Principal Architect, Retail and eCommerce - Singapore

Google Inc.; Santo Niño 1st; On-site; PHP 11,307,000 - 16,332,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Cloud is seeking a senior leader to guide strategic engagements across Southeast Asia and APAC, combining deep enterprise architecture with executive advisory. You will shape cloud strategies for large retailers and consumer brands, delivering hybrid, scalable solutions that align with business priorities and technology investments.

You will collaborate with CIOs/CTOs and other senior leaders to translate supply chain, omnichannel, and AI initiatives into actionable cloud blueprints,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, SWE, or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years in enterprise architecture, technical solutions, or management consulting.
• 5+ years delivering distributed cloud, data, or AI/ML solutions.
• Experience in Retail, CPG, or eCommerce industry.
• Experience advising CIOs/CTOs/CDOs/CMOs on technology investments and multi-year transformations.
• Willingness to travel regionally to customer sites and events.

Responsibilities

• Lead as the technical expert and executive advisor for strategic Retail/CPG/eCommerce customers across SE Asia and APAC.
• Blend enterprise architecture with business strategy to deliver high-impact, hybrid cloud solutions.
• Partner with C-level leaders to translate imperatives into robust cloud blueprints.

Skills

Executive advisory

Enterprise architecture

Cloud architecture

C-level engagement

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Engineering/related field

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

GKE

BigQuery

Pub/Sub

Kafka

Cortex Framework

Job description

Product area

Google Cloud accelerates every organization's ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google's cutting edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Job description

The Google Cloud Platform team helps customers transform and build what's next for their business - all with technology built in the cloud. Our products are developed for security, reliability and scalability, running the full stack from infrastructure to applications to devices and hardware. Our teams are dedicated to helping our customers - developers, small and large businesses, educational institutions and government agencies - see the benefits of our technology come to life. As part of an entrepreneurial team in this rapidly growing business, you will play a key role in understanding the needs of our customers and help shape the future of businesses of all sizes use technology to connect with customers, employees and partners.

Additional job description

Google Cloud helps millions of organisations empower their employees, serve their customers, and build what's next for their business all with technology engineered for security, reliability, and planetary-scale performance.

In this role, you will lead cross-functional teams of deep technical and industry experts to help the world's most innovative enterprises design, build, and govern transformative cloud strategies.

Qualifications

Job responsibilities

• Act as the lead technical expert and executive advisor for Google Cloud's most strategic Retail, Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), and eCommerce customers across Southeast Asia and Asia-Pacific (APAC).
• Combine visionary enterprise architecture with executive business strategy to deliver high-impact, hybrid solutions.
• Partner with APAC retail C-level leaders including Chief Information Officers (CIOs), Chief Technology Officer (CTOs), Chief Data Officers (CDOs), Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs), and Chief Supply Chain Officers and Chief Architect to translate business imperatives like supply chain agility, omnichannel unification, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) experiences into robust cloud blueprints.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in enterprise architecture, technical solutions, or technical management consulting.
• 5 years of experience architecting and delivering distributed cloud, data, or Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) solutions.
• Experience in the Retail, CPG, or eCommerce industry.
• Experience with engaging, advising, and collaborating with C-level executives on technology investments and multi-year transformation initiatives.
• Ability to travel regionally to customer sites and industry events as required.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Business Administration (MBA), or other relevant advanced degree.
• Industry-recognised professional cloud certifications.
• Prior experience as Principal/Chief Architect driving multi-million dollar cloud transformations
• Practical experience architecting Generative AI, RAG, and agentic workflows (e.g., Vertex AI, Gemini).
• Hands-on experience with Lakehouses, real-time streaming (e.g., Pub/Sub, Kafka), BigQuery, and Data Clean Rooms for Retail Industry.
• Deep expertise in composable commerce (MACH), GKE microservices, modern POS/OMS, and retail ERP integrations (e.g., SAP S/4HANA on Google Cloud, Cortex Framework).