Principal - Architecture (AI, Unified Commerce)

Gap Inc

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Gap Inc. is a leading global specialty retailer offering clothing, accessories, and personal care products for men, women, and children

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TL;DR · Principal - Architecture (AI, Unified Commerce)

As a Principal Architect within the CTO Organization's Architecture Group, you will lead the strategic development of an integrated technology architecture that drives seamless, intelligent customer experiences across all digital and physical touchpoints. Your responsibilities include championing Agentic Commerce patterns to create frictionless shopping experiences, designing AI-augmented commerce platforms, and integrating real-time decision engines with customer data platforms. You will collaborate closely with product, engineering, and data science teams to implement AI throughout the customer lifecycle, define architectural principles for scaling AI/ML use cases on cloud-native platforms like GCP and AWS, and ensure compliance with ethical AI frameworks. This role requires extensive experience in commerce platform architecture, deep knowledge of microservices, event-driven systems, and serverless patterns, as well as familiarity with AI platforms such as Vertex AI and Amazon Bedrock.

What you'll do

  • Champion the use of Agentic Commerce patterns to create frictionless shopping experiences.
  • Design AI-augmented commerce platforms that integrate real-time decision engines and recommendation systems.
  • Define architectural principles for scaling AI/ML use cases on cloud-native platforms.
  • Lead architectural reviews and governance for AI-based and connected commerce projects.
  • Guide experimentation with Generative AI, LLMs, and autonomous agents in various use cases.
  • Ensure architecture enables real-time signals processing and contextual understanding across commerce surfaces.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of architecture experience, including at least 5 years in commerce or omnichannel large-scale transformation roles.
  • Deep knowledge of cloud-native architectures, microservices, event-driven systems, and serverless patterns.
  • Demonstrated experience architecting and delivering headless eCommerce platforms and digital experience solutions.
  • Experience integrating AI/ML services into customer-facing applications, preferably in real-time environments.
  • Familiarity with Agentic AI frameworks and leading AI platforms like Vertex AI or Amazon Bedrock.
  • Strategic mindset with strong communication skills to articulate complex technical concepts and business value.
  • Ability to balance short-term business needs with long-term architectural vision in fast-moving environments.

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