About the RoleDavid's Bridal is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to define and govern the technology roadmap and architectural standards across the organization. This role operates at a strategic and hands-on leadership level-partnering with business leaders, product organizations, and engineering teams to ensure technology investments align with long-term business objectives, operational scalability, and modernization initiatives.
The ideal candidate has deep experience architecting complex ecosystems across commerce, retail operations, data platforms, digital engagement, and enterprise systems.
Key Responsibilities- Define and maintain the enterprise architecture strategy, ensuring technology decisions align with business growth, modernization priorities, and operational resilience
- Build and manage enterprise-wide architecture frameworks across applications, data, integrations, security, and infrastructure.
- Own and evolve architectural governance processes, technology standards, reference architectures, and documentation.
- Lead architecture oversight for major programs including digital commerce (Shopify), ERP modernization, CRM evolution, data platform modernization, BI/analytics lifecycle, and cloud adoption.
- Evaluate and approve new technologies, vendor solutions, integrations, and modernization initiatives based on scalability, cost, alignment, and future-state direction.
- Partner with product, engineering, and leadership teams to translate requirements into high-level and detailed technical design.
- Provide architectural leadership in platform evolution including composable architecture, microservices, APIs, event-driven systems, and cloud infrastructure.
- Serve as a technical advisor to senior leadership on technology investments, system interdependencies, and risk management.
- Mentor engineering and architecture talent, fostering consistency, reusability, and best practices across teams.
Core Requirements- 8-12+ years of architecture or senior technical leadership experience, ideally in enterprise retail or multi-channel commerce environments.
- Strong background designing and integrating large-scale systems including:
- Shopify or enterprise eCommerce platforms
- CRM, ERP, OMS, POS, and fulfillment systems
- Data platforms (Snowflake, SQL Server, Power BI ecosystem)
- Proven expertise with modern architecture patterns:
- API-first / microservices
- Event-driven or pub/sub integration
- Cloud architecture (Azure or AWS preferred)
- Composable or MACH frameworks strongly beneficial
- Experience developing architecture governance models, standards, and architecture roadmaps.
- Strong understanding of privacy, regulatory compliance, identity management, and security frameworks (SOC2, PCI, GDPR, CCPA).
- Demonstrated ability to evaluate vendor platforms, make build-vs-buy decisions, and lead enterprise technology selection.
Preferred Experience- Experience modernizing legacy or monolithic retail environments to cloud-first, API-driven models.
- Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD, secure SDLC, observability, and automation frameworks.
- Experience with enterprise integration platforms (e.g., MuleSoft, Boomi, Azure Integration Services, or equivalent)
- Business architecture knowledge including process mapping, enterprise capability modeling, and operational workflow design.
Who You Are- A strategic thinker with the ability to operate hands-on when needed.
- A strong communicator capable of influencing executives, engineers, and business teams.
- Able to simplify complex systems into actionable, scalable architecture.
- Focused on business outcomes-not just technical correctness.
- A leader who values documentation, patterns, and predictable execution.
What We Offer- Competitive compensation and benefits package.
- A critical leadership role shaping the future technology foundation of David's Bridal.
- Autonomy and influence in a modernizing and forward-thinking technology organization.
- Collaborative culture with direct engagement across executive and technical teams.
Full Time Opportunity - A comprehensive benefits package is available.
- Rewarding Environment and Competitive Pay
- Generous Dream Maker Discount After First Pay Period
- Referral Incentive Program
- Dayforce Wallet - Get Paid Early!
- Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
- 401K Program
- Paid Vacation, Wellness Days & Holidays, including your Birthday off!
- Pet Benefits
