, and teams.

Team Leadership & Culture 

  • Act as the senior-most technical mentor for full-stack developers, ML engineers, and platform engineers.
  • Build a culture of pragmatic, hands-on engineering balanced with disciplined architectural thinking.
  • Contribute to building MGA’s internal product engineering team structure and capability.
  • Provide coaching and guidance that grows mid-level engineers into future technical leads.

Key Deliverables (First 18–24 Months) 

  • Publish MGA’s Architecture Framework for AI-enabled solution development.
  • Build the business process automation sandbox environment and secure access model.
  • Deliver the transition pipeline for promoting prototypes into production.
  • Produce reference architectures and reusable components for APIs, integrations, and automation workflows.
  • Support the launch of multiple AI-enabled products/solutionsor automation across business units.
  • Establish core architectural guardrails for ERP, data, integration, and cloud alignment.

Experience & Qualifications 

  • 7–12years experience in software engineering or solution architecture.
  • Hands-on expertise in cloud-native development (AWS/Azure/GCP), containers, and modern application architectures.
  • Experience deploying AI/ML systems, LLM-based applications, or automation frameworks.
  • Strong understanding of enterprise technologies: ERP systems, system integrations, data platforms,Power Platforms,identity management.
  • Proficient with DevOps practices (CI/CD,IaC, observability) and secure-by-design engineering principles.
  • Prior experience in modernization environments or product engineering teams.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).


Skills Required

  • 7-12 years of experience in software engineering or solution architecture
  • Hands-on expertise in cloud-native development using AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • Experience with containers and modern application architectures
  • Experience deploying AI/ML systems, LLM-based applications, or automation frameworks
  • Strong understanding of ERP systems, system integrations, data platforms, Power Platforms, and identity management
  • Proficiency with DevOps practices, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and observability
  • Knowledge of secure-by-design engineering principles
  • Experience in modernization environments or product engineering teams
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Am I A Good Fit?
beta
Get Personalized Job Insights.
Our AI-powered fit analysis compares your resume with a job listing so you know if your skills & experience align.

The Company
1,400 Employees
Year Founded: 1979

What We Do

MGA Entertainment is a privately held toy and entertainment company that develops original and licensed consumer products and entertainment properties. Its portfolio spans toys, games, dolls, apparel, consumer electronics, home décor, and sporting goods, along with movies and television series. Known brands include L.O.L. Surprise!, Little Tikes, Rainbow High, Bratz, and MGA’s Miniverse. The company says its mission is to inspire imagination and creativity through innovative play.

Similar Jobs

Atlassian Logo Atlassian

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Cloud • Information Technology • Productivity • Security • Software • App development • Automation
In-Office or Remote
4 Locations
11000 Employees
171K-269K Annually

Atlassian Logo Atlassian

Senior Manager, Strategic Sales | DX

Cloud • Information Technology • Productivity • Security • Software • App development • Automation
In-Office or Remote
94104, San Francisco, CA, USA
11000 Employees
205K-322K Annually

Atlassian Logo Atlassian

Principal Forward Deployed Engineer

Cloud • Information Technology • Productivity • Security • Software • App development • Automation
In-Office or Remote
94104, San Francisco, CA, USA
11000 Employees
174K-274K Annually

Atlassian Logo Atlassian

Solutions Engineer

Cloud • Information Technology • Productivity • Security • Software • App development • Automation
In-Office or Remote
16 Locations
11000 Employees
161K-253K Annually

Similar Companies Hiring

Amalgamated Sugar Thumbnail
Food • Greentech • Agriculture • Industrial • Manufacturing
Boise, Idaho
768 Employees
Golden Pet Brands Thumbnail
Digital Media • eCommerce • Information Technology • Marketing Tech • Pet • Retail • Social Media
El Segundo, California
178 Employees
Ford Energy Thumbnail
Automotive • Software • Energy • Utilities • Manufacturing • Renewable Energy
Glendale, Kentucky
55 Employees

Sign up now Access later

Create Free Account

Please log in or sign up to report this job.

Create Free Account