Principal Enterprise Architect

TOMS is in business to improve lives. When you wear or work with TOMS you help support childrens education health and well-being giving kids everywhere the gift of better tomorrows.

About the Role:

TOMS is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect to join our AI & Enterprise Technology team. As a senior IC and technical lead you will set architectural direction for a blended team of engineers and contractors evolve our enterprise platform and drive AI integration and cloud initiatives that directly support TOMS business goals. You will partner with executive leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to align technology investments with business outcomes while elevating the technical capabilities of the teams around you.

The Impact Youll Make:

Technical Leadership

• Serve as the day-to-day technical lead for a blended team of junior engineers and contractors guiding designs unblocking delivery and elevating quality through hands-on mentorship and code reviews.

• Act as the primary technical escalation point helping the team navigate complex trade-offs resolve ambiguity and make sound architectural decisions under pressure.

• Break down complex initiatives into clear actionable work and invest in the long-term growth of junior engineers through structured walkthroughs and stretch assignments.

Platform & Systems Design

• Lead and drive the enterprise architecture roadmap establishing patterns standards and guardrails across product data and infrastructure domains.

• Lead architecture reviews for major initiatives ensuring solutions are scalable secure and aligned with long-term business goals.

• Drive the evolution of Toms core platforms commerce supply chain and customer experience and establish reusable reference architectures that accelerate team velocity.

Integration Architecture

• Lead the definition of Toms integration strategy setting standards for how internal systems third-party platforms and external partners connect via APIs events and messaging.

• Lead the design and governance of API and event-driven integration patterns including REST GraphQL and streaming architectures ensuring reliability scalability and security across the enterprise.

• Lead the evaluation and adoption of integration platforms (e.g. MuleSoft Boomi Kafka EventBridge) providing guidance on fit trade-offs and total cost of ownership.

• Establish data exchange standards and integration contracts between core systems ERP commerce supply chain and customer data and ensure integrations are well-documented testable and built for long-term maintainability.

AI Enablement & Innovation

• Lead the identification and architecture of high-impact AI/ML opportunities across commerce supply chain and customer experience including the foundational infrastructure for model serving feature stores and experimentation frameworks.

• Lead the evaluation of AI tools platforms and vendors including generative AI solutions providing clear guidance on build vs. buy trade-offs integration risk and long-term scalability.

• Establish governance frameworks for responsible AI adoption covering data privacy model transparency and bias mitigation standards.

• Partner closely with product and business teams to translate AI opportunities into concrete architectural requirements and delivery roadmaps and stay current on emerging trends to inform leadership decisions.

Customer & Partner Facing

• Partner with product commercial and operations leaders to translate business strategy into actionable technology architecture.

• Represent Toms technical capabilities in vendor negotiations and partner integrations; communicate architectural decisions and trade-offs clearly to executive stakeholders.

What You Bring:

• 12 years in technology with 5 years in enterprise or solutions architecture at a principal or staff level.

• Proven experience as a technical lead for engineering teams and contractors without formal management authority.

• Deep expertise in distributed systems cloud-native platforms (AWS GCP or Azure) and enterprise integration patterns including APIs event-driven architecture and middleware.

• Track record of influencing technical direction at the executive level with strong communication skills across technical and business audiences.

• Familiarity with AI/ML concepts and experience architecting platforms to support machine learning and generative AI workloads.

• Background in retail e-commerce or consumer goods; familiarity with Shopify ERP or supply chain platforms.

• Cloud certifications (AWS GCP or Azure) and experience with TOGAF Zachman or similar architecture frameworks.

• Hands-on experience with integration platforms (MuleSoft Boomi Kafka) and AI/ML tooling (SageMaker Vertex AI Bedrock or OpenAI).

What We Give:

• This is a Direct Hire role with a target annual salary range of $180000 - $200000 based on experience plus an annual bonus based on the companys performance

• Hybrid/Remote work environment - whatever works best for you and your team

• A $600 stipend when you join to furnish your home office how you like plus $100 annually to refresh your supplies and gear

• Medical dental and vision insurance; 401K with company matching

• A generous PTO policy plus 12 paid annual holidays and one floating holiday

• 4 free pairs of shoes per year (yes free!)

• Employee Discount on all of our products plus discounts on partnering businesses

• Wellness Program including resources for your mental health physical well-being personal finance nutrition etc.

• DEI educational opportunities including company-wide days of learning

• Opportunities to volunteer with Giving Partners and Community Organizations

Dont meet every single requirement We still encourage you to apply! Studies show that women non-binary applicants and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. However at TOMS our diverse backgrounds perspectives identities and talents help us thrive.

TOMS is a proud B Corporation and a member of the Fair Labor Association. Were committed to transparent and equitable compensation benefits and opportunities.

EEO Statement: TOMS is an equal opportunity employer committed to intentional anti-racism in all areas of our organization and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with the L.A. Fair Chance Initiative Ordinance.

Required Experience:

Staff IC