Manager, Systems Architecture

Join our team at Helen of Troy and make an immediate impact on our trusted brands: OXO, Hydro Flask, Osprey, Honeywell , PUR , Braun , Vicks , Hot Tools, Drybar , Curlsmith , Revlon , and Olive & June . Together, we build innovative and useful products that elevate people's lives everywhere, every day.

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Position:
Manager, Systems Architecture Department: ITWhat you will be doing:

As Manager, Systems Architecture, you will serve as a key technical leader across our global Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) ecosystem, partnering closely with the Director, Systems Architecture to shape and execute our technology strategy. You’ll lead the design and evolution of scalable, secure, and high-performing ecommerce solutions supporting iconic brands like Hydro Flask, OXO, Osprey, Drybar, Revlon, and more.

This role sits at the center of our digital platform—collaborating across backend, frontend, integration, Dev Ops, and analytics teams to ensure cohesive, future-ready architecture.

Architecture Leadership & Design Design and own end-to-end technical architecture across backend, frontend, integration, Dev Ops, and analytics layers

Translate business requirements into technical specifications, architecture diagrams, and cohesive solution designs

Produce and maintain clear architecture documentation (e.g., Confluence) to support engineering and business alignment

Evaluate and recommend technology solutions and integration patterns

Provide effort sizing and high-level estimation for architectural deliverables

Ensure all solutions are scalable, secure, performant, and maintainable

Standards, Governance & Quality Lead architecture reviews across all DTC engineering teams

Define, document, and enforce architectural standards, patterns, and guardrails

Conduct code and design reviews to ensure architectural alignment and consistency

Enforce best practices across backend, frontend, integration, Dev Ops, and analytics teams

Identify, manage, and drive down technical debt while promoting long-term platform health

Cross-Team Collaboration & Delivery Partner closely with engineering managers, lead engineers, and cross-functional teams across the DTC ecosystem

Resolve cross-cutting technical dependencies and design conflicts between teams

Coordinate architectural decisions spanning multiple teams, systems, and product lines

Represent the architecture function in project discovery, planning, and stakeholder communications

Ensure architectural decisions support delivery timelines, budgets, and business goals

Platform Strategy & Innovation Contribute to and help shape the multi-year DTC technology roadmap

Drive modernization initiatives, platform upgrades, and migration strategies

Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption where impactful

Assess cost, risk, and ROI trade-offs for key architectural decisions

Operational Excellence Act as the architectural escalation point for complex, cross-team production and design issues

Lead root cause analysis for incidents with architectural impact and implement systemic improvements to prevent recurrence

Safeguard platform stability, scalability, and reliability across global ecommerce systems

Mentorship & Influence Mentor engineers and engineering managers on architectural thinking and design principles

Coach and develop lead engineers into future architects

Identify skill gaps and help build targeted training and development plans

Foster a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement across distributed teams

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field
10+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years in solution or systems architecture5+ years of experience architecting Adobe Commerce (Magento
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