Retail Domain & Solution Architect

Retail Domain & Solution Architect

Experience: 15+ Years | Domain: US Retail

Role Overview

We are looking for a Retail Domain & Solution Architect with strong experience in the US Retail industry. The role combines Retail Domain expertise, Solution Architecture, Technology Consulting, Application Modernization, and Client/Stakeholder Management.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a Retail Domain SME and trusted technology advisor for US retail clients.
• Design end-to-end solution architectures for enterprise retail applications and platforms.
• Drive legacy modernization, cloud transformation, digital commerce, and technology transformation.
• Work with senior business and technology stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technology solutions.
• Provide architecture and technical direction to distributed US and India engineering teams.
• Lead architecture workshops, discovery sessions, technology assessments, solutioning, and executive presentations.
• Support RFP/RFI, proposals, estimations, and client pitches.
• Evaluate Cloud, Data, AI/GenAI, APIs, automation, and modern engineering practices for retail solutions.

Must-Have Skills

• 15+ years of IT/software engineering experience.
• Strong US Retail domain experience and exposure to US-based retail clients.
• Strong experience in Solution Architecture / Enterprise Architecture / Application Architecture.
• Experience in retail application modernization and cloud transformation.
• Strong understanding of retail processes such as Merchandising, Pricing, Catalog, Order Management, Inventory, POS, E-commerce, Loyalty, Payments, and Omnichannel.
• Strong client-facing consulting, communication, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience providing architecture leadership across distributed engineering teams.

Preferred

• AWS / Azure / GCP
• Digital Commerce / Omnichannel
• Data & Analytics / AI / GenAI
• API-led integration and automation
• RFP/RFI and solution consulting
• Experience with CIO/CTO/business leadership stakeholders.
• Background in Technology Consulting / System Integration / Digital Engineering.

Key Focus: US Retail Domain + Solution Architecture + Consulting + Modernization + Cloud + Digital Commerce.