Solution Architect, Retail Platform

We are looking for a Solutions Architect with strong architecture and technical leadership experience to guide technical conversations, review system design and codebase quality, and support roadmap planning. In this role, you will lead a squad through technical direction and mentoring without writing production code.

The Retail Platform project is focused on reviewing and shaping the technical direction of a distributed cloud based product. You will work closely with senior engineering stakeholders to support architecture decisions, assess delivery scope, and align roadmap planning with timeline constraints.

• Lead technical conversations with senior engineering stakeholders
• Review the existing codebase and assess its performance
• Assess backlog scope against delivery dates
• Shape the roadmap based on scope and timeline constraints
• Review the architecture of large distributed cloud systems
• Evaluate technical designs created by other team members
• Lead the squad through technical direction
• Mentor team members through technical guidance
• Take responsibility for the squad's technical guidance
• Collaborate with stakeholder contacts in daily work

• Experience with architecture of large distributed cloud systems
• Experience reviewing technical designs created by other contributors
• Experience with code review and performance assessment of a codebase
• Experience assessing backlog scope against delivery dates and supporting roadmap planning
• Experience with TypeScript, Node.js, and React
• Experience with AWS, including EKS, Lambda, and RDS
• Experience with Kubernetes
• Experience with GraphQL and REST
• Experience with Terraform
• Experience with Helm
• Experience with GitHub Actions
• Experience with Jest and Pact
• Experience with DataDog or a similar observability tool

• Experience with Playwright
• Experience with migration from Sitecore
• Cirium bonus