Solution Architect

We are a dedicated Squad on a mission to reshape watchmaking, rooted in our legacy since 1884. With a passion for crafting timepieces that thrive across air, land, and sea, we bring together a unique fusion of casual elegance, sustainability, and inclusive luxury. With 140 years of heritage and over 1,900 passionate individuals across 20 countries, we’re excited to continue our journey forward — and we’re now expanding our presence with a new Business Service Center in Warsaw, Poland, a key hub primarily for our growing Digital & Tech-squads.Join our vibrant team in Warsaw as a Solution Architect and be part of something extraordinary!Your contribution:You will architect and design digital e-commerce platforms and solutions.You will deliver high-quality architecture options independently and through collaboration with the team.You will lead initiatives from concept to MVP and final deliverable.You will assess gaps in current solution platforms and define action plans, data migration, and integration strategies for digital technologies and data platforms across Web, Mobile, Social, and e-commerce (e.g., Tmall and WeChat).You will build and operate the technical side of the digital platforms.You will support and deploy system enhancements, manage change approvals, and implement system changes.You will provide technical and operational input to project teams during new solution implementations.You will bring the best technology capabilities and solutions into the Breitling landscape, emphasizing speed, agility, and measurable business benefit.You will communicate trade-offs clearly and escalate early with actionable options.You will coach engineers and elevate architectural thinking across teams.Do you think there is even more to discover in this role? You're right — apply today and learn more!You will fit well to our squad if: You have over 10 years of experience in software engineering, including 3–5 years focused on solution and enterprise architecture for large-scale, high-traffic consumer and e-commerce platforms.You have deep domain expertise across checkout and payments, order management (OMS), ERP systems, PIM, CRM, loyalty programs, online marketplaces, tax and fraud systems, and global e-commerce (multi-region, multi-currency).You have led the design and delivery of systems serving millions of users monthly, achieving 99.9%+ uptime and meeting strict latency targets (p95 APIs under 300ms).You practice C4 modeling and ADR documentation, designing scalable microservices and event-driven systems, and are a strong advocate for API-first development (REST/GraphQL) with contract testing, versioning, and backward compatibility.You have hands-on experience with edge performance and CDNs, including Akamai and Cloudflare—managing cache keys, TTL/SWR, image optimization, and WAF/bot defenses, with proven improvements to TTFB and Core Web Vitals.You have driven frontend performance improvements, achieving LCP under 2.5s, INP under 200ms, and CLS below 0.1 through SSR/ISR strategies, code-splitting, optimized image delivery, and strict third-party script governance.You are proficient in cloud and Kubernetes environments, including AWS EKS (and GKE/AKS), Istio/service mesh, GitOps with ArgoCD, and progressive delivery (blue-green, canary releases, feature flags), with experience executing zero-downtime migrations.You have strong skills in data and system integration, including SQL performance tuning (Postgres, MySQL), NoSQL schema design, Redis caching, event streaming, webhooks, and building idempotent, reliable workflows.You lead security and compliance initiatives, conducting threat modeling sessions, implementing OAuth/OIDC, RBAC/ABAC, secure secrets management, and ensuring OWASP, GDPR, and PCI compliance with minimal scope exposure.You define and track SLOs and error budgets, implement full-stack observability with OpenTelemetry, Datadog, and Sentry, and regularly conduct load and performance testing using tools like k6, Lighthouse, and WPT.You have experience with AI tooling for improving development productivity and building MCP servers to expose context to an Agent (LLM), which is a plus.You thrive in a MACH (Microservices, API-first, Cloud-native, Headless) architecture and enjoy building modern eCommerce platforms.You have strong experience with Python (FastAPI, Pydantic) and Next.js, building and integrating REST and GraphQL APIs.You’re confident working across cloud environments (Azure, AWS, Vercel) and managing infrastructure as code with Terraform, Kubernetes, and ArgoCD.You have hands-on experience with messaging and event systems (Azure Service Bus, Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS/SNS) and understand DLQ, idempotency, and retry patterns.You know your way around databases — PostgreSQL (indexing, migrations, tuning), DynamoDB (PK/SK, GSIs/LSIs), and Redis (caching, rate limiting, task queues).You bring practical DevOps and CI/CD experience, with strong Git practices and familiarity with testing, linting, and code quality tools (Black, Ruff, SonarCloud, Jest).You care deeply about security — from OAuth2/OIDC, secrets management, and least privilege, to WAF/CDN (Cloudflare, Akamai) and dependency scanning.You’re comfortable using monitoring and observability tools such as Datadog and Sentry to ensure reliability and performance.You speak fluent English.Your new employer:At Breitling, we encourage everyone to bring true authenticity to work and contribute to our shared mission to redefine luxury. We prioritize the well-being of our employees by fostering an environment of diversity, equity and inclusion, where every voice is heard and valued.We believe that happy, healthy employees are the key to success, which is why we offer competitive benefits, including:Home office (depending on position requirements)Medical InsuranceWatch to wear / watch to buy programReferral programDevelopment opportunitiesCulture of feedbackWant to take on this mission and join our team? Apply now!We value diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that reflects the excellence and refinement that define our brand. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, regardless of race, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected characteristic. We invite candidates from all walks of life to share their applications to join our Squad, where inclusion is at the heart of our vision of elegance and prestige. Please note that the use of protective equipment is required for certain roles to maintain the highest standards of safety and precision during operations in our workshops.