Manager, Systems Architecture

This role sits at the center of our digital platform—collaborating across backend, frontend, integration, DevOps, and analytics teams to ensure cohesive, future-ready architecture.

Architecture Leadership & Design

• —Design and own end-to-end technical architecture across backend, frontend, integration, DevOps, and analytics layers
• —Translate business requirements into technical specifications, architecture diagrams, and cohesive solution designs
• —Produce and maintain clear architecture documentation (e.g., Confluence) to support engineering and business alignment
• —Evaluate and recommend technology solutions and integration patterns
• —Provide effort sizing and high-level estimation for architectural deliverables
• —Ensure all solutions are scalable, secure, performant, and maintainable

Standards, Governance & Quality

• —Lead architecture reviews across all DTC engineering teams
• —Define, document, and enforce architectural standards, patterns, and guardrails
• —Conduct code and design reviews to ensure architectural alignment and consistency
• —Enforce best practices across backend, frontend, integration, DevOps, and analytics teams
• —Identify, manage, and drive down technical debt while promoting long-term platform health

Cross-Team Collaboration & Delivery

• —Partner closely with engineering managers, lead engineers, and cross-functional teams across the DTC ecosystem
• —Resolve cross-cutting technical dependencies and design conflicts between teams
• —Coordinate architectural decisions spanning multiple teams, systems, and product lines
• —Represent the architecture function in project discovery, planning, and stakeholder communications
• —Ensure architectural decisions support delivery timelines, budgets, and business goals

Platform Strategy & Innovation

• —Contribute to and help shape the multi-year DTC technology roadmap
• —Drive modernization initiatives, platform upgrades, and migration strategies
• —Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption where impactful
• —Assess cost, risk, and ROI trade-offs for key architectural decisions

Operational Excellence

• —Act as the architectural escalation point for complex, cross-team production and design issues
• —Lead root cause analysis for incidents with architectural impact and implement systemic improvements to prevent recurrence
• —Safeguard platform stability, scalability, and reliability across global ecommerce systems

Mentorship & Influence

• —Mentor engineers and engineering managers on architectural thinking and design principles
• —Coach and develop lead engineers into future architects
• —Identify skill gaps and help build targeted training and development plans
• —Foster a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement across distributed teams

Minimum Qualifications

• —Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field
• —10+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years in solution or systems architecture
• —5+ years of experience architecting Adobe Commerce (Magento 2) or comparable enterprise ecommerce platforms
• —3+ years in a technical lead or engineering management role
• —3+ years designing cloud-based solutions on AWS (or similar) within Linux environments
• —Proven experience leading architecture across cross-functional teams (backend, frontend, integration, DevOps, analytics)
• —Strong programming background in modern languages (e.g., PHP, Python, Java, Node.js, JavaScript) and familiarity with frontend frameworks (React, Vue, or similar)
• —Experience working with global, distributed engineering teams (onshore and offshore)
• —Deep expertise in Adobe Commerce / Magento 2 architecture, customization, and extensibility
• —Strong knowledge of integration patterns (REST, GraphQL, event-driven, ETL, middleware) across ERP, OMS, 3PL, marketing, and analytics platforms
• —Proficiency in AWS cloud architecture (compute, networking, storage, security, observability) and DevOps practices (CI/CD, infrastructure as code)
• —Experience designing for performance, scalability, and capacity in high-traffic ecommerce environments
• —Strong database architecture expertise (MySQL/MariaDB, Redis, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch)
• —Advanced understanding of object-oriented design, MVC, microservices, event-driven architecture, and modern design patterns
• —Familiarity with observability/APM tools (e.g., New Relic, Datadog) and security standards (PCI, GDPR, CCPA) with a secure-by-design mindset
• —Strong skills in creating technical diagrams (C4, UML, sequence) and producing architecture documentation and business-facing presentations
• —Authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis

Preferred Qualifications

• —Master's degree in a related field
• —AWS Solutions Architect certification and/or Adobe Commerce (Magento) certification