Principal Enterprise Architect - Integrations & API Architecture

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.

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, integration architecture, or platform engineering
• Proven experience designing and implementing API-led and event-driven architectures at scale
• Kafka / Confluent or similar streaming platform
• API gateways and management platforms (Apigee, Kong, Mule Soft, etc.)
• ETL/ELT tools and data processing framework
• Microservices, REST/Graph
  
  QL APIs, and event-driven systems
• Experience with cloud-native architectures (AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI)
• Deep understanding of integration patterns (sync/async, pub-sub, streaming, batch)
• Experience with data governance, security, and API lifecycle management
• Ability to design for scalability, resilience, and enterprise-grade performance
• Strong ability to influence stakeholders and communicate complex architecture clearly
• Excellent presentation and storytelling skills
• Experience mentoring and leading small, high-performing teams
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field
• Relevant cloud or integration certifications are a plus
• The pay range is indicative of projected hiring range; however, base pay will be determined based on a candidate’s work location, skills and experience. Mattel offers competitive total pay programs, comprehensive benefits, and resources to help empower a culture where every employee can reach their full potential.

Mattel is an Equal Opportunity Employer where we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day. We welcome all job seekers, and all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran and protected veteran status, disability status, and or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act, qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment.