Strategic Enterprise Architect - Modernization & Platforms

David's Bridal; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and benefits

Autonomy in a modernizing tech org

Direct engagement with executives and技

Collaborative culture across teams

Job summary

David's Bridal is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to define and govern the technology roadmap and architectural standards across the organization. This role operates at a strategic and hands-on leadership level—partnering with business leaders, product organizations, and engineering teams to ensure technology investments align with long-term business objectives.

The ideal candidate has deep experience architecting complex ecosystems across commerce, retail operations, data platforms,

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years of architecture or senior technical leadership experience in enterprise retail or multi-channel commerce
• Experience designing and integrating large-scale systems including eCommerce, CRM, ERP, and data platforms
• Expertise in API‑first / microservices, event-driven patterns, and cloud architectures

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise architecture strategy and governance across apps, data, integrations, security, and infra
• Lead architecture oversight for major programs including digital commerce, ERP modernization, CRM evolution, and cloud adoption
• Evaluate new technologies and vendor solutions based on scalability, cost, and alignment with strategy
• Partner with product, engineering, and leadership to translate requirements into designs
• Provide architectural leadership for platform evolution including composable architectures, APIs, and event-driven systems
• Mentor engineering teams and promote consistency, patterns, and best practices

Skills

Strategic thinking

Executive influence

Hands-on leadership

Architecture governance

Documentation

Mentoring

Cloud architecture

Business outcomes focus

Tools

Shopify

CRM

ERP

OMS

POS

MuleSoft

Boomi

Azure

AWS

Azure Integration Services

Job description

David's Bridal is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to define and govern the technology roadmap and architectural standards across the organization. This role operates at a strategic and hands-on leadership level—partnering with business leaders, product organizations, and engineering teams to ensure technology investments align with long-term business objectives.

The ideal candidate has deep experience architecting complex ecosystems across commerce, retail operations, data platforms,