Enterprise Architect - Hands On Role
About the RoleDavid’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, operational scalability, and modernization initiatives.The ideal candidate has deep experience architecting complex ecosystems across commerce, retail operations, data platforms, digital engagement, and enterprise systems.
Key Responsibilities
Define and maintain the enterprise architecture strategy, ensuring technology decisions align with business growth, modernization priorities, and operational resilience
Build and manage enterprise-wide architecture frameworks across applications, data, integrations, security, and infrastructure.
Own and evolve architectural governance processes, technology standards, reference architectures, and documentation.
Lead architecture oversight for major programs including digital commerce (Shopify), ERP modernization, CRM evolution, data platform modernization, BI/analytics lifecycle, and cloud adoption.
Evaluate and approve new technologies, vendor solutions, integrations, and modernization initiatives based on scalability, cost, alignment, and future-state direction.
Partner with product, engineering, and leadership teams to translate requirements into high-level and detailed technical design.
Provide architectural leadership in platform evolution including composable architecture, microservices, APIs, event-driven systems, and cloud infrastructure.
Serve as a technical advisor to senior leadership on technology investments, system interdependencies, and risk management.
Mentor engineering and architecture talent, fostering consistency, reusability, and best practices across teams.
Core Requirements
8–12+ years of architecture or senior technical leadership experience, ideally in enterprise retail or multi-channel commerce environments.
Strong background designing and integrating large-scale systems including:
Shopify or enterprise eCommerce platforms
CRM, ERP, OMS, POS, and fulfillment systems
Data platforms (Snowflake, SQL Server, Power BI ecosystem)
Proven expertise with modern architecture patterns:
API-first / microservices
Event-driven or pub/sub integration
Cloud architecture (Azure or AWS preferred)
Composable or MACH frameworks strongly beneficial
Experience developing architecture governance models, standards, and architecture roadmaps.
Strong understanding of privacy, regulatory compliance, identity management, and security frameworks (SOC2, PCI, GDPR, CCPA).
Demonstrated ability to evaluate vendor platforms, make build-vs-buy decisions, and lead enterprise technology selection.
Preferred Experience
Experience modernizing legacy or monolithic retail environments to cloud-first, API-driven models.
Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD, secure SDLC, observability, and automation frameworks.
Experience with enterprise integration platforms (e.g., MuleSoft, Boomi, Azure Integration Services, or equivalent)
Business architecture knowledge including process mapping, enterprise capability modeling, and operational workflow design.
Who You Are
A strategic thinker with the ability to operate hands-on when needed.
A strong communicator capable of influencing executives, engineers, and business teams.
Able to simplify complex systems into actionable, scalable architecture.
Focused on business outcomes—not just technical correctness.
A leader who values documentation, patterns, and predictable execution.
What We Offer
Competitive compensation and benefits package.
A critical leadership role shaping the future technology foundation of David’s Bridal.
Autonomy and influence in a modernizing and forward-thinking technology organization.
Collaborative culture with direct engagement across executive and technical teams.