The Opportunity:
Mattel is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect – Integrations & API Architecture to define and lead the enterprise-wide integration strategy powering our digital, data, and supply chain ecosystems.
This role is ideal for a forward-thinking architect and strong technical leader with deep expertise in event-driven and API-led architectures, capable of designing scalable, resilient, and real-time integration platforms across the enterprise.
What Your Impact Will Be:
Enterprise Integration Strategy
- Define and own the enterprise integration architecture and roadmap, spanning event-driven, API-led, and batch data processing patterns
- Establish standards, governance, and best practices for integrations across all platforms
- Drive adoption of modern integration paradigms including domain-driven and composable architectures
Event-Driven & Real-Time Architecture
- Architect and scale event-driven systems leveraging platforms such as Kafka / Confluent
- Design asynchronous, decoupled architectures to enable real-time data flow and responsiveness
- Define event schemas, streaming patterns, and data contracts across domains
API & Integration Platform Leadership
- Lead design of enterprise API architecture, including API gateways, lifecycle management, and developer enablement
- Establish API-first and product-based integration models
- Ensure secure, scalable, and well-governed API ecosystems across internal and external consumers
Data Integration & Processing
- Architect batch and real-time data pipelines using ETL/ELT and modern data processing tools
- Enable integration with data platforms, warehouses, and analytics ecosystems
- Support data consistency, quality, and observability across distributed systems
Platform Engineering & Scalability
- Design integration solutions using cloud-native, microservices, and containerized architectures
- Evaluate and implement integration platforms (iPaaS), API management tools, and streaming technologies
- Ensure high availability, performance, and resilience at enterprise scale
Leadership & Influence
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, driving integration strategy and investment decisions
- Lead architecture governance, reviews, and cross-domain alignment
- Mentor and guide a small team of architects and engineers
- Collaborate across Digital, Data, and Supply Chain teams to deliver cohesive solutions