Retail Enterprise Architect - Chicago Hybrid

Publicis Sapient; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 136,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Ongoing learning and development

Competitive compensation and benefits

Work-life balance

Health benefits for you and family

Paid leave and holidays

Wellness program

Job summary

Publicis Sapient seeks an Architect specializing in Enterprise Architecture to design scalable, high-impact enterprise solutions aligned with business goals. You will lead cross-functional teams across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments, shaping architecture governance and ensuring security and compliance.

The role emphasizes leadership in design reviews and mentoring teams, with a strong focus on Google Cloud tools and modern Java frameworks to deliver digital transformation for retail and

Qualifications

• Senior hands-on architecture leadership in GCP and retail tech.
• Experience modernizing complex, business-critical platforms.
• Strong background in retail, restaurant, hospitality, POS, payments, or digital commerce.
• Decomposing monolithic apps into microservices architectures.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement enterprise architecture strategies aligned with business objectives.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define architecture roadmaps and ensure alignment with goals.
• Design and optimize enterprise-wide systems for scalability, security, and performance.
• Evaluate emerging technologies to recommend innovative solutions that deliver value.
• Lead architecture reviews, governance, and technical-risk assessments.
• Mentor engineers and architects to promote innovation and excellence.

Skills

GCP enterprise architecture

Solution architecture

Java / Spring Boot

APIs / event-driven

Security & compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS or related

Tools

GKE

Cloud Run

Pub/Sub

BigQuery

Job description

Architect

As an Architect specializing in Enterprise Architecture, you will be responsible for designing and implementing high-impact, scalable solutions that align with business objectives. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to develop and maintain enterprise architecture frameworks, ensuring that technology solutions are in line with business goals and industry best practices.

Job Description

Retail Enterprise Cloud (GCP) Architect

As an Architect specializing in Enterprise Architecture, you will be responsible for designing and implementing high-impact, scalable solutions that align with business objectives. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to develop and maintain enterprise architecture frameworks, ensuring that technology solutions are in line with business goals and industry best practices.

Your Impact

• Develop and implement enterprise architecture strategies that support business objectives and digital transformation initiatives.
• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to define architecture roadmaps, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Design and optimize enterprise-wide systems, ensuring scalability, security, and performance.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to recommend innovative solutions that drive business value.
• Lead architecture reviews, ensuring that solutions adhere to best practices and compliance standards.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.

Qualifications

Skills & Experience

• Senior hands-on engineering leadership experience in GCP enterprise architecture, solution architecture, software architecture
• Experience designing and modernizing complex, business-critical technology platforms.
• Strong background in retail, restaurant, hospitality, point-of-sale, payments, digital commerce, or distributed store systems.
• Demonstrated experience decomposing monolithic applications into modular or microservices-based architectures.
• Experience designing solutions across cloud, on-premises, hybrid, and edge environments.
• Strong background in APIs, event-driven architecture, distributed systems, messaging, integration, and data patterns
• Deep experience with Google Cloud Platform services including GKE, Cloud Run, Compute Engine, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Cloud Functions, and Apigee
• Working knowledge of containers, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, observability, and DevOps practices.
• Experience integrating payment terminals, store peripherals, or other hardware with enterprise applications.
• Understanding of payment security, privacy, resilience, and production-operational requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to lead design reviews, architecture governance, proof-of-concepts, and technical-risk assessments.
• Experience mentoring architects or engineers and providing technical direction across multiple teams.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience with Java and modern Java frameworks, including Spring Boot, Micronaut, or comparable technologies.
• Experience with Pub/Sub, Kafka, Cassandra, distributed messaging, or event-streaming platforms.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Ansible, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps.
• Knowledge of point-of-sale integration standards such as JPOS or OPOS.
• Experience with payment authorization, reconciliation, settlement-related processing, or acquirer integration.
• Familiarity with Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, or comparable monitoring and observability platforms.
• Experience applying Domain-Driven Design, CQRS, SOLID, test-driven development, behavior-driven development, and Agile delivery practices.
• Experience supporting technology deployed across a large distributed estate of restaurants or stores.
• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certification preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, information systems, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

Additional Information

Salary Range: $136,000 - $190,000 annual salary

The range above represents a grouping of ranges currently in use at Publicis Sapient. The actual range for this position may vary based on location and the specific skills required for the role.

An inclusive workplace that promotes diversity and collaboration.

• Access to ongoing learning and development opportunities.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Flexibility to support work-life balance.
• Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family.
• Generous paid leave and holidays.
• Wellness program and employee assistance.

As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [e-mail]

An inclusive workplace that promotes diversity and collaboration.

• Access to ongoing learning and development opportunities.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Flexibility to support work-life balance.
• Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family.
• Generous paid leave and holidays.
• Wellness program and employee assistance.

As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [e-mail]

An inclusive workplace that promotes diversity and collaboration.

• Access to ongoing learning and development opportunities.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Flexibility to support work-life balance.
• Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family.
• Generous paid leave and holidays.
• Wellness program and employee assistance.

As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [e-mail]

Company Description

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting, and customer experience with agile engineering and problem‑solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting, and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.