Architect - Enterprise Apps

One of North America's largest and most recognized omnichannel retail organizations is looking for a highly strategic Principal Enterprise Architect.

Title: Enterprise Architecture- OMNI ( Consultant)

Duration: 12-month contract

Location: San Francisco, CA (Onsite)

Pay Range: $100/hour - $105/hour on w2

Job Profile Summary:

• As a senior leader within the Enterprise Architecture Group under the CTO Organization, the Principal Enterprise Architect - Connected Commerce / OMNI-Channel & AI will drive the vision, design, and execution of an integrated technology architecture that powers seamless, intelligent, and personalized customer experiences across all digital and physical touchpoints.
• This role spans strategic domains-Digital, Retail Stores, Supply Chain, Customer Data, eCommerce, Marketing, and Fulfillment-and serves as a critical change agent, enabling Connected and Agentic Commerce. The architect will influence enterprise-wide technology modernization, blueprints, and AI-driven commerce initiatives to unlock growth, improve customer satisfaction, and drive operational efficiency.
• This position plays a pivotal role in integrating AI-powered decisioning, personalization, and commerce agents into the technology landscape to support proactive, autonomous, and context-aware experiences.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect future-ready, omnichannel commerce platforms supporting unified experiences such as BOPIS, Same-day Delivery, and Endless Aisle.
• Design intelligent, AI-augmented experiences that integrate predictive personalization, dynamic pricing, virtual styling, conversational commerce, and autonomous checkout journeys.
• Champion the use of Agentic Commerce patterns-autonomous shopping agents, proactive assistant bots, and AI-driven fulfillment orchestration-to create frictionless, next-gen shopping experiences.
• Integrate commerce ecosystems with real-time decision engines, customer data platforms (CDPs), recommendation systems, and AI models to drive adaptive journeys.
• Partner with product, engineering, and data science teams to implement AI across the customer lifecycle-from acquisition and engagement to loyalty and retention.
• Define architectural principles to scale AI/ML use cases, leveraging cloud-native platforms (GCP, AWS), serverless models, and data mesh strategies.
• Ensure architecture enables real-time signals processing (e.g., clickstream, IoT, POS), contextual understanding, and action-triggering across commerce surfaces.
• Lead architectural reviews and governance for AI-based and connected commerce projects.
• Guide experimentation with GenAI, LLMs, and autonomous agents in commerce, marketing, and fulfillment use cases.
• Collaborate with data, privacy, and compliance teams to align AI-powered experiences with data governance and ethical AI frameworks.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field; Master's preferred.

• 10+ years of architecture leadership, with at least 5+ years in commerce or omnichannel transformation roles.

• Demonstrated experience architecting and delivering commerce platforms across:

• Headless eCommerce (Shopify, Salesforce Commerce, etc.)

• Digital Experience Platforms (CMS, DAM, PIM)

• Customer Data Platforms (CDPs), Loyalty & Personalization Engines

• Retail POS, OMS, and Fulfillment Systems

• Deep knowledge of cloud-native architectures, microservices, event-driven systems (Kafka, GCP Pub/Sub), and serverless patterns.

• Experience integrating AI/ML services into customer-facing applications, preferably in real-time or large-scale environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Agentic AI frameworks or commerce focused LLMs.
• Familiarity with AI platforms like Vertex AI, Amazon Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, or similar.
• Working knowledge of data pipelines, model deployment (MLOps), and experimentation platforms.
• Exposure to composable commerce and MACH (Microservices, API-first, Cloud-native, Headless) architecture.
• Retail, Client, or DTC brand experience with personalization and omnichannel engagement initiatives.

Russell Tobin is a leading minority-owned professional and technical recruitment and staffing advisory organization. We are comprised of specialized practices focusing on a variety of skill sets and industries. Having a depth and breadth of industry expertise, our subject matter experts are able to provide tailored and swift sourcing solutions to fulfill client hiring needs. In other words, we connect top talent with companies. We are the staffing arm of the Pride Global network, a minority-owned integrated human capital solutions firm, with additional offerings in vendor management, payroll programs, and business process optimization.

Russell Tobin offers eligible employee's comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance, and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Russell Tobin is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of the race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Fair Chance Employment

Russell Tobin is a Fair Chance employer. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local Fair Chance laws and ordinances, including, the California Fair Chance Act and all applicable local Fair Chance ordinances.

Accommodation

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation for applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of this role, please contact us.

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