Vacancy
Enterprise Architect – Enterprise Architecture
Location:
Other, Central Europe
Seniority:
Lead
Technologies:
Management

Join a leading jewelry brand as we redefine the shopping experience for millions of customers, creating intimacy at scale for our consumers & shoppers. The innovative spirit and commitment to craftsmanship have fueled our growth, and we're now looking for a visionary Enterprise Architect to steer our Enterprise Architecture efforts. 

We invite you to bring your skills and passion to our team as an Enterprise Architect and play a key role in shaping our technology landscape.

You establish enterprise-wide architecture principles, architecture patterns, enterprise architecture framework, design principles, governance, etc. You will also be a key player in defining the architecture review process and enterprise-wide topics like data & integration reference architecture, agentic SDLC standards.

This role will be crucial in facilitating strategic & tactical technology decisions and resolving conflicts on architecture-related matters across organizational domains on common foundational topics: data exchange ecosystems, data movements, hosting strategy, etc. You will also be responsible for driving next-generation architecture and its linking with new corporate strategy.

As an enterprise architect, you will partner closely with other architects from all domains, solutions architects &  lead engineers, executives, and product management to solve complex problems and deliver mission-critical services that work at scale across the globe. 

  • Develop and maintain AS-IS view, in-transit view, and target enterprise architecture view for all transformation programs, impacting the digital ecosystem at a high level. Tech architecture and application architecture holistic view, partnering with enterprise architects of domains

  • Play a critical role as the glue between engineering and business & senior stakeholders, and interface both sides

  • Design enterprise architecture review process and tools for faster architecture reviews for different transformations

  • Develop architecture principles and software development guidelines and standards including agentic SDLC

  • Define tech debt management framework

  • Define enterprise tooling strategy for SDLC, software asset management, and hardware asset management

  • Participate in the discovery phase of large-scale transformation programs along with the portfolio management team to help identify dependencies in domains

  • Lead cross-functional teams to drive an architecture decision, to critical problem statements, facilitate consensus building among engineers, product managers and architects from all domains 

  • This role will be part of the tech strategy & architecture leadership team, and will also engage proactively with tech foundation directors to connect strategic ambitions with tech ambitions

  • Serve as a thought leader in adopting new technologies and frameworks, conducting research, and evaluating emerging trends to keep our architecture future-ready

  • Mentor junior architects and engineers, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous learning within the team

  • Contribute to open source, community projects, and engineering standards

  • Proven experience as an enterprise architect or in a similar leadership role within enterprise architecture, preferably in a large-scale retail or related industry 

  • Proficiency in modern architectural patterns related to application development, engineering practices, integrations, data & hosting

  • Excellent structuring skills and presentation skills to translate complex digital ecosystem into audience-friendly format

  • Excellent communication skills to present topics depending on the audience, to land the message effectively 

  • Proficiency in architecture frameworks (TOGAF, IAF)

  • Proficiency in business architecture, data architecture, applications architecture, and technology architecture

  • Excellent knowledge of software engineering best practices, including agile and DevOps methodologies

  • Experience working with major Public Cloud Providers like Azure, including using Infrastructure-as-Code

  • Experience in new-era agentic SDLC solutions like Claude, Devin, GitHub Copilot

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to make data-driven decisions

  • Effective communication and leadership skills, with experience managing teams in dynamic environments

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Benefits:
  • Paid Vacation
  • Sick Days
  • Floating Holidays
  • Sport/Insurance Compensation
  • English Classes
  • Charity
  • Training Compensation
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Benefits:
  • Paid Vacation
  • Sick Days
  • Floating Holidays
  • Sport/Insurance Compensation
  • English Classes
  • Charity
  • Training Compensation
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