Senior Solution Architect – Global DTC Technology

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We are seeking an experienced Solution Architect to support end-to-end architecture across PUMAs global DTC technology this role you will ensure scalable stable and future-proof architecture decisions across digital and physical touchpoints. You will advise and enable Product and Project Teams by aligning business strategy product roadmaps and technology architecture while ensuring high solution quality strong non-functional standards and sustainable platform evolution. Acting as an architectural authority for strategic initiatives you will help guide the structured evolution and expansion of PUMAs global technology ecosystem.

Role:

• Support with end-to-end solution architecture across the global DTC technology landscape

• Ensure scalable stable and future-proof architecture decisions across digital and physical touchpoints

• Advise and enables PUMAs Product and Project Teams

• Alignment between business strategy product roadmaps and technology architecture while governing solution quality non-functional requirements and long-term platform evolution.

• Enable structured evolution and expansion of the technology stack

Key Responsibilities

• Design and own end-to-end solution architectures for strategic initiatives across digital channels retail systems core platforms integrations and data.

• Define architecture artifacts such as high-level architecture diagrams design documents data models and system interaction maps.

• Define integration patterns (API-first event-driven modular cloud-native architectures).

• Define and validate non-functional requirements including performance security scalability compliance resilience and failure handling.

• Participate in discovery workshops architecture reviews and impact assessments.

• Advise squads lead design reviews and document key architecture decisions.

• Contribute to architecture governance and technology evaluations.

• Ensure architectural consistency scalability and long-term sustainability.

• Collaborate with Platform DevOps and SRE teams to ensure operational readiness scalability and reliable platform operations.

• Act as key interface between Product Engineering Delivery Platform teams and Management.

• Ensure adherence to security standards data privacy requirements and regulatory compliance.

Key Requirements:

• 8 years of experience in solution or system architecture within complex IT environments

• Experience in DTC eCommerce retail or omnichannel environments

• Strong understanding of integration architectures and modern engineering practices

• Experience working in global matrix organizations

• Strong communicator bridging business and engineering teams

• Structured pragmatic decision-oriented and governance-aware working style

Technology Scope

Strong understanding of:

• Microservices and distributed systems

• Digital channels (web app commerce capabilities)

• Retail and store systems (POS omnichannel integrations)

• Core platforms (order management payments CRM data platforms)

• Integration layer (APIs event-driven architectures middleware)

• Cloud infrastructure DevOps CI/CD and release management

• Observability and operational architecture principles

• Security concepts (OAuth2 SSO CIAM).

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employees worldwide.