Information Technology - Senior Principal Enterprise Architect, Digital Commerce & Marketing
On-site · Seattle, Washington, United States or Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Job Summary
Senior Principal / Principal Enterprise Architect responsible for shaping and executing the Global Architecture strategy for Aritzia's Digital Commerce & Marketing platforms. Drives cloud-native, microservices-based, headless architectures across digital commerce ecosystems (mobile app, content, search, client data, POS, and omnichannel capabilities), modernizing legacy systems, and embedding AI/ML capabilities for automation and personalized experiences. Collaborates with business and technology leaders to translate strategy into actionable technology direction, guides solution architects and engineering teams for scalable, end-to-end integration, and leads modernization efforts across retail and digital domains. Champions engineering best practices, knowledge sharing, and vendor management to ensure architecture investments deliver measurable business value. Demonstrates strong leadership in cloud migrations, data integrations, DevOps, and high-volume commerce patterns, with experience in composable commerce, CDP, DAM, modern search, and AI-powered personalization; adept at aligning global architecture with business strategy and stakeholder needs while fostering a culture of quality and design excellence.
Required Qualifications
- 20+ years of experience architecting and delivering technology solutions in retail and digital domains
- Proven leadership in cloud migrations, data integrations, DevOps, backend engineering, and off-the-shelf package implementations
- Experience with commerce and digital experience architectures, including modernizing legacy eCommerce into cloud-native and headless platforms
- Experience with composable commerce (e.g., Salesforce, Commerce Cloud, Commerce Tools or similar)
- Hands-on experience with AWS or GCP, microservices, Spring Boot, serverless, containers (Docker/EKS), GraphQL, React, CI/CD, and IaC (Terraform)
- Proficiency in enterprise data and integration patterns
- Experience with retail systems, POS integration, omnichannel flows, and high-volume commerce performance patterns
- Experience implementing a Customer Data Platform (CDP)
- Deploying technology to support loyalty and membership programs
- Experience implementing modern search platforms
- Implementation of Agentic AI-based platforms for client interaction automation
- Integrating a Digital Asset Management (DAM) system
- Modernizing content, catalog, and search platforms with AI/ML-powered search and personalization
- Experience managing large budgets and leading cross-functional teams in global environments
- Experience in vendor relationship management, strategic planning, and stakeholder engagement
- Ability to translate business strategy into actionable technology direction
- Exceptional communication and storytelling skills to connect technology with strategic ambitions
- Ability to set objectives and design a strategy that inspires teams
- Commitment to align architecture with business strategy and engage senior stakeholders
- Dedication to quality and investing in new business opportunities
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