Principal Enterprise Architect
Deckers Outdoor Corporation24 hours ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
Base Salary
$155k - $209k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define and communicate enterprise-wide architecture vision and roadmaps for DTC commerce and AI.
- Own target architecture spanning ecommerce, order management, inventory, payments, customer data, loyalty, content, search, personalization, marketplaces, and fulfillment.
- Establish architecture governance, AI use-case review, responsible-AI controls, and production-readiness standards.
- Design shared AI platform capabilities including model access, orchestration, RAG, vector and feature stores, agent management, evaluation, guardrails, cost controls, and observability.
- Drive MACH-based commerce modernization and API-first, event-driven integration across enterprise and external platforms.
- Oversee data architecture and governance to ensure DTC and AI data is trusted, discoverable, secure, and compliant.
- Collaborate with executives and senior stakeholders to prioritize strategic architecture initiatives and track performance indicators.
- Lead and mentor architects, engineers, and AI practitioners while monitoring emerging technologies and industry trends.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent applicable industry experience; a master’s degree is a plus.
- At least 8 years of enterprise or solution architecture experience in retail, fashion, or consumer goods, including deep DTC ecommerce, order management, customer data, and integration expertise.
- At least 3 years of hands-on experience architecting production AI and machine learning solutions, including generative AI and large language model applications.
- Experience implementing MACH and composable commerce architectures using microservices, API integration, cloud-native environments, and iPaaS platforms such as Boomi.
- Experience leading large-scale commerce modernization and AI adoption programs across global products and regional strategies.
- Experience evaluating AI and commerce vendors for capability fit, total cost of ownership, lock-in, security, and roadmap risk.
- Extensive multi-cloud architecture knowledge with AWS required, including scalability, security, and cloud architecture best practices.
- Strong knowledge of AI/ML architecture, LLMs, RAG, agents, vector databases, model evaluation, MLOps, LLMOps, guardrails, and responsible AI.
- Proficiency across DTC technology domains including ecommerce, OMS, CDP, loyalty, personalization, and payment platforms.
- Strong data architecture, data governance, large-scale data processing, enterprise integration, and interoperability experience, including familiarity with Oracle EBS, PLM, and PIM.
- Ability to produce reference architectures, decision records, and solution blueprints and communicate complex concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strategic, analytical, pragmatic, adaptable, detail-oriented, and collaborative leadership approach.
Benefits
- Competitive pay and bonus programs.
- Financial planning and wellbeing programs supporting income protection, expenses, and investing.
- Time-away programs supporting family needs, health, and recharging.
- Employee discounts, community-based programs, and other perks.
- Personal and professional growth and development opportunities.
- Comprehensive health and wellness programs.
- Remote work within approved US states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Texas, and Wisconsin.
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About Deckers Outdoor Corporation
Deckers Outdoor Corporation (Deckers Brands) designs, markets, and distributes footwear, apparel, and accessories for lifestyle and performance consumers, selling through direct-to-consumer e-commerce and retail stores as well as wholesale partners. Its portfolio includes UGG, HOKA, and Teva. Founded in 1973 and headquartered in Goleta, California, Deckers is a public company traded on the NYSE.