Sr. Director, Architecture

Who We Are

Invitation Homes is a fast-paced evolving publicly traded REIT that is pioneering a new industry with over 80,000 single family rental homes and a market capitalization of over $25 billion. We are a team of more than 1,400 associates who come from all walks of life. We call different communities “home,” but our shared values bind us together. Invitation Homes is a place where possibility lives.

The Sr. Director of Architecture will help lead our architecture practice – someone who can drive our architecture strategy to help the engineering organization deliver solutions for our residents and associates. We are at the beginning of our DevOps and CI/CD journeys, and we need a strong technologist with deep technical experience to help build our culture of code-as-craft and move our automation efforts forward. Working with the VP of Engineering and the CIO, you will work to chart the course of our technical architecture by owning our architecture strategy, refining and realizing it by working across all our engineering teams. You will lead the Core API and Platform Engineering teams, which are building the capabilities that will power our business and enable and accelerate the rest of the teams across technology.

** Invitation Homes does not offer employment-based visa sponsorship for this role at this time.

What You’ll Do

Partner with the VP of Engineering and other senior Engineering leaders to provide overall leadership and mentorship to the Engineering organization as a whole

Hire, develop, manage, and coach high-performing diverse teams of managers and engineers, focused on cross-cutting concerns such as our Core API and Platform Engineering teams

Develop knowledge of the business and understand key organizational strategies to develop and communicate a vision of how the Engineering team can help execute against these strategies

Define team goals and oversee engineering execution with an overall objective of excellence in code quality and seamless, rapid code deployment

Own and run our Solution Architecture practice, ensuring that teams are collaborating on their approaches to how they will build their solutions and that they are realizing the principles of our architecture strategy and approach

Build and lead the Core API team, which is building the foundation of our API and event-based approach to connecting systems

Build and lead the Platform Engineering team, which is creating and supporting the development platforms in use by our other engineering teams, such as providing shared CI/CD capabilities, building and maintaining reference implementations of key technologies, and maintaining core engineering infrastructure, such as our event bus

Advance our efforts to “shift-left” on security, helping to build security into the DNA of the engineering organization, and partnering with our security team to apply their expertise throughout the software development lifecycle

Coordinate and collaborate with the Technology leadership and their teams on priorities, scope, requirements, and change management for all initiatives, programs, and projects where Technology and Engineering are involved

Foster communication and collaboration across development teams, facilitating knowledge sharing, and helping engineers have a broader perspective than just their own area of expertise to help them grow and make better decisions

Partner with our technology leaders to help run the Technology Architecture Guild, which contains representatives from across engineering and is responsible for building and maintaining strong engineering principles

Evaluate, recommend and manage technologies to meet our needs, from open-source technologies to technology vendor partnerships

Participate in annual budgeting processes, helping to manage the overall technology budget as well as the specific Engineering budget

Who We’re Looking For

Bachelor’s Degree or related experience

15+ years of experience in software development and architecture

10+ years of experience managing engineering teams

Track record of coaching and mentoring Engineering leaders on both technical and management tracks

Knowledge of technical, operational, and cultural structures required to scale teams in a high-growth environment

Ability to translate short and long-range strategic plans for enterprise-wide architecture into design and implementation of current and future applications and systems

Proven developer of enterprise APIs and messaging solutions, with the ability to decompose complex problems into logical domains

Experience with implementation of enterprise integration architecture patterns and related technologies

Strong technologist with knowledge of various architectural styles including layered, monolithic, client-server, or component based

Deep understanding of AWS, Infrastructure-as-Code, and modern CI/CD practices

Polyglot programmer; knowledge and awareness of multiple modern languages such as: Javascript, Typescript, node.js, Go, React, Java, Swift, Kotlin, .Net, SQL

Comfortable making the tough decisions when needed, and stepping back when needed; you know how to participate in the technical details while still empowering your team to make decisions

Excellent communication skills - verbal and written, with bonus points for having excellent public speaking abilities

Able to both collaborate with and negotiate with peers inside and outside of Engineering

Why Invitation Homes

We stand for flexibility, opportunity, and a home that people can make their own. It’s as true for our associates as it is for our residents. Just like we help our residents live freer, we liberate our associates’ careers, too. Our associates know that at Invitation Homes goals matter, potential is unlocked, and careers thrive. Invitation Homes isn’t just a work place it is a possibility place. Invitation Homes offers the below to each new associate:

Competitive pay and an annual bonus program for all associates

Generous paid time off plans including vacation accrual, sick time, volunteer time, and standard and floating holidays

401k with matching company contributions

Awesome work environment with casual dress

Team events and gatherings

Employee resource groups: Together with Women, Asian Alliance, Black Collective, Juntos, Gen Next, and Open Invitation.

Invitation Homes truly is where possibility lives, pour a new foundation here!

Salary Range The salary range for this position is: $168,750.00 - $292,500.00, plus individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications, location, and applicable employment laws.

Compensation and Benefits

To attract and retain top talent, we're pleased to offer competitive compensation and benefits, including:

Annual bonus program

Health, dental, vision, and life insurance

Long-term and short-term disability insurance

Generous paid time off plans include vacation accrual, sick time, standard holidays and floating holidays

401(k) with company matching contributions

Awesome work environment with casual dress

Team events and gatherings (Pre- and Post-Covid)

Invitation Homes is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive and innovative environment with the best associates. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, Veteran status or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact us at humanresources@invitationhomes.com .

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