Macy's is looking to align technology initiatives with business outcomes through strategic partnership and technical leadership, focusing on designing software solutions and integrating patterns and technologies to connect them.
Requirements
- Application Architecture Mastery – Deep experience designing scalable, reliable, and secure applications, services, microservices, and integration patterns.
- Cloud Architecture – Proven track record of cloud adoption/migration (especially to GCP), including knowledge of serverless architecture and cloud-native services.
- API & Event-Driven Architecture – Expert understanding of designing and governing APIs and event-based systems.
- Microservices & Modern Integration – Familiarity with microservices patterns, API gateways, service meshes, and event streaming platforms like Kafka.
- Application Portfolio Rationalization – Experience assessing legacy applications and reducing technical debt and complexity.
- Architectural Strategy & Roadmapping – Ability to define current and future state architectures and build actionable roadmaps to align with business goals.
- North Star Visioning – Expertise in establishing a forward-looking, enterprise-wide architectural vision and evangelizing it across teams.
Responsibilities
- Define and manage the processes, templates, and tools used to capture Macy's current-state application and integration architecture, including application, API, and event catalogs.
- Establish and maintain architecture principles and standards for the application domain; partner with other Enterprise Architects to build a comprehensive reference library.
- Define and actively advocate for Macy's target-state ("North Star") architecture.
- Identify, prioritize, and secure funding for common platforms and components that accelerate delivery, reduce risk, and improve the quality of software solutions.
- Drive efforts to rationalize the application portfolio, reduce complexity, and lower costs.
- Provide technical expertise to support strategic architectural decision-making.
- Champion robust solution designs that meet or exceed business needs and align with long-term enterprise strategy.
Other
- Candidates with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in a related field are encouraged to apply. Master’s degree / MBA preferred.
- 15+ years of experience in software engineering, engineering management, and delivering large-scale transformation initiatives in retail required.
- Regularly required to sit, talk, hear; use hands/fingers to touch, handle, and feel. Occasionally required to move about the workplace and reach with hands and arms. Requires close vision.
- Able to work a flexible schedule based on department and company needs.
- Strong storytelling skills to present complex architecture concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders, including C-suite leaders.
