Solution Architect

We are seeking a seasoned **Backend Solution Architect** with a blend of deep passion in fashion and a drive for innovation, to join our vibrant and rapidly growing Portfolio Brands tech team

**WHAT YOU’LL DO**

As a **Backend Solution Architect,** you will play a critical role in guiding engineering teams on best practices, evaluating and implementing technologies, and ensuring alignment between technical decisions and business goals. In this role, you will collaborate with creative minds and technical experts to deliver seamless, scalable, and inspiring experiences across multiple fashion brands.

In a dynamic and design-driven environment, your architectural vision will help ensure that our systems support not only operational excellence, but also the creativity and individuality that define each of our brands.

**You will**:

- Design and evolve the backend architecture of a high-scale eCommerce platform with a strong focus on performance, scalability, and availability.
- Define architecture guidelines and establish best practices for backend services and APIs.
- Drive cloud-native solutions using Azure (preferred), or other cloud providers (GCP).
- Lead the adoption and implementation of event-driven architecture, ensuring loosely coupled, resilient systems.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, and DevOps teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment of backend services.
- Provide technical leadership across teams, reviewing code and architecture designs to ensure high-quality delivery.
- Own architectural decisions for systems involving SQL/NoSQL databases, Redis, Kafka, Solace, and other backend technologies.
- Lead initiatives for backend modernization, microservices migration, and platform scalability.
- Ensure security, compliance, and maintainability in backend systems.
- Evaluate and recommend new technologies, frameworks, and tools.

**WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH**

You will be working with globally recognized brands including COS, ARKET, Monki, Weekday, and & Other Stories, this is an opportunity to shape the digital landscape of some of the most influential names in modern fashion.

At the forefront of fashion retail innovation, we are building digital solutions that enhance every aspect of the customer journey—whether online, in-store, or behind the scenes. In this role, you will collaborate with creative minds and technical experts to deliver seamless, scalable, and inspiring experiences across multiple fashion brands.

You will contribute to the evolution of a fashion ecosystem that prioritizes growth, sustainability, and technological advancement, ensuring our brands remain not only relevant but ahead of the curve.

**WHO YOU ARE**

**_We are looking for people with_**
- ** 10+ years** of experience in backend engineering with at least 3 years in an architecture or senior technical leadership role.
- Strong experience in designing and building systems using **.NET (C#)** or other backend stacks such as **Java or Node.js.**:

- Deep expertise in cloud architecture, especially with Microsoft Azure (App Services, AKS, Functions, Storage, Service Bus, etc.).
- Proven experience in event-driven architectures, using technologies like Kafka, Solace, or Azure Event Hubs.
- Solid understanding of microservices, API design, REST/gRPC, and service meshes.
- Strong experience with both SQL (e.g., SQL Server, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., Cosmos DB, MongoDB).
- Knowledge of caching strategies using Redis or similar technologies.
- Experience in integration patterns - synchronous/asynchronous, pub-sub, middleware, etc.
- Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

**_ Nice to Have:_**
- eCommerce domain experience.
- Experience in building headless commerce systems.
- Knowledge of observability tools (e.g., Application Insights, Prometheus, Grafana).
- Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

**WHO WE ARE**

At H&M, we are proud to be a vibrant and welcoming company. We offer our employees attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe.

We offer all our employees at H&M attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. All our employees receive a staff discount card, usable on all our H&M brands in stores and online. Brands covered by the discount are H&M (Beauty and Move included), COS, Weekday, Monki, H&M HOME, & Other Stories, ARKET, Afound. In addition to our staff discount, all our employees are included in our H&M Incentive Program - HIP. You can read more about our H&M Incentive Program here.

In addition to our global benefits, all our local markets offer different competitive perks and benefits. Please note that they may differ between employment types and countries.

**JOIN US**

Our uniqueness comes from a combination of many things - our inclusive and collaborative culture, our strong values, and opportunities for growth. But mos