Enterprise Solutions Architect - Dallas, TX at Photon Career Site

Dallas, Texas, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

26 Apr, 26

Salary

224000.0

Posted On

26 Jan, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Enterprise Architecture, API Design, Microservices, Middleware Routing, Retail Domain, Fintech Domain, Point Of Sale, E-Commerce, Data Integration, Security Standards, Strategic Communication, Technical Governance, System Integration, Performance Benchmarking, Scalability, Legacy Systems

Industry

IT Services and IT Consulting

Description

Role Overview We are seeking a high-caliber Enterprise Solutions Architect to design and oversee the technical foundation of a mission-critical retail modernization project. You will be responsible for defining the architecture that enables an MVP to function seamlessly across customer-facing workflows while integrating with legacy systems. Your primary challenge will be designing a robust API and routing layer that ensures performance, security, and scalability for a multi-vertical pilot rollout. Key Responsibilities Architectural Discovery: Lead the technical discovery phase to define the end-to-end architecture, ensuring it supports the validated UX and functional requirements. API & Routing Layer Design: Design and oversee the implementation of the API integration layer that bridges modern front-end workflows with legacy backend data. System Integration: Map complex data flows for Search, Quoting, Inventory, and Payment modules, ensuring data integrity across disparate systems. Technical Strategy: Define the "long-term platform vision," ensuring the MVP architecture is modular enough to support future waves, advanced features, and multi-vertical expansion. Device & Hardware Readiness: Collaborate on device assessments to ensure the architectural stack supports the necessary hardware and POS peripherals. Performance & Scalability: Establish benchmarks for system latency and reliability, particularly for real-time inventory and payment processing. Technical Governance: Provide guidance to engineering teams on build-phase execution, ensuring alignment with the defined technical architecture and MVP scope. Required Experience & Skills Enterprise Architecture: 12+ years of experience in systems architecture, with a proven track record of leading large-scale Digital Transformation or legacy-to-cloud migrations. Integration Expertise: Deep mastery of API-first design, microservices, and middleware routing layers used to wrap legacy system functionalities. Retail/Fintech Domain: Extensive experience with Point of Sale (POS), e-commerce engines, or high-volume transactional platforms. Security & Compliance: Strong understanding of secure data transmission and payment integration standards (e.g., PCI-DSS). Strategic Communication: Ability to translate complex technical constraints into clear roadmaps for stakeholders and cross-functional design teams. Compensation, Benefits and Duration Minimum Compensation: USD 64,000 Maximum Compensation: USD 224,000 Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role. Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees. This position is available for independent contractors No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post.

Responsibilities

The Enterprise Solutions Architect will lead the technical discovery phase and design the architecture for a retail modernization project. Responsibilities include overseeing API design, system integration, and ensuring performance and scalability.