Senior Product Architect – CA 7 Distributed Components

Senior Product Architect

Broadcom's Mainframe Software Division delivers cutting-edge on-prem and hybrid software solutions that power mission-critical enterprise systems. Applications running on these platforms support the majority of global transactions and business-critical workloads.

We are seeking a Senior Product Architect to lead the architecture and evolution of the distributed components of CA 7 Workload Automation, including REST APIs, Observability (OpenTelemetry), Web UI, and distributed agent ecosystem.

This role will focus on building and evolving a modern, API-first, event-driven control plane that integrates mainframe scheduling with distributed systems, cloud platforms, and enterprise observability tools.

The ideal candidate is a highly experienced architect with strong distributed systems expertise, capable of driving design decisions, influencing multiple teams, and delivering scalable, high-quality solutions aligned with product and customer needs.

Primary Responsibilities

• Works with architects, development leads, and product management to define and drive the architecture of CA 7 distributed components, including APIs, observability services, agents, and UI platforms
• Defines and documents best practices, architectural standards, and design patterns for distributed systems and application development
• Designs and develops scalable, resilient REST API services and microservices-based components
• Leads architecture for OpenTelemetry-based observability pipelines, enabling real-time streaming of workload events to enterprise platforms
• Partners with stakeholders during early stages of projects to ensure solutions meet business requirements, scalability needs, and performance expectations
• Guides development teams in building high-quality, testable, and maintainable code aligned with modern engineering practices
• Participates in and leads design and code reviews for complex and critical components
• Drives shift-left practices, ensuring early involvement of testing, performance, and security considerations
• Collaborates across global teams to ensure architectural consistency and alignment across distributed components
• Mentors and coaches engineers, helping elevate team capabilities in system design and modern development practices

Typical Role Definition

A senior-level professional role requiring evaluation, originality, and ingenuity. Applies advanced concepts, practices, and procedures in software architecture and distributed systems design.

Assignments are broad in nature and require independent judgment. Serves as a technical leader and resource to others for resolving complex problems. May lead cross-functional initiatives and influence architectural direction across multiple teams.

Job-Specific Authority and Scope

• Works independently with minimal supervision
• Defines architectural direction and design decisions without requiring manager approval in most cases
• Influences multiple teams and stakeholders across geographic regions
• Acts as a technical authority for distributed platform components
• Typically has no direct reports but provides technical leadership and mentorship
• Operates with a global scope across engineering teams
• Does not manage a budget

Business Travel and Physical Demands

Travel as required to support industry conferences, customer engagements, and internal events. This includes opportunities to represent Broadcom by demoing and showcasing CA 7 Workload Automation solutions, both in-person and virtually, and acting as a thought leader in the workload automation and observability space.

Office environment - the role is based out of our Plano site. No special physical demands required.

Education/Experience

Bachelor's degree or global equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Typically 15+ years of experience in software development or a related field, with significant experience in distributed systems architecture and technical leadership.

General Skills & Competencies

• Demonstrates high personal integrity and ability to earn trust
• Strong analytical and complex problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across teams
• Ability to operate at both strategic and hands-on technical levels
• Growth mindset with focus on continuous learning and improvement
• Strong leadership, mentoring, and coaching capabilities
• Experience working in Agile development environments

Desired Technical Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on development experience with: Java, Spring Framework, and REST APIs
• Building and maintaining microservices and distributed systems in production
• Experience in: Observability frameworks (OpenTelemetry or similar) Event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka or similar)
• Experience in: JavaScript and modern UI frameworks (React preferred)
• Practical experience with: CI/CD pipelines and automated testing Container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Strong working knowledge of: API design, versioning, and integration patterns Debugging, performance tuning, and troubleshooting distributed systems
• Familiarity with: Workload automation concepts and distributed agent systems Observability platforms (Splunk, Datadog, Grafana, etc.)
• Exposure to: Mainframe systems (z/OS, scheduling) and hybrid architectures is a plus

This role is focused on evolving the distributed control plane of CA 7 Workload Automation, enabling:

• API-driven automation and integration across enterprise systems
• Real-time observability using Open Telemetry
• Scalable management of distributed agents
• Modern web-based user experiences

The Senior Product Architect will play a key role in transforming CA 7 into a modern, hybrid workload automation platform that bridges mainframe and distributed ecosystems while supporting DevOps, SRE, and AIOps use cases.

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Compensation and Benefits

The annual base salary range for this position is $127,100 - $203,400

This position is also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus in accordance with relevant plan documents, and equity in accordance with equity plan documents and equity award agreements.

Broadcom offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package: Medical, dental and vision plans, 401(K) participation including company matching, Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), company paid holidays, paid sick leave and vacation time. The company follows all applicable laws for Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.

Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.

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