Principal Enterprise Architect

At Deckers Brands, Together, Every Step is a promise kept that every employee can bring their authentic self, is valued and supported, as a whole person, at work and beyond. Together, Every Step is how we continue to deliver exceptional business results, experience an amazing place to work, and have a positive impact on the communities and world around us.

Interested applicants must reside in one of the following approved states:
Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Texas, Wisconsin

As Principal Enterprise Architect, AI and DTC Technology, you will shape the architecture powering Deckers’ consumer-facing platforms and build the foundations for practical, governed, and measurable AI across our business. You’ll work across brands, regions, and technology teams to define a composable DTC architecture and a shared AI platform, balancing enterprise-wide standards with the flexibility needed for innovation. Your vision and technical leadership will empower the business, manage risk, and support operational excellence.

• Develop and articulate a clear, enterprise-wide architectural vision for DTC commerce and AI, aligning with Deckers' business goals and focusing on consumer experience, agility, scalability, and innovation.
• Define and enforce architecture governance policies and standards across all brands and regions, including an AI review process for use-case approval, risk, and production readiness.
• Create and maintain a multiyear DTC and AI architecture roadmap with clear milestones, dependencies, risks, and ownership.
• Own the target architecture for the DTC landscape, ensuring seamless cross-platform functionality and data flow across ecommerce, OMS, inventory orchestration, payments, CDP, loyalty, content management, search and personalization, marketplaces, and fulfillment.
• Champion MACH principles (Microservices, API-first, Cloud-native, Headless) to create a flexible and composable commerce architecture.
• Drive modernization of legacy commerce and integration systems to modern, cloud-based, API-driven architectures.
• Define the enterprise AI reference architecture and shared AI platform, covering model access, orchestration, RAG, vector and feature stores, prompt and agent management, evaluation, guardrails, cost controls, and observability.
• Establish responsible‑AI controls, including use-case approval, bias and safety evaluation, human oversight, privacy, data residency, model risk management, and regulatory compliance.
• Define API-first and event-driven integration patterns across commerce platforms, marketplaces, payment providers, 3PLs, marketing technology, and customer service tools.
• Oversee data architecture and governance for DTC and AI, ensuring data is trusted, discoverable, secure, and compliant.
• Collaborate with executive leadership and senior stakeholders to prioritize architectural initiatives that deliver strategic impact and operational efficiency.
• Lead and mentor architects, engineers, and AI practitioners, fostering a collaborative environment that emphasizes innovation, excellence, and best practices.
• Define and track key performance indicators for DTC architecture and AI initiatives, reporting progress to senior management and monitoring emerging technologies and industry trends.

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