Solution Architect

Job Description WHAT YOU’LL DO We are seeking an experienced Solution Architect who will be responsible for the architecture of POS solutions, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards and advancing the architecture toward the target state. In addition to the above, your role will involve: - Strategic Direction & Lifecycle Analysis: Contextualize the strategic vision and future direction; conduct analysis to identify opportunities and constraints and support strategic activities across the full solution lifecycle. - Stakeholder Alignment & Coaching: Bridge business–technology understanding, advising stakeholders on options, risks, costs vs. benefits, impact, and priorities; facilitate best-practice sharing and coach teams in architectural thinking. - Architecture Definition, Documentation & Alignment: Translate business needs and technical requirements into architectural blueprints; analyse, design, develop, and communicate solution roadmaps and transition architectures; ensure designs align with enterprise strategies, policies, standards, and practices. - Holistic Enterprise Perspective & Non‑Functional Compliance: Identify interdependencies and apply holistic thinking across teams and initiatives; incorporate product economics (costs/revenue), data privacy & sovereignty, business continuity and information security; ensure alignment with enterprise architecture. - Continuous Improvement & Technical Debt Reduction: Evaluate and drive improvements to reduce technical debt and enhance end‑to‑end business value. - Operational Ownership & Root‑Cause Resolution: Own current solutions and flows, ensuring secure, stable operations; proactively resolve recurring problems to root cause. - Technology Evaluation & Selection: Participate in internal/external technology assessments to ensure technology choices align with overall architecture, standards, and business strategy. WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH You’ll step into a fast‑paced, high‑impact team redefining our global POS platform for 4,000+ stores across 60+ markets. You’ll collaborate daily with delivery, testing, and service professionals, while navigating tough vendor landscapes and partnering with cross‑functional tech and business teams. This is a space where smart architecture decisions ripple across the globe—and you’ll be right at the center of it. WHO YOU ARE We are looking for people with… - Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. - 5+ years’ experience in a Solution Architecture capacity in building complex solutions - Experience in working with all components of a holistic enterprise architecture (business, process, information, technology) - Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments - Solid understanding of modern development practices, technologies and software architecture including patterns and principles - Proven experience from documenting and communicating architecture and experience in tools like Jira, confluence etc. - Proven experience in designing solutions using patterns, following best practices etc. to comply with non-functional requirements - Experience working with POS is a merit. - Ability to create both high-level and low-level design documentation and technical specification And people who have: - Strong communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to effectively convey complex technical concepts to a range of stakeholders. - Experience in story exploration and refinement. - You are open to change and humble about not always knowing everything, so you ask - You can understand and visualize concepts that are not yet concrete, and use your problem-solving skills, strong analytic ability, creativity and customer and business drive to find a solution. - You take the initiative and are not afraid to take the first steps to identify and address existing and potential obstacles, issues and opportunities. - Ability to troubleshoot independently and drive solutions to completion. - Collaborative and willing to share knowledge with the team to foster a supportive learning environment. WHO WE ARE H&M Group is a global company of strong fashion brands and ventures. Our goal is to prove that there is no compromise between exceptional design, affordable prices, and sustainable solutions. We want to liberate fashion for the many, and our customers are at the heart of every decision we make. We are made up of thousands of passionate and talented colleagues united by our shared culture and values. Together, we want to use our power, our scale, and our knowledge to push the fashion industry towards a more inclusive and sustainable future. WHY YOU’LL LOVE WORKING HERE H&M Group is a global company of strong fashion brands and ventures. Our goal is to prove that there is no compromise between exceptional design, affordable prices, and sustainable solutions. We want to liberate fashion for the many, and our customers are at the heart of every decision we make. We are made up of thousands of passionate and talented colleagues united by our shared culture and values. Together, we want to use our power, our scale, and our knowledge to push the fashion industry towards a more inclusive and sustainable future. At H&M Group, we are proud to be a vibrant and welcoming company. We offer our employees attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. - Staff discount card: Usable on all our H&M Group brands in stores and online. - H&M Incentive Program (HIP): Included in our HIP. You can read more about our H&M Incentive Program here. - Competitive pensions: Collective Agreement and ITP pensions competitive to the Swedish market. - Generous vacation: 30 days' vacation, health care allowance, and good work-life balance. - Additional perks: Discounts from Benify. - Innovative Environment: Work with cutting-edge technology and innovative solutions. - Global Impact: Be part of a team that influences users worldwide.