Overview At PepsiCo International dCommerce team, we are building the next generation of innovative products and capabilities using emerging technologies to accelerate our business and gain back share. While tied closely to broader PepsiCo, the dCommerce group has a unique start-up feel and defined values that embrace a more entrepreneurial mindset.

We are looking for an experienced Solutions Architect to guide the technical direction of our engineering organization as we scale. From evolving our data platform to transitioning to software, from BI tooling into a full application and AI for BI, you'll lead architecture and design reviews, define integration approaches with wider PepsiCo capabilities, and ensure we build coherently across Data Engineering, BI Engineering, and Product Engineering.

This is a role for someone who wants to build the blueprint, not just inherit one. You'll partner with Engineering managers to make technology choices that balance innovation with pragmatism, navigate platform governance to unblock delivery, and ensure what we build today supports where we’re heading. If you want to shape the technical future of a scaling digital commerce capability not just review other people's designs – this is that opportunity.

Responsibilities Architecture and Design Oversight

Lead software architecture and design reviews across the International Digital cCmmerce engineering organization, ensuring alignment with organizational standards and long‑term goals

Define and maintain reference architectures for dComm capabilities from data platform through to user‑facing applications

Ensure architectural coherence across Data Engineering, BI Engineering, and Product Engineering

Participate in creating the architectural runway in collaboration with Platform team by identifying foundational investments needed to support future capabilities

Platform and Integration Strategy

Lead evaluation and design of integration approaches with wider PepsiCo capabilities and platforms relevant for International





Partner with DTX Core Platform Team to ensure dComm needs are represented in platform decisions

Navigate platform governance, submit requests, advocate for international requirements, ensure dComm isn’t blocked by platform constraints

Advise on AI for BI evolution

Technical Leadership

Partner with Product Engineering Manager on application architecture decisions: technology selection, system design, scalability approach

Provide architectural guidance on complex cross‑functional initiatives that span multiple teams

Review and challenge technical designs to ensure they meet non‑functional requirements (performance, security, maintainability)

Standards and Governance

Define and maintain software architecture standards for dComm: API design, service boundaries, security patterns, deployment approaches

Ensure alignment with wider PepsiCo technology standards while advocating for dComm‑specific needs

Create and maintain architecture documentation, decision records, and design artefacts

Guide Engineering Managers on architectural trade‑offs and help them make informed decisions

Collaboration and Stakeholder Management

Serve as the primary architectural interface between dComm and DTX Core Platform Team

Collaborate with Data Architect to ensure end‑to‑end coherence across data and application layers

Represent dComm engineering in enterprise architecture forums and technology governance processes

Advise leadership on technical feasibility, risks, and architectural implications of strategic initiatives

Qualifications

6+ years of experience as a solutions architect spanning data platforms and applications





Experience navigating enterprise platform teams and governance processes

Background in integration architecture connecting capabilities across organizational boundaries

Strong software architecture foundation system design, API design, service‑oriented and event‑driven architectures

Experience with modern data stack (Snowflake, dbt, Airflow) and how applications integrate with data platforms

Strong expertise in containerization technologies and container orchestration solutions

Ability to create and maintain architecture diagramas to effectively communicate system design/technical decisions

Understanding of cloud cost optimization, with the ability to balance cost, performance and business value in architectural decisions

Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) and infrastructure considerations

Understanding of BI tools (Power BI) and their architectural limitations

Experience with or strong interest in Elixir (or comparable functional languages for scalable applications)

Knowledge of security, performance, and scalability patterns for enterprise applications

Ability to guide and influence Engineering Managers without direct authority

Strong communication skills and can articulate architectural rationale to technical and business audiences

Comfortable operating in a matrix environment across dComm, DTX Platform, and enterprise functions

What makes us different?

Hybrid work model: combination of remote and collaborative office experience to enable innovation

Entrepreneurial environment in leading international company

Professional growth possibilities & learning opportunities

Variety of benefits to support your physical, emotional and financial wellbeing

Volunteering opportunities to help external communities

*We encourage the diversity of applicants across gender, age, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, social background, religion or belief and disability

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