Solution Architect

Location: Seattle, WA - hybrid

• Lead the design and evolution of technology solutions across the architecture lifecycle, ensuring

scalability, performance, and alignment with enterprise standards.

• Partner with Product Managers, Engineers, Project/Program Managers, and Analysts to define project requirements, success criteria, and design guidance throughout the development lifecycle.

• Actively participate in and present at architecture design reviews, advocating for sound design

principles and engineering best practices.

• Proactively engage cross-functional stakeholders, gather organizational context, and incorporate

insights into architectural decisions.

• Identify and document deviations from future-state architecture, escalating where necessary to

maintain architectural integrity.

• Clearly communicate trade-offs in architecture approaches; adapt processes to project and team

needs.

• Contribute to the Architecture Community of Practice, sharing knowledge and presenting at internal

events to foster alignment and growth across teams.

• Continue to investigate new and innovative technologies to evolve the future state architecture in

partnership with other Architects in the department

• Develop and monitor adherence to integration standards and will utilize these standards to design

solutions that meet operational requirements, such as scalability, maintainability, security, reliability,

extensibility, flexibility, availability, and manageability

• Deep understanding of integration technologies and practices as well as the business acumen to

develop overarching system designs

Qualifications

• • Bachelor's degree and/or applicable experience in information/computer technology field.

• • 5+ years of hands-on experience in developing, deploying, and maintaining scalable, cloud-based

• software systems.

• • 5+ years of experience in architecting retail/supply chain applications is preferred.

• • Proven expertise in cloud platforms, with hands-on experience in AWS (preferred), Azure, or Google

• Cloud Platform (GCP).

• • Experience integrating with Cloud/SaaS applications, API's, SDK of packaged applications and legacy

• applications.

• • Experience building microservices is required.

• • Strong capabilities in data architecture, including analytics pipelines, visualization frameworks, and

• scalable data solutions.

• • Experience working and leading in a DevOps operating model utilizing Cloud infrastructure.

• • Strong communication and interpersonal skills with a high degree of professionalism in working

• collaboratively at all levels inside and outside of the organization.

• • Strong collaboration skills to achieve business goals collectively across broad teams.

• • Challenges the status quo, champions change and influences others to change.

• • Strong preference for those with supply chain application experience especially in logistics technology