Senior / Principal Solution Architect - E-commerce

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As a Lead Solution Architect in e-commerce, you will define strategic technology direction, design robust end-to-end solutions, and provide expert guidance across all project phases. This role requires a blend of enterprise vision, hands-on technical skills, and strong leadership. If you excel at bridging business needs with technical execution and thrive in dynamic environments, this is an opportunity to drive real impact in e-commerce architecture.

• Define and evolve enterprise capabilities and capability models for e-commerce domains
• Create capability-to-technology mapping and provide strategic technology roadmaps
• Provide technology consultancy across all areas of the e-commerce domain
• Guide make-vs-buy decisions and vendor selection strategies
• Design end-to-end e-commerce solution landscapes including system integration, data flows, and component interactions
• Create comprehensive architecture documentation (C4 models, component diagrams, data flow diagrams, integration patterns)
• Design individual service/component architectures from scratch (e.g., basket, search, checkout, PIM, OMS)
• Define non-functional requirements, scalability, and resilience patterns
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture principles and technical standards
• Act as trusted technical advisor to clients at all organizational levels (C-suite, IT Directors, domain architects)
• Conduct architecture reviews and provide constructive feedback
• Drive best practices adoption across projects and teams
• Deep dive into services, codebases, and technical implementations when needed
• Validate architectural decisions through proof-of-concepts
• Troubleshoot complex technical challenges across the stack
• Bridge the gap between architecture and implementation teams
• Transform architectural vision into actionable, realistic delivery plans
• Produce detailed design documentation and implementation guidelines
• Proactively identify and escalate risks, proposing mitigation strategies
• Ensure architectural governance throughout delivery lifecycle

• Continuous Deployment
• Continuous Integration
• DevOps

• conferences in Poland
• development budget
• external training
• industry-specific e-learning platforms
• intracompany training
• mentoring
• soft skills training
• space for experimenting
• substantive support from technological leaders
• support of IT events
• technical knowledge exchange within the company

• Engineering community of industry professionals
• Friendly team and enjoyable working environment
• Flexible schedule and opportunity to work remotely within Poland
• Chance to work abroad for up to 60 days annually
• Business-driven relocation opportunities
• Outstanding career roadmap
• Leadership development, career advising, soft skills, and well-being programs
• Certification (GCP, Azure, AWS)
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning, Get Abstract, Cloud Guru
• English language classes
• Stable income (Employment Contract or B2B)
• Participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Benefits package (health insurance, multisport, shopping vouchers)
• Strategically located offices featuring entertainment and relaxation zones, table tennis and football, free snacks, fantastic coffee, and more
• Referral bonuses
• Corporate, social and well-being events

• private medical care
• life insurance
• flexible working time
• fruits
• integration events
• retirement pension plan
• no dress code
• video games at work
• coffee / tea
• parking space for employees
• leisure zone
• employee referral program
• charity initiatives

EPAM Systems (Poland) sp. z o.o.