Information Technology - Senior Principal Enterprise Architect,Digital Commerce & Marketing Job Vancouver area,BC Canada,IT/Tech

THE ROLE

As the Senior Principal / Principal Enterprise Architect, you will:

Develop and maintain the architecture vision, strategy, and roadmap for Aritzia’s digital commerce, mobile apps, content, search, client data, POS, and omnichannel capabilities, upgrading legacy systems into cloud-native, microservices-based, and headless ecosystems

Partner strategically with business and technology leaders to shape initiatives that modernize and transform our digital and retail capabilities

Evangelize emerging technologies and industry trends, influencing Aritzia’s roadmap to maintain a competitive edge through cutting-edge solutions

Embed AI and ML capabilities into the technology ecosystem, driving automation, predictive insights, and intelligent decision-making

Translate corporate strategy into actionable technology direction and ensure architecture investments deliver tangible business value

Influence and guide solution architects and engineering teams, ensuring design consistency, scalability, and alignment with global principles

Drive modernization across retail and digital, ensuring flexibility and future-readiness

Collaborate closely with peers across the Technology Division to ensure end-to-end integration across retail and digital commerce capabilities

Facilitate knowledge sharing and collaboration through engineering communities of practice and lead the creation and adoption of engineering best practices

THE QUALIFICATIONS

The Senior Principal / Principal Enterprise Architect has proven skills, certifications, education, and/or experience:

20+ years of experience architecting and delivering technology solutions retail and digital domains

Proven leadership in cloud migrations, data integrations, Dev Ops, backend engineering, and off-the-shelf package implementations

Strong technology and engineering background, including experience with:

Commerce and digital experience architectures, including modernizing legacy eCommerce into cloud-native and headless platforms

Composable commerce (e.g., Salesforce, Commerce Cloud, Commerce tools or similar)
AWS or GCP, microservices, Spring Boot, serverless, containers (Docker/EKS), GraphQL, React, CI/CD, and IaC (Terraform)
Proficiency in enterprise data and integration patterns

Experience with retail systems, POS integration, omnichannel flows, and high-volume commerce performance patterns

Implementing a Customer Data Platform (CDP)
Deploying technology to support loyalty and membership programs

Hands-on experience with implementing modern Search platforms

Implementation of Call Center client interaction automation leveraging Agentic AI-based platforms

Integrating a Digital Asset Management (DAM) system

Modernizing content, catalog, and search platforms, leveraging AI/ML-powered search and personalization

Experience managing large budgets and leading cross-functional teams in complex, global environments

Experience in vendor relationship management, strategic planning, and stakeholder engagement

Appreciation for Aritzia’s obsession with design, quality, and excellence, and ability to translate that into technology standards and solutions that scale

A commitment to learn, apply, champion and enrich Aritzia's Values and Business and People Leadership principles

The skills to collaborate strategically with cross-functional partners in the pursuit of shared business outcomes Exceptional communication and storytelling skills, enabling complex ideas to be clearly articulated and connected to Aritzia’s purpose and strategic ambitions

The ability to set clear objectives and design a strategy that inspires the team Ability to align global architecture with business strategy and influence senior stakeholders across business and technology functions

A dedication to quality and investing in results and new business opportunities that add value

THE PERKS

Some of the industry-leading benefits you will receive working at Aritzia:

Product Discount — Maybe you’ve heard of our famous product discount? Or our exclusive private shopping events? You have now.

Baby Leave Program — We provide up to 16 weeks of paid time to support you and your growing family.

Aritzia Virtual Wellness — Because your health,…

Information Technology - Senior Principal Enterprise Architect, Digital Commerce & Marketing