Senior Enterprise Architect, Degreed
Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to: skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location
Upskilling platform for businesses
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Upskilling platform for businesses
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to: skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Based on the belief that it is knowledge, skills and experience, rather than a piece of paper, which defines people's futures, Degreed's mission is to help users to achieve their own personal educational missions.
Role
Who you are
- 12+ years in enterprise or solution‑architecture roles in HR‑tech
- 5+ years leading large Enterprise software deployments
- Strong experience with API-based integrations, data mapping, and middleware solutions
- Proven architecture leadership for major global talent, skills, or learning‑platform transformations
- 5+ years of hands-on technical expertise with REST APIs, event buses (Kafka/SNS/SQS), OAuth 2.0/OIDC/SAML, webhooks, and bulk or streaming ETL tools (MuleSoft, Boomi, SnapLogic, Azure Data Factory) and integrations with data warehouses or BI tools
- Proficiency in building automation and middleware solutions; familiarity with languages like JavaScript or Python is a strong plus
- Security architecture covering encryption, IAM, SSO, RBAC, data‑privacy, and auditing
- Stellar communication skills—capable of translating between executive, functional, and technical stakeholders; comfortable presenting to CXO and architecture review boards
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities
- Comfortable managing third-party vendors and cross-functional teams in complex technical initiatives
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience)
Desirable
- Master’s degree (MBA or MS‑IS)
- Certifications: TOGAF, AWS/GCP/Azure Architect, CISSP, Workday Integration Pro, SAP SuccessFactors Integration, ServiceNow CTA, Cornerstone Edge, GCP ML Engineer
- Experience embedding generative‑AI/LLM services (skills inference, career‑path recommendations) in regulated HR environments
- Familiarity with global data‑residency (EU, APAC, GovCloud) and regional privacy regulations (LGPD, POPIA)
- Fluency in an additional major business language (e.g., German, French)
What the job involves
- We are expanding our team and seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect (EMEA) to join our newly created Enterprise Solutions organization
- This role is pivotal in establishing a solution and value-oriented method of working with our most strategic customers by helping build long term roadmaps and creating compelling joint vision
- You will be the senior‑level technical strategist who ensures our platform for skills-first learning plugs seamlessly into the complex HR‑IT landscapes of global enterprise customers
- You’ll work closely with our customers to understand the different components of their tech ecosystem and define the end‑to‑end architecture—from data models and AI services to security, governance, and deployment patterns—working side‑by‑side with Product, Engineering, Customer Success, Sales Engineering, and client solution teams to make skills‑driven talent experiences part of the enterprise digital fabric
- You’ll also collaborate with cross-functional teams to plan and scope technical engagements, ensure delivery quality, and leverage Degreed technology to implement novel solutions to their challenges
- You’ll bring deep technical expertise, a solution-oriented mindset, and strong communication skills to solve complex challenges in fast-paced, high-growth environments
- If you’re passionate about bridging technology and business outcomes — and thrive on helping clients succeed — this role is for you
- Architecture Strategy & Governance
- Define and evolve the reference architecture, integration patterns, and canonical data models spanning learning records, skill graphs, career frameworks, performance and succession data
- Maintain architecture decision records (ADRs), blueprints, and road‑maps that balance short‑term product velocity with long‑term scalability and security
- Provide inputs to a Customer Architecture Review Board and participate in customer architecture governance forums
- Solution Design & Integration
- Design bi‑directional integrations and event‑driven workflows with HRIS (SAP SuccessFactors, Workday, Oracle HCM), ITSM (ServiceNow), Learning & Talent suites (Cornerstone OnDemand, Docebo), talent intelligence (Eightfold, SeekOut), career‑mobility/talent‑marketplace (Gloat, Fuel50), recruiting (Greenhouse, iCIMS), performance (Culture Amp, Lattice), and identity providers (Okta, Azure AD)
- Lead data harmonization across skills ontologies, competency libraries, job architectures, learning records (xAPI/SCORM), and talent profiles
- Customer Engagement
- Serve as principal architect on strategic accounts—running discovery workshops, publishing solution‐architecture documents, and presenting to C‑suite and enterprise‑architecture boards
- Provide technical oversight during multi‑phase global roll‑outs covering learning, skills taxonomies, talent marketplace, and performance modules
- AI & Analytics Enablement
- Architect ingestion pipelines and feature stores for AI/ML services that power skills inference, personalized recommendations, growth paths, and talent‑mobility matching
Our take
Degreed is a high calibre name in the employee upskilling space and is used by over a third of Fortune 500 companies. Some of their best known clients include Pepsico, Shopify, American Airlines, Boeing, HP and Visa.
Alongside providing a learning platform with courses, books, videos, articles and podcasts for skills development, the company also uses the data it gathers to connect learners with suitable projects and job opportunities, even within their own company. This is where Degreed’s best value lies, as employees are more likely to trust and remain loyal to companies where they can see a path for how skills development allows for career growth.
With just enough investor backing and funding to expand beyond their offices in the USA, the Netherlands, the UK and Australia, Degreed is well positioned to grow even more in the future, especially as organisations in these countries seek to use employee benefits to differentiate themselves.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Feb 2023
$50.9m
LATE VC
Apr 2021
$153m
SERIES D
Total funding: $388.3m
Company benefits
- Work where (and when) you work best: Degreed has always been a remote-work company with small offices where the biggest concentration of our people live. Team lunches, travel budgets for on-site visits, virtual happy hours, weekly all-hands meetings, and monthly release parties keep our teams connected and working as one.
- Health, wellness, and beyond: Degreed is expanding both organically and through acquisition. As we build a global company, benefits outside the US are commensurate with the presence in each region. In the US market, we've beefed up the common benefits (health, dental, vision) with some additions, like dependent care allowance, 401(k) matching, and funding your personal learning mission each quarter.
- Generous and flexible time off: Recuperation is just as important as getting things done, so we encourage our team to recharge their batteries often.
- Best-in-class tech and software: We’ll even support making your home office awesome. No more working at the coffee table.
Company HQ
Pleasanton, CA
Leadership
David Blake
(Co-CEO & Co-Founder)David started his career as an Oliver Wyman Management Consultant, before leaving after a year and a half to found Chegg. He then co-founded Degreed in January 2012, serving as CEO until 2018 and Executive Chairman since.
Eric Sharp
(Technology Advisor & Co-Founder)Director of Software Dev at MediConnect Global, acquired by Verisk for $348M.Developer and director at Novarad.
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