Solution Architect / Practice Lead – Retail Digital Commerce & GenAI

Aspire Systems; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Aspire Systems in Bengaluru is seeking a hands-on Solution Architect / Practice Lead for Retail Digital Commerce & GenAI to guide architecture, deliver scalable solutions, and engage with global clients.

You will shape proposals, deliver POCs with engineering teams, mentor engineers, and contribute to accelerators and reference architectures. This hybrid role offers collaboration with delivery teams across geographies and a focus on AI-enabled retail transformations.

Qualifications

• This role anchors solution architecture, pre-sales support, accelerator development, and client-facing consulting across digital commerce, store systems, customer experience, and emerging GenAI-led solutions.
• The ideal candidate will bring strong experience in enterprise architecture, Java / microservices, cloud-native solutioning, and retail commerce, with practical exposure to GenAI / LLM-based applications such as RAG, AI assistants, workflow automation, or agent-based prototypes.
• This is a hands-on architecture and consulting role. The person should be comfortable shaping ideas into proposals, building POCs with engineering teams, presenting to client stakeholders, and converting innovation initiatives into production-ready engagements.

Responsibilities

• Solution Architecture & Consulting: Design scalable enterprise solutions across retail digital commerce and related retail workflows.
• GenAI / AI-Led Solutioning: Lead GenAI-enabled use cases and build POCs with LLMs, RAG, and vector search.
• Pre-Sales & Proposal Support: Shape proposals, demos, and implementation roadmaps for opportunities.
• Practice & Accelerator Development: Contribute to reusable accelerators and mentor engineers.

Skills

Solution architecture

Pre-sales support

GenAI / LLM

Java / microservices

Cloud-native

Retail digital commerce

Tools

Oracle Retail

Job description

India

Full Time

Work Mode: Hybrid

Role Overview

We are seeking a skilled technology professional to deliver high-quality digital solutions for global clients. The role is we are looking for a Solution Architect / Practice Lead - Retail Digital Commerce & GenAI to join our Retail business unit.

Key Responsibilities

• Solution Architecture & Consulting Design scalable enterprise solutions across retail digital commerce, store operations, customer service, order management, merchandising, and related retail workflows. Translate business problems into practical technology solutions using cloud-native architecture, APIs, microservices, integration patterns, data platforms, and AI/GenAI components. Define solution blueprints, architecture diagrams, effort estimates, implementation approaches, and delivery assumptions. Review technical feasibility, identify risks, and guide teams on pragmatic design choices.
• GenAI / AI-Led Solutioning Lead solutioning for GenAI-enabled use cases such as conversational assistants, knowledge search, workflow automation, store associate enablement, customer service automation, and operational intelligence. Work with engineering teams to build and refine POCs using LLMs, RAG patterns, prompt engineering, vector search, APIs, and enterprise data sources. Evaluate where GenAI adds business value and where deterministic/rules-based approaches are more appropriate. Support responsible AI considerations such as access control, grounding, observability, evaluation, and cost management.
• Pre-Sales & Proposal Support Partner with sales, account teams, delivery leaders, and practice teams to shape proposals, solution narratives, demos, and commercial models. Participate in discovery calls, client workshops, technical deep-dives, and executive presentations. Prepare solution decks, estimates, assumptions, implementation roadmaps, and proposal responses. Help convert early-stage opportunities and POCs into structured delivery engagements.
• Practice & Accelerator Development Contribute to reusable accelerators, reference architectures, demo assets, case studies, and internal capability-building initiatives. Mentor engineers and consultants across digital commerce, cloud, and AI-led solution areas. Run or support internal practice

Required Skills

• This role will anchor solution architecture, pre-sales support, accelerator development, and client-facing consulting across digital commerce, store systems, customer experience, and emerging GenAI-led solutions.
• The ideal candidate will bring strong experience in enterprise architecture, Java / microservices, cloud-native solutioning, and retail commerce, with practical exposure to GenAI / LLM-based applications such as RAG, AI assistants, workflow automation, or agent-based prototypes.
• This is a hands-on architecture and consulting role. The person should be comfortable shaping ideas into proposals, building POCs with engineering teams, presenting to client stakeholders, and converting innovation initiatives into production-ready engagements.

Good to Have

• Oracle Retail

About Aspire Systems

Aspire Systems is a global technology services firm serving as a trusted technology partner for more than 275 customers across the globe. Founded in 1996, Aspire Systems helps leading enterprises engineer the future through its deep technology and domain expertise in Software & Technology, Banking, Insurance, Retail, and Public Sector. AI-first IP, platforms, and domain expertise power Aspire System's advanced technology services.

Aspire's core philosophy of 'Attention. Always.' communicates its belief in lavishing care and attention to its employees, customers, and society. The company currently has over 4000 employees globally and is CMMI Level 3 certified. It operates across North America, LATAM, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific.

As an employer, Aspire Systems has been recognized 12 times in a row as one of the Top 100 'Best Companies to Work For' by the Great Place to Work Institute. To know more about Aspire Systems, visit https://www.aspiresys.com/

Who We Are

Aspire is built on deep expertise in Software Engineering, Digital Services, Testing, and Infrastructure & Application Support. We serve diverse industries including Independent Software Vendors, Retail, Banking & Financial Services, and Insurance.

Our proven frameworks and accelerators enable us to create future-ready, scalable, and business-focused systems, helping customers across the globe embrace digital transformation at speed and scale.

Why Join Aspire Systems

Being an Aspirian means being part of a future-ready, global workplace where you will work on emerging technologies, collaborate with diverse teams, and contribute to meaningful digital transformation initiatives.

We foster innovation, value diverse perspectives, and enable continuous learning and career growth - guided by our philosophy of "Attention. Always." Aspire also follows a hybrid work model, promoting flexibility, collaboration, and work-life balance.

At Aspire Systems, we foster a work culture that appreciates diversity and inclusiveness. We understand that our multigenerational workforce represents different regions, cultures, economic backgrounds, races, genders, ethnicities, education levels, personalities, and religions. We believe these differences make us stronger and are committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected and valued.

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Disclaimer

The above statements are not intended to be a complete statement of job content, but rather to serve as a guide to the essential functions performed by the employee in this role. Management retains the discretion to add or change the duties of the position at any time