Enterprise Architect - Hands On 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.
• Strong background designing and integrating large-scale systems including:
  • Shopify or enterprise eCommerce platforms
  • CRM, ERP, OMS, POS, and fulfillment systems
  • Data platforms (Snowflake, SQL Server, Power BI ecosystem)
  • Proven expertise with modern architecture patterns:
  • API-first / microservices
  • Event-driven or pub/sub integration
  • Cloud architecture (Azure or AWS preferred)
  • Composable or MACH frameworks strongly beneficial
  • Experience developing architecture governance models, standards, and architecture roadmaps.
  • Strong understanding of privacy, regulatory compliance, identity management, and security frameworks (SOC2, PCI, GDPR, CCPA).
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate vendor platforms, make build-vs-buy decisions, and lead enterprise technology selection.

Preferred Experience

• Experience modernizing legacy or monolithic retail environments to cloud-first, API-driven models.
• Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD, secure SDLC, observability, and automation frameworks.
• Experience with enterprise integration platforms (e.g., MuleSoft, Boomi, Azure Integration Services, or equivalent)
• Business architecture knowledge including process mapping, enterprise capability modeling, and operational workflow design.

Who You Are

• A strategic thinker with the ability to operate hands-on when needed.
• A strong communicator capable of influencing executives, engineers, and business teams.
• Able to simplify complex systems into actionable, scalable architecture.
• Focused on business outcomes—not just technical correctness.
• A leader who values documentation, patterns, and predictable execution.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• A critical leadership role shaping the future technology foundation of David’s Bridal.
• Autonomy and influence in a modernizing and forward-thinking technology organization.
• Collaborative culture with direct engagement across executive and technical teams.

Now that we’ve popped the question, please say “I do”.

Full Time Opportunity – A comprehensive benefits package is available.

• Rewarding Environment and Competitive Pay
• Generous Dream Maker Discount After First Pay Period
• Referral Incentive Program
• Dayforce Wallet – Get Paid Early!
• Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
• 401K Program
• Paid Vacation, Wellness Days & Holidays, including your Birthday off!
• Pet Benefits

Love wins when love is for Everyone!

Our mission at David’s Bridal is to embrace the ideas of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. It is our goal to build a workforce that is as representative as the customers we serve. We vow to create a culture where all forms of diversity are celebrated and seen as valuable. 

David’s Bridal encourages applications from all qualified candidates. David’s Bridal has a great record of accommodating persons with disabilities. Contact Human Resources at humanresources@dbi.com or 610.943.5048 if you need accommodation at any stage of the application process or want more information on our accommodation policies.

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Disclaimer: The preceding job description has been designed to highlight the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification.  It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive description of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.  Actual duties and responsibilities will vary. The standard base pay range for this role is posted at a minimum and maximum rate.

The starting rate of pay offered will vary based on factors including, but not limited to, position offered, location, training, and/or experience, and internal equity. This base pay range is specific to the state this role is posted in and may not be applicable to other locations. 

At David’s Bridal, it is rare for an individual to be hired at the high end of the range in their role, but instead closer to the midpoint of the posted range, and compensation decisions are dependent upon the details and circumstances of each position and candidate.