Retail Solution Architect

We're looking for multiple Retail Solution Architects to design and govern end-to-end solutions across the retail value chain-Supply Chain & Logistics, Store Technology, Merchandising, eCommerce/Digital, and enabling capabilities including AI/ML, data platforms, integration, and cloud. You will translate business outcomes into secure, scalable, and resilient architectures, partnering closely with product, engineering, data, security, and operations teams.

Lead solution architecture for initiatives across supply chain, stores, merchandising, and digital platforms.
Produce and maintain architecture deliverables: high-level designs, integration flows, sequence diagrams, data flows, NFRs, deployment views, and architecture decision records (ADRs).
Define target-state architectures and transition roadmaps aligned to enterprise standards.
Ensure solutions meet non-functional requirements: availability, performance, resiliency, scalability, security, and operability
Retail Domain Enablement (Cross-domain)
Architect solutions across domains including:
Supply Chain & Logistics: demand planning, replenishment, inventory visibility, WMS/TMS integration, ASN, yard management, DC automation, last-mile.
Store Technology: POS, store inventory, handhelds, RFID, edge solutions, offline/nearline patterns, store networking.
Merchandising: PIM, pricing & promotions, assortment planning, vendor onboarding, space/category analytics.
Digital & Omnichannel: eCommerce, order management, fulfillment orchestration (BOPIS/ship-from-store), returns, customer identity.
Cloud, Data, Integration & AI
Design cloud-first solutions using Azure and/or Google Cloud architecture best practices.
Architect enterprise integration using APIs, event-driven patterns, streaming, and batch.
Partner with data and AI teams to enable:
AI/ML lifecycle architecture (training pipelines, deployment patterns, inference)
GenAI-enabled use cases with responsible AI guardrails
Advanced decisioning for forecasting, pricing, inventory, personalization, and fraud.
Promote strong data architecture practices: domain-aligned models, master/reference data, lineage, and privacy.
Governance, Standards & Delivery Enablement
Participate in and lead architecture reviews; provide guardrails without slowing delivery.
Define and promote reusable reference architectures and patterns.
Ensure secure-by-design and operationally ready solutions in partnership with security and SRE teams.
Mentor engineers and analysts; contribute to architecture and engineering communities of practice.
Stakeholder Partnership & Influence
Work with Product, Engineering, and Business leaders to shape solution options and trade-offs.
Clearly communicate architectural intent, risks, and decisions to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Act as a trusted advisor during delivery and planning.

What you bring (Qualifications)
Required experience
7 years in technology with 3 years in solution or technical architecture roles.
Experience delivering solutions across retail platforms (supply chain, stores, merchandising, and/or digital).
Strong experience with API-led and event-driven integration architectures.
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure and/or GCP) including networking, identity, and deployment models.
Strong understanding of security, resiliency, performance, and observability.
Strongly preferred
Experience with retail enterprise platforms such as OMS, POS, WMS/TMS, ERP, PIM, pricing or promotion engines. (Must OMS/Warehousing/Pricing)
Data platform and analytics architecture experience (lakehouse/warehouse patterns, streaming).
AI/ML or GenAI architecture exposure, including deployment, monitoring, and responsible AI considerations.
Store edge computing or offline-first architecture experience.
Core skills
Architecture modeling (C4, UML, sequence/data flows, domain models).
Strong analytical thinking and decision-making.
Clear, concise written and verbal