Prada Group IT Ecommerce Digital Solution Architect

About Prada Group

Prada Group is an influential global luxury fashion house known for its craftsmanship, innovation and design-led approach. As a vertically integrated brand operating across apparel, leather goods and accessories, Prada Group invests in digital platforms and technology to enhance client experiences while preserving artisanal quality.

Role & Responsibilities

• Define and own the end-to-end technical architecture for global e‑commerce platforms and digital commerce initiatives, ensuring scalability, resilience and operational excellence.
• Translate product and business requirements into robust solution designs incorporating headless commerce, API-first integration, microservices and cloud-native patterns.
• Lead cross-functional technical delivery with engineering, product, data, security and DevOps teams; provide technical governance, architecture reviews and design authority.
• Design and manage integrations with third‑party systems including PIM, OMS, CRM, payment gateways, analytics, CDNs and personalization engines.
• Specify non-functional requirements (performance, availability, security, observability) and oversee capacity planning, performance tuning and incident response readiness.
• Drive vendor selection and manage relationships with technology providers and integrators, negotiating scope and ensuring adherence to enterprise standards.
• Produce and maintain architecture documentation, runbooks, APIs (OpenAPI/GraphQL specifications) and transition plans for phased rollouts and migrations.
• Mentor engineers and architects, promote best practices (CI/CD, IaC, automated testing) and contribute to the e‑commerce technology roadmap.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing large‑scale e‑commerce or digital commerce platforms, preferably within luxury retail or premium consumer brands.
• Demonstrable mastery of cloud architecture principles and multi‑cloud or hybrid deployments.
• Strong track record of delivering API-driven, microservices-based solutions and integrating commerce backbone systems (PIM/OMS/CRM).
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to business leaders.
• Relevant architecture certifications are advantageous (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, TOGAF).
• Fluency in software development lifecycles and modern engineering practices including CI/CD, containerization and infrastructure as code.

Skills

Experience

Extensive IT experience (typically 6+ years) with a minimum of 3–5 years in solution or enterprise architecture roles focused on e‑commerce platforms, leading cross‑functional technical teams and delivering complex integrations at scale.

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems or a related technical discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

Workplace

Culture

Prada Group combines a heritage of craftsmanship with a forward-looking approach to innovation and digital transformation. The workplace emphasizes design excellence, collaborative cross-discipline teams and a commitment to elevating client experiences through technology.

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