USA remote
Enterprise Architect - Hands On - Remote
About this role
From Aisle to Algorithm and for All Life’s Moments, at David’s Bridal, we empower our customers and our employees to stay true to their dreams and find the one, whether that means the event or the wedding dress that matches a personal style—or the career that is a perfect fit. Join a company that dominates the products in their category – 1 out of 3 being sold by them and taking care of them with one of the highest customer service scores in retail! If you are passionately enthusiastic, endlessly curious, and customer obsessed, say “I do” and apply today! About the Role David’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.