Solutions Architect

Location:
Pleasanton, CA

Duration: 6-Month Contract

We are seeking an experienced Solution Architect to lead the design and delivery of scalable, cloud‑native enterprise solutions supporting retail planning and merchandising capabilities. This role will partner closely with business stakeholders, product managers, and engineering teams to architect modern platforms that drive digital transformation across planning, allocation, forecasting, and inventory optimization functions.

The ideal candidate will possess strong expertise in distributed systems, cloud technologies, integration architecture, and retail domain processes, along with the ability to influence technical strategy and mentor engineering teams.

• Design end‑to‑end architecture solutions for retail planning platforms including Merchandise Financial Planning (MFP), Assortment Planning, Buy Planning, Allocation, and Inventory Management.
• Collaborate with business, product, and engineering teams to align architecture with strategic business goals.
• Lead technical solution design reviews and provide architectural guidance to development teams.
• Develop scalable, secure, and high‑performing applications using modern architecture principles such as microservices, event‑driven architecture, and Domain‑Driven Design (DDD).
• Drive cloud‑native adoption using Azure and/or GCP, containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and Dev Ops best practices.
• Architect integrations using REST APIs, Graph
  
  QL, Kafka, Rabbit
  
  MQ, and ETL/data pipelines.
• Evaluate and recommend technologies, frameworks, tools, and vendor solutions.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise architecture standards, governance, security, and data management practices.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, code reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to improve system reliability, scalability, maintainability, and performance.

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with at least 3 years in Solution Architecture or Enterprise Architecture roles.
• Strong experience designing distributed enterprise systems using Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture.
• Hands‑on expertise with cloud platforms such as Azure and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experience with event‑driven systems and messaging technologies including Kafka and Rabbit
  
  MQ.
• Deep understanding of integration architectures including REST APIs and Graph
  
  QL.
• Knowledge of retail planning and merchandising workflows such as preseason planning, in‑season planning, allocation, and open‑to‑buy processes.
• Experience with relational and No
  
  SQL/document databases.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.

• Experience with Databricks, Snowflake, or modern data platforms.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Terraform, ARM templates, etc.).
• Exposure to AI/ML use cases in retail forecasting, personalization, or inventory optimization.
• Experience evaluating SaaS platforms and vendor solutions.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and Dev Ops culture.

• 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.