Principal Solution Architect

Metagenics; Jersey City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 218,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

HSA funding

401k matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Metagenics seeks a Principal Solution Architect to unify its global systems, data, and AI programs. You will define the technical direction, work with CTO and executives, and ensure architecture aligns with enterprise goals during a multi-year modernization journey.

You will own reference architectures for ERP, ecommerce, data, and integrations, and lead cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, secure solutions across the organization.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in enterprise technology with senior/principal architect experience.
• Direct hands-on architecture with Microsoft Dynamics 365 at scale.
• Experience architecting modern ecommerce platforms (Shopify preferred) and data platforms.
• Deep knowledge of iPaaS, event-driven patterns, API-first design.
• Working knowledge of generative AI architecture (RAG, LLM routing, guardrails).

Responsibilities

• Own the enterprise reference architecture across ERP, ecommerce, data, integration, and AI layers.
• Set architectural standards and technology selection criteria that every function follows.
• Chair the Architecture Review Board and sign off on architecturally significant decisions.
• Advise area leaders across ERP, Ecommerce, Data & AI, Security, and IT Operations.
• Define target-state architecture for ERP consolidation and ecommerce convergence.
• Evolve middleware and integrations toward a governed, event-driven model.
• Define data architecture and ownership between transactional and analytical/AI stacks.
• Collaborate on security controls, compliance, and resilience with stakeholders.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

ERP architecture

Ecommerce architecture

Integration architecture

Data architecture

Generative AI architecture

Security governance

Tools

iPaaS platforms

Shopify

Microsoft Dynamics 365

Snowflake

Databricks

Job description

Role

Metagenics is investing meaningfully in the modernization and convergence of its global technology stack. Over the next several years we will unify our enterprise systems, modernize our commerce and integration architecture, scale a portfolio of production AI programs, and evolve toward a Centers of Excellence operating model. To do this well, we need a Principal Solution Architect who can hold the whole picture — the systems, the data, the integrations, the security posture, the operational readiness — and set the technical direction that our teams and delivery partners execute against. This is a highly visible role, working directly with the CTO, technology leadership, and executive stakeholders across the business. You will become the enterprise’s technical center of gravity.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture Strategy and Standards

• Own the enterprise reference architecture across ERP, ecommerce, data, integration, and AI layers
• Set architectural patterns, standards, and technology selection criteria that every technology function executes against
• Chair the Architecture Review Board and sign off on architecturally significant decisions

Cross-functional Technical Direction

• Serve as the peer-level technical advisor to each area leader across ERP, Ecommerce, Data & AI, Security, and IT Operations
• Ensure major transformation programs share consistent integration, data, identity, and observability patterns
• Prevent point solutions from calcifying into new legacy

Enterprise Transformation Architecture

• Own the target-state architecture for our global ERP consolidation onto a single modern platform
• Own the target-state architecture for our global ecommerce convergence — including B2C, B2B/practitioner, subscriptions, payments, tax, and fulfillment
• Own the platform architecture for our generative AI programs — including LLM routing, retrieval patterns, data pipelines, guardrails, and observability

Middleware and Integration

• Rearchitect middleware and integrations across disparate enterprise systems — evolve a large point-to-point integration estate into a governed, event-driven architecture
• Set the strategic direction for the enterprise integration platform, ensuring it simplifies as major systems converge
• Establish clean separation of concerns — no business logic living in middleware where it doesn’t belong

Data

• Define the enterprise data architecture — master data, event streams, warehousing, and downstream consumption for BI, AI, and operational reporting
• Establish clean ownership between the transactional stack and the analytical / AI stack

Security, Compliance, and Resilience

• Partner with the Head of Security on architecture-level controls — identity, access, data classification, encryption, network segmentation
• Ensure compliance with applicable regimes including NIS2, FSSC 22000, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and regional privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA)
• Design for resilience — RTO/RPO targets, disaster recovery patterns, and business continuity

What You’ll Need

Experience / Training / Education

• 15+ years in enterprise technology, with at least 5 years as a senior or principal-level architect at a global company
• Direct hands‑on architectural experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 (Finance & Operations and/or Customer Engagement) at scale — including multi‑country / multi-legal-entity deployments
• Direct experience architecting modern ecommerce platforms — Shopify strongly preferred; comparable modern commerce platforms also considered
• Deep understanding of integration architecture — iPaaS platforms, event‑driven patterns, API‑first design
• Experience architecting modern data platforms — Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, Databricks, or comparable
• Working knowledge of generative AI architecture — RAG, agent patterns, LLM routing, evals, and guardrails

Preferred Experience

• Consumer goods, life sciences, or regulated food / manufacturing industry background
• Direct experience with NIS2, FSSC 22000, ISO 27001, SOC 2 compliance regimes
• Experience with practitioner or healthcare‑professional channels and the pricing, payment, and rebate models that come with them
• Prior experience standing up or scaling a Center of Excellence operating model

You’ll Love This Job If You’re

• A systems thinker — able to hold the whole picture without losing sight of the seams
• Decisive and pragmatic — comfortable making calls with incomplete data and revisiting them cleanly when evidence changes

Compensation

The current range for this hybrid position (3x/week in-office) based in Jersey City, New Jersey is $180,000/yr. to $218,000/yr. The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. This role may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

Health And Wellness

• Annual employer HSA (Health Savings Account) funding for eligible employees who elect an HSA medical plan
• STD, LTD, Basic Life AD&DD coverage
• 401k + employer matching
• Vacation and Sick Time
• 2 Volunteer Days off per year
• Emergency evacuation time off
• 11 paid company holidays
• 1 Floating holiday to celebrate your birthday or important religious/holiday to you
• Quarterly product allowance to use towards your favorite Metagenics products!

Metagenics, and its companies are committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected status with respect to recruitment, hiring, promotion and other terms and conditions of employment. Metagenics takes affirmative action in support of this policy to employ and advance in employment individuals who are minorities, women, disabled, and veterans.