Principal Enterprise Architect - Integrations & API Architecture

Company Description

CREATIVITY IS OUR SUPERPOWER. It’s our heritage and it’s also our future. Because we don’t just make toys. We create innovative products and experiences that inspire fans, entertain audiences and develop children through play. Mattel is at its best when every member of our team feels respected, included, and heard—when everyone can show up as themselves and do their best work every day. We value and share an infinite range of ideas and voices that evolve and broaden our perspectives with a reach that extends into all our brands, partners, and suppliers.

Job Description

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

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For:

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, integration architecture, or platform engineering
• Proven experience designing and implementing API-led and event-driven architectures at scal
• Kafka / Confluent or similar streaming platform
• API gateways and management platforms (Apigee, Kong, MuleSoft, etc.
• ETL/ELT tools and data processing framework
• Microservices, REST/GraphQL 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, sk