Client Enterprise Architect - Dual-Track & AI-Driven Delivery at Toshiba

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions is seeking a hands-on Senior Client Enterprise Architect to lead end-to-end solution delivery for major retail platforms.

In this role, you will own  architecture leadership (design, trade-offs, governance),  active implementation (mentoring, code reviews, select hands-on features), and  operational ownership (delivery sign-off, post-release support) of high-impact solutions, bridging business requirements to working implementations. You will drive  Dual-Track Agile processes , guiding the  Discovery Track for clarity and design exploration, and the  Delivery Track to ensure quality, traceability, and measurable outcomes.

The ideal candidate combines deep  architecture expertise with  hands-on coding , practical prototyping, and  AI/agent workflow integration across the software lifecycle — from analysis and design to testing, documentation, and code generation. You will mentor teams, make critical technical trade-offs, and take full accountability for delivery sign-off and post-release support.

This role requires strong  retail platform domain knowledge (POS systems, store operations),  cloud-native architecture experience , and fluency with  generative and agentic AI tools to accelerate development while preserving architectural integrity. You will be a key driver of  engineering excellence , ensuring solutions are both innovative and operationally robust.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end solution delivery across Discovery and Delivery Tracks, converting business needs into validated prototypes, formal designs, decomposed deliverables, and accepted technical implementations.
• Lead the Discovery Track under Dual-Track Agile, rapidly prototyping and demoing solutions to validate feasibility and align stakeholders before full implementation.
• Translate discovery outcomes into delivery backlog items , ensuring design intent, architecture standards, and non-functional requirements are preserved throughout implementation.
• Lead architecture design and governance across products and integrations: produce ADRs, interface contracts, data models, sequencing diagrams, migration/rollback plans, and traceability matrices.
• Serve as active technical lead in client engagements : facilitate workshops, present technical solutions, make trade-off decisions, drive approvals, and act as a subject-matter expert for assigned platform areas.
• Implement and demo reference code or critical components , applying hands-on coding in modern retail platform stacks, reviewing and approving deliverables from implementation teams.
• Instrument and leverage AI/agentic workflows to accelerate design, prototyping, code generation, test-case creation, specification drafting, and automated validation across the software lifecycle.
• Define and enforce architecture standards, reusable integration patterns, and non-functional requirements (security, scalability, observability) across client solutions.
• Mentor and upskill engineers and architects on AI-assisted development, Dual-Track workflows, specification-driven design, and platform best practices.
• Contribute to platform and portfolio strategy , identifying reusable assets, API-first designs, and gaps requiring investment.
• Own risk analysis and mitigation for architecture decisions, including backward compatibility, data integrity, and compliance constraints.

Must-Have Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of professional software development experience , including recent hands-on coding and prototyping in modern technology stacks.
• 5+ years designing  cloud-native, microservices, or event-driven architectures , with experience in Azure or equivalent cloud platforms.
• Familiarity with  technology stack such as Java/Spring Boot, TypeScript, React/Vue
• Proven experience  owning end-to-end solution delivery , including design, implementation, and post-release operational accountability for medium-to-large projects.
• Hands-on experience  building prototypes or reference implementations to validate architecture and solution feasibility.
• Strong experience with  REST/OpenAPI, messaging platforms , and relational/non-relational databases (SQL/NoSQL).
• Hands-on proficiency with  CI/CD, containerization, Docker, Kubernetes, deployment tooling, automated testing , and  AI/agentic workflows to accelerate the software lifecycle.
• Practical experience with generative AI and AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor) with measurable impact on delivery.
• Excellent  stakeholder communication skills , able to facilitate workshops, present technical solutions, and collaborate across business and engineering teams.
• Proven leadership in  mentoring engineers, conducting code reviews, and enforcing architecture governance , promoting best practices across teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong  retail platform domain knowledge (POS systems, store operations) is highly desirable.
• Certifications such as  Azure Solutions Architect or equivalent cloud credentials.
• Strong understanding of  advanced security best practices and compliance requirements in enterprise systems.
• Experience leading Dual-Track Agile processes , managing both Discovery and Delivery Tracks, and translating discovery outcomes into actionable backlog items.
• Experience contributing to  platform strategy, reusable assets, and API-first designs .
• Expertise in  formal or machine-readable specifications (OpenAPI, UML+OCL, TLA+, or equivalent) to guide implementation and enable automated validation.