Solution Architect

About

Retail Insights delivers scalable, innovative, and cost-effective IT solutions through centers in India, Dubai, and the U.S. We specialize in Full Stack Development, Data & AI/ML, Mobile, DevOps, and digital platforms like Adobe, Salesforce, Shopify, Snowflake, and Blue Yonder.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive end-to-end solution architecture for large-scale, complex retail and digital transformation programs
• Partner with business leaders, product owners, and senior stakeholders to understand strategic objectives and translate them into robust technical solutions
• Define overall system architecture, including application, integration, data, cloud, and security layers
• Design scalable, high-availability, and performance-optimized architectures aligned with enterprise standards
• Lead architecture decisions for omni-channel commerce, customer experience, data platforms, and integrations
• Establish and enforce architecture principles, standards, and best practices across delivery teams
• Review and approve high-level and low-level designs, ensuring alignment with architectural vision
• Drive API-first, microservices, and event-driven architecture strategies
• Ensure solutions meet non-functional requirements including security, performance, resilience, compliance, and scalability
• Evaluate and recommend technology stacks, platforms, and tools based on business needs and future scalability
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to development, integration, and DevOps teams
• Act as a technical escalation point for complex architectural and delivery challenges
• Collaborate with vendors, partners, and third-party solution providers to design integrated ecosystems
• Support pre-sales and solution discovery, including effort estimation, architecture proposals, and technical presentations
• Guide cloud adoption strategies across AWS, Azure, or GCP, including migration and modernization initiatives
• Ensure architecture supports data analytics, AI/ML, personalization, and automation capabilities
• Participate in governance forums, architecture review boards, and steering committees
• Drive continuous improvement in architecture practices, tooling, and delivery maturity
• Mentor and coach solution architects and senior engineers across teams
• Support production readiness, go-live planning, and post-deployment architecture optimization

Requirements

• Overall IT experience, with significant experience in solution architecture and enterprise system design
• Proven experience designing and delivering large-scale, complex enterprise solutions, preferably in Retail, E-commerce, or Consumer domains
• Strong expertise in end-to-end architecture, including application, integration, data, and cloud layers
• Hands-on experience with API-led, microservices, and event-driven architectures
• Deep understanding of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, including cloud-native design principles
• Strong knowledge of integration patterns, middleware, and system interoperability
• Experience in defining and enforcing non-functional requirements (performance, security, scalability, reliability, compliance)
• Ability to evaluate and recommend technology stacks, platforms, and tools aligned with business strategy
• Proven experience working with senior stakeholders, business leaders, and client leadership teams
• Strong leadership, communication, and technical decision-making skills
• Experience supporting pre-sales activities, including solutioning, estimations, and architecture proposals
• Ability to mentor and guide architects, senior engineers, and technical teams
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to handle architectural escalations
• Experience working in Agile / SAFe / Hybrid delivery models
• Excellent documentation and presentation skills for architecture artifacts

Education Qualification

• Overall IT experience, with significant experience in solution architecture and enterprise system design
• Proven experience designing and delivering large-scale, complex enterprise solutions, preferably in Retail, E-commerce, or Consumer domains
• Strong expertise in end-to-end architecture, including application, integration, data, and cloud layers
• Hands-on experience with API-led, microservices, and event-driven architectures
• Deep understanding of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, including cloud-native design principles
• Strong knowledge of integration patterns, middleware, and system interoperability
• Experience in defining and enforcing non-functional requirements (performance, security, scalability, reliability, compliance)
• Ability to evaluate and recommend technology stacks, platforms, and tools aligned with business strategy
• Proven experience working with senior stakeholders, business leaders, and client leadership teams
• Strong leadership, communication, and technical decision-making skills
• Experience supporting pre-sales activities, including solutioning, estimations, and architecture proposals
• Ability to mentor and guide architects, senior engineers, and technical teams
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to handle architectural escalations
• Experience working in Agile / SAFe / Hybrid delivery models
• Excellent documentation and presentation skills for architecture artifacts