# Principal Architect

Occupation

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/principal-architect

A principal architect sets the technical vision and architecture standards across multiple engineering teams or an entire organization's technology stack, operating at the most senior individual-contributor level in engineering. This role involves evaluating and selecting cloud architecture approaches across AWS, Azure, or GCP, designing systems and microservices that will scale across products, and applying enterprise architecture frameworks to keep disparate systems coherent. The person in this role provides technical leadership that shapes decisions made by senior engineers and engineering managers alike.

Top skills: [Microservices](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/microservices)

## Career ladder

- Often comes from: [Senior Architect](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-architect)
- Often leads to: [Vice President of Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/vice-president-of-engineering)

## Similar roles

[Cloud Architect](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/cloud-architect), [Enterprise Architect](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/enterprise-architect), [Software Architect](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/software-architect), [Solutions Architect](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/solutions-architect), [Systems Architect](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/systems-architect)

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