Define and drive the architecture strategy for Infrastructure & Platforms, establishing clear standards, guardrails, and decision frameworks supported by Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)
Lead solution design for complex, cross-team initiatives, ensuring architectures are scalable, resilient, and secure by design
Reduce technical complexity by promoting simplification, reuse, and disciplined technology lifecycle management
Partner with Product, Engineering, and senior stakeholders to translate strategic requirements into actionable technical plans and clear architectural decisions
Run architecture governance that supports fast delivery
enabling quick decisions, clear rationale, and lightweight processes
Identify and mitigate technical risks early, ensuring systems meet expectations for reliability, performance, security, and operational readiness
Build and nurture an architecture community of practice, mentoring architects and senior engineers while raising engineering standards across teams
Influence platform and technology roadmaps by balancing innovation, cost, and risk in technology choices and long-term platform evolution
Establish practical architecture patterns and guardrails that engineering teams can easily adopt
Communicate architectural decisions effectively across audiences
from deep technical forums to senior leadership and non-technical stakeholders.

Extensive architecture experience across infrastructure, hosting, and platform domains, including cloud and on-prem environments, networking, core services, resilience, and security
A proven track record leading architecture practices in fast-paced online or e-commerce environments, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
Strong judgment in technology selection, simplification, and lifecycle management, balancing standardization with pragmatic flexibility
Experience designing and governing large-scale, complex initiatives spanning multiple teams and domains
Ability to identify technical risks early and guide teams toward effective mitigation strategies without introducing unnecessary process overhead
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical decisions into clear insights for both technical and non-technical audiences.

Head of Architecture

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