Senior Solution Architect

EPAM Systems is seeking a Senior Solution Architect, Retail Product & Digital Commerce to lead solution architecture initiatives for a large-scale Product Data Transformation program within a leading omnichannel retailer.

In this role, you will serve as EPAM's architecture lead, working closely with business and technology stakeholders to modernize the product data lifecycle, including vendor onboarding, product enrichment, content authoring, digital asset management, governance, and publishing processes.

The program focuses on replacing legacy on-premises platforms with modern cloud-native and SaaS solutions, including Syndigo, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), SAP Commerce Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.

You will design and guide enterprise-scale solutions across retail merchandising, product information management, digital commerce, content management, and system integration domains. The role requires close collaboration with client leadership, architecture teams, and delivery organizations while supporting the evolution of retail and e-commerce capabilities across multiple business functions.

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Responsibilities

• Lead solution architecture activities for product data, merchandising, and digital commerce initiatives
• Contribute to the target-state architecture for the product data lifecycle, including vendor onboarding, item setup, enrichment, governance, approval workflows, and publishing processes
• Design and optimize vendor integration solutions, including onboarding, validation, and data exchange frameworks
• Define product data governance approaches, including taxonomy management, classification models, attribute structures, data quality controls, stewardship processes, and approval workflows
• Design solutions for content authoring, digital asset management, and product content distribution, including imagery, video, rich media, multilingual content, and supporting workflows
• Design and oversee integrations between product information platforms, e-commerce systems, ERP solutions, store systems, and other enterprise applications
• Identify opportunities to leverage AI and Generative AI capabilities for product content creation, translation, classification, image tagging, attribute extraction, and data quality automation
• Support migration initiatives from legacy platforms, including coexistence strategies, data migration, cutover planning, and decommissioning activities
• Review existing architectures, identify risks and gaps, and provide recommendations aligned with business and technology objectives
• Design and oversee implementation of APIs, event-driven integrations, data platforms, services, interfaces, and batch or near-real-time processing solutions on Microsoft Azure
• Integrate SaaS platforms with hybrid and on-premises enterprise ecosystems while ensuring scalability, reliability, observability, and performance during peak retail demand periods
• Produce architecture deliverables including solution blueprints, integration designs, sequence diagrams, architecture decision records, and technology roadmaps
• Participate in architecture governance processes and provide technical leadership throughout the solution lifecycle
• Apply security, privacy, compliance, and enterprise architecture best practices
• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to translate complex technical concepts into practical business solutions
• Provide architectural guidance and mentorship to delivery teams while supporting successful solution implementation and go-live activities
• Build trusted relationships with business and technology stakeholders and provide architectural leadership across retail and digital commerce initiatives

Requirements

• 10+ years of technology experience, including 5+ years in Solution Architecture roles
• Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale solutions in Retail, E-Commerce, Grocery, CPG, Distribution, or similar consumer-focused industries
• Strong understanding of the end-to-end product data lifecycle, including product creation, enrichment, governance, syndication, and publishing processes
• Hands-on architecture experience with Product Information Management (PIM), Product Content Management, or Enterprise Commerce platforms, including Syndigo, Salsify, Stibo STEP, inRiver, Akeneo, Informatica PIM, SAP MDG, SAP Commerce Cloud, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Adobe Commerce, or commercetools, as well as the design of upstream product data integrations supporting product content and catalog management
• Strong experience in integration architecture, including API-first, event-driven, batch, and file-based integration patterns
• Experience designing cloud-native solutions on Microsoft Azure (or equivalent experience on another major cloud platform)
• Strong understanding of data modelling, relational and non-relational databases, and data quality management approaches
• Experience creating architecture artifacts, technical roadmaps, and governance documentation
• Proven ability to communicate technical concepts to business stakeholders and executive leadership
• Strong stakeholder management, consulting, and client-facing communication skills
• Ability to drive architectural decisions and guide delivery teams through implementation
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience

Nice to have

• Experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM Assets, AEM Sites), Adobe Workfront, or similar DAM and content management platforms
• Experience with search and discovery solutions, including indexing, faceted navigation, relevance tuning, and personalization
• Practical experience applying AI and Generative AI to product content management, merchandising, or data quality initiatives
• Knowledge of merchandising, assortment planning, pricing, inventory, and supply chain systems
• Experience with marketplaces, retail media platforms, loyalty solutions, and omnichannel fulfillment capabilities such as BOPIS and ship-from-store
• Knowledge of store operations and POS integrations
• Experience supporting multilingual product content and multi-brand or franchise operating models
• Relevant certifications such as Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect, TOGAF, SAP Commerce, AEM, or PIM platform certifications

We offer

• Extended Healthcare with Prescription Drugs, Dental and Vision, and Healthcare Spending Account (Company Paid)

• Life and AD&D Insurance (Company Paid)

• Employee Assistance Program (Company Paid)

• Telehealth (Company Paid)

• Short-term Disability (Company Paid)

• Long-Term Disability

• Paid Time Off (including vacation and sick days)

• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with Company match

• Maternity/Parental/Adoption Leave Top-up

• Employee Stock Purchase Program

• Critical Illness Insurance

• Employee Discounts

• Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions

The recruiting efforts for this position are intended to fill an existing vacancy for a new position.

EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our clients, our employees, and our communities. We embrace a dynamic and inclusive culture. Here you will collaborate with multi-national teams, contribute to a myriad of innovative projects that deliver the most creative and cutting-edge solutions, and have an opportunity to continuously learn and grow. No matter where you are located, you will join a dedicated, creative, and diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential.
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