Solutions Architect
Horton, Inc., the largest homebuilder in the U.S., was founded in 1978 and is a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange.
D.R. Horton, Inc., the largest homebuilder in the U.S., was founded in 1978 and is a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange. It is engaged in the construction and sale of high-quality homes designed principally for the entry-level and first time move-up markets. The Company also provides mortgage financing and title services for homebuyers through its mortgage and title subsidiaries. Please visit our website at www.drhorton.com for more information.
D.R. Horton, Inc. is currently looking for a Solutions Architect . The right candidate is a senior technical role responsible for bridging enterprise architecture and feature-level implementation across engineering teams. This role ensures that all deployed solutions maintain high availability, reliability, and performance while adhering to established architectural best practices and standards.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Maintain a deep understanding of the enterprise architecture and translate it into practical implementation patterns for feature teams
Evaluate proposed designs and implementation plans for alignment with architectural standards, scalability requirements, and operational best practices
Define and enforce non-functional requirements including availability, reliability, performance, and security across deployed solutions
Identify architectural risks in team designs early and prescribe mitigation strategies before they reach production
Serve as a subject matter expert in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and integration patterns relevant to the organization's technology stack
Review infrastructure-as-code, deployment configurations, and system integrations to ensure they meet availability and resilience standards
Drive adoption of architectural patterns such as fault tolerance, graceful degradation, circuit breaking, and observability across teams
Evaluate emerging technologies and tools to determine alignment with enterprise architecture standards and the organization’s current capabilities and maturity
Facilitates architecture review sessions and design discussions across teams, building shared understanding and consensus
Translates enterprise architecture directives into team-level implementation requirements that are specific and actionable
Conduct all business in a professional and ethical manner to serve customers and increase the goodwill and profit of the company
Ability to travel overnight
Education and/or Experience
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field
Minimum 8–10 years of experience in software engineering, distributed systems, or cloud infrastructure
3+ years spent in a dedicated Architecture or Principal Engineer role
Prior experience within a Fortune 500 environment or large enterprise is required
Posted July 27, 2026