Distinguished Architect - Enterprise Data & Integration

Redwood City, CA, United States

Fanatics Commerce is the global leader in licensed sports merchandise, operating a vertically integrated platform that designs, manufactures, and delivers officially licensed apparel, jerseys, headwear, and collectibles for major leagues, teams, and events worldwide. With more than 900 e-commerce sites and a global omnichannel presence across digital, in-venue, and retail, Fanatics Commerce reaches fans in over 180 countries and powers official fan experiences for many of the world's most iconic sports properties.

At Fanatics, we bring our BOLD Leadership Principles to life every day - building championship teams, obsessing over fans, acting with entrepreneurial speed, and delivering with a determined and relentless mindset.

Fanatics Commerce is the global leader in licensed sports merchandise, operating a vertically integrated platform that designs, manufactures, and delivers officially licensed apparel, jerseys, headwear, and collectibles for major leagues, teams, and events worldwide. With more than 900 e-commerce sites and a global omnichannel presence across digital, in-venue, and retail, Fanatics Commerce reaches fans in over 180 countries and powers official fan experiences for many of the world's most iconic sports properties.

At Fanatics, we bring our BOLD Leadership Principles to life every day—building championship teams, obsessing over fans, acting with limitless entrepreneurial spirit, and delivering with a determined and relentless mindset.

As we continue to scale our global platform, the Distinguished Architect, Enterprise Data & Integration will play a critical role in setting enterprise data and integration architecture direction across direct-to-consumer, wholesale, manufacturing, and fulfillment at Fanatics Commerce.

Fanatics Commerce is hiring a Distinguished Architect to set the direction for enterprise data and integration architecture across the company, reporting to the VP, Architecture, with accountability spanning canonical business entity models, operational integrations connecting transactional systems, and analytical data flows that support how the business is measured and run. Fanatics Commerce operates at significant scale across a systems landscape built through both organic growth and acquisition, and this role partners with engineering, product, and data leaders to shape platform investments advancing that architecture — including the ERP modernization program, the continued evolution of data platforms, and AI-driven enablement across commerce and supply chain.

The Distinguished Architect, Enterprise Data & Integration delivers business and fan impact through BOLD leadership and execution excellence, leveraging data, automation, and AI-enabled insights.

Success is measured by the ability to deliver results through BOLD capabilities and measurable outcomes.

Team & Leadership Impact (Build Championship Teams)

Cross-Functional Leadership:

• Partner with engineering, product, and data leaders to set architectural direction for data and integration platforms, shape major platform transitions, and make the technical and economic case behind vendor and build decisions across Fanatics Commerce.
• Serve as a primary voice for architecture to the engineering organization and a trusted partner to leaders across technology and the business, representing Fanatics architecture externally through speaking, writing, and participation in public forums.
• Contribute to enterprise architecture by bringing sound judgment to application, platform, and security design decisions across the broader technology organization.
• Mentor senior and principal architects, raising the standard of architectural practice and enabling…