Solutions Architect

Base pay range

$80.00/hr - $100.00/hr

Solution Architect

Location
:
Pleasanton, CA - Onsite

Duration
: 6+ Months with Possible Extension

Pay Range
: $80 - $100/hr on W2

• Architect End-to-End Solutions: Design scalable, resilient, and secure systems supporting Digital Product Creation, Merchandise Financial Planning (MFP), Assortment Planning, Buy Planning, and Allocation.
• Stakeholder
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Partner with business, product, and engineering teams to align solution architectures with strategic objectives.
• Technical Leadership: Provide hands-on guidance to engineering teams, conduct design and code reviews, and promote best practices in development and Dev Ops.
• Integration & Data Strategy: Ensure robust integration via REST APIs, Graph
  
  QL, event-driven messaging (e.g., Kafka, Rabbit
  
  MQ), and secure ETL pipelines while enforcing data governance and compliance.
• Technology Evaluation: Assess and recommend tools, platforms, and vendors to meet evolving architectural and business needs.
• Cloud-Native Enablement: Promote modern software paradigms such as microservices, 12-factor app design, containers, and CI/CD pipelines using Azure and/or GCP.
• Governance & Compliance: Ensure architectural compliance with enterprise standards and contribute to architecture review boards.
• Pre-Sales & Vendor Engagement: Support RFIs, RFPs, and vendor evaluations by articulating architectural strategies and solution benefits.

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 3 years in solution or enterprise architecture.
• Deep knowledge of retail planning workflows including preseason planning, in-season management, open-to-buy, and store clustering.
• Proven expertise in designing distributed systems using Domain-Driven Design (DDD), event-driven architecture, and technologies such as Java, Spring Boot, RDBMS, and document databases.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms such as Azure and/or GCP.
• Solid understanding of integration protocols and architectures (REST, Graph
  
  QL, Kafka, Rabbit
  
  MQ).
• Excellent communication and leadership skills with a demonstrated ability to influence both technical and business stakeholders.

• Experience with data platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, or similar.
• Familiarity with modern Dev Ops practices and tooling (CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code).
• Knowledge of AI/ML applications in retail forecasting, inventory optimization, or personalization.
• Experience in vendor and SaaS solution evaluation and integration.

• Pride Global offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance, and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance, and employee discounts with preferred vendors.

Mid-Senior level

Contract

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries:
Retail Apparel and Fashion