Solution Architect (API design & Event-Driven Architecture)

Company Description
H&M is a fashion brand that offers the latest styles and inspiration, from fashion pieces and unique designer collaborations to affordable wardrobe essentials. Our business idea is fashion & quality at the best price in a sustainable way. Learn more about H&M here.


Job Description
We are accelerating digitalization and to stay relevant, we need to ensure we have experienced Integration Architect in place to bring our best capabilities, innovation ideas and talented technologists to support the transformation of H&M Group.
Are you passionate about APIs and events architecture, designing composable solutions and evaluating innovative IT architecture then we’ve got a job for you.
This is a unique opportunity to join the Integration Architecture team, you will play an integral part in defining the Integration Architecture throughout our organization. You will conduct thorough analysis of existing solutions, identify gaps, and recommend improvements, you will also define the strategy and best practices going forward, spread our knowledge and experience of how to design solutions that are reusable, discoverable, and composable.
We offer rewarding challenges that encourages you to grow in your role and lets you collaborate with and learn from several domains within the organization.
This is a full-time position with placement in Stockholm, Sweden.
Some of your responsibilities will include:
Support the Product teams with API & Event architecture and ensure high-quality integration design.
Evaluate new platforms and features and work on proof of concepts and prototypes.
Lead and facilitate workshops to Support and enable teams in the organization to define and design capabilities and composable solutions.
Identify opportunities for improvement, reducing technical debt, and enhancing end-to-end business value.
Provide necessary guidance, analysis and design tasks related to composable solutions, ensuring that solutions meet business needs and are aligned with architectural governance and patterns.
Actively contribute to knowledge sharing and continuous improvement initiatives, both within our own team and with the rest of the organization
Deliver on time, demonstrating a strong commitment to deliver on the team mission and agreed backlog.
Produce and maintain articles and documents for knowledge sharing.
Plan and drive workshops with implementation teams, architects, and business stakeholders.



Qualifications
Minimum 5 years of experience of solution architecture
3+ years of experience of working with designing APIs.
3+ years of experience of working with event driven integrations.
3+ years of experience of designing complex, cloud-based solutions, ideally in Azure.
Experience of planning and driving workshops with implementation teams, architects as well as business stakeholders
Experience of working with enterprise architecture and process modellining
Ability to communicate around and understand low level implementation details, as well as high level abstract concepts and business aspects.
Ability to work with composability frameworks and support to define Packaged Business Capabilities (PBCs) to ensure scalable and modular architectural solutions.
Experience from capability modeling is a big plus.
Experience from working with Solace, Kafka, Azure APIM or Akamai
Experience from GCP Integration Services is a plus.
Merit of having certification in IT architecture



Additional Information
Working with tech at H&M Group
The fashion and retail industries are going through a transformation, driven by customers' technology and sustainability expectations. At H&M Group, we want to shape the future of fashion and lifestyle by harnessing the power of smart tech and data. With our 74-year history of innovation, we understand the need to collaborate and co-create with engineers and tech specialists around the world to achieve our vision.
What we offer
You are joining a unique value-driven culture, a large tech network and community where you can be yourself. Besides the obvious perks such as staff discount card, learning communities, wellness and parental benefits, there are a lot of opportunities to experiment and grow in the direction you want. Being a major player gives us countless opportunities to make a real impact and shape the future.
H&M Group is committed to creating a diverse & inclusive environment and we are actively looking for qualified candidates irrespective of race, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, national origin, disability or age. Learn more about our I&D work https://youtu.be/veRbl9Cijts
This is a full-time position based in Stockholm. Please apply as soon as possible but no later than 30th of July. We will review and interview applicants on-going. If you have questions, please contact Talent Acquisition Partner Hranda Khrystyna at khrystyna.hranda@hm.com