Senior Solution Architect

Role: Sr. Solution Architect

This role will be responsible for designing scalable, resilient, and secure solutions to enable seamless promotions across digital and physical customer touchpoints.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and lead end-to-end solution architecture for retail promotions across channels (POS, e-commerce, mobile apps).
  
• Architect and implement cloud-native solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using services like GKE, Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, Big Query, and Apigee.
  
• Collaborate with business and technology teams to define scalable promotional logic and ensure consistent customer experience across channels.
  
• Integrate promotions platforms with core systems such as customer data platforms, loyalty engines, order management, and pricing.
  
• Define reusable architecture patterns and APIs to support omnichannel promotions such as BOGO, personalized offers, bundle pricing, etc.
  
• Leverage GCP-native tools for monitoring, security, CI/CD, and cost optimization.
  
• Guide and mentor development teams on architecture implementation, best practices, and performance optimization.
  
• Ensure compliance with enterprise standards including security, scalability, and observability.
  
• Provide technical leadership on vendor evaluations for promotions engines and GCP services.
  
• Drive innovation by exploring new Google Cloud capabilities and their potential application in the promotion’s domain.
  

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
  
• 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture and solution design.
  
• 5+ years of experience designing and implementing promotions systems in retail or ecommerce.
  
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and its core services.
  
• Proficiency in microservices, event-driven architecture, APIs (REST/GraphQL), and Kubernetes.
  
• Strong knowledge of omnichannel retail processes and promotional strategy execution.
  
• Experience with promotional engines such as Salesforce Promotion Builder, Oracle Retail Promo Engine, or similar platforms or custom promo engines.
  
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, Deployment Manager).
  
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.