Senior POS Architect (Point of Sale Architect)

Position: Senior POS Architect (Point of Sale Architect)

Location: Remote / Hybrid (US-based), with periodic travel to New York City for client workshops
Experience: 10+ Years (6+ in POS)

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT experience, with 6+ years in POS architecture or retail store technology.
• Led architecture for at least one end-to-end enterprise POS implementation or modernization, ideally including the discovery and design phases.
• Hands-on experience with New Black EVA is strongly preferred. Otherwise, deep experience with one or more leading POS platforms such as:
• New Black EVA (strongly preferred)
• Aptos (Current POS)
• Oracle Retail Xstore
• Toshiba Commerce
• Manhattan Active Omni POS
• Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce
• Shopify POS
• Strong understanding of specialty and fashion retail processes, including:
• Sales, returns, exchanges, and cross-channel returns
• Style/color/size product structures and multi-brand assortments
• Pricing, markdowns, promotions, and loyalty
• Clienteling and endless aisle
• Omnichannel fulfillment (BOPIS, ship-from-store, reserve-in-store)
• Store inventory operations and sales audit
• Proven experience designing master data integrations from multiple Systems of Record into POS, including canonical data models and transformation to platform-specific contracts.
• Strong knowledge of event-driven architecture, messaging/streaming platforms, and integration patterns (publish/subscribe, claim-check, idempotency, retry/redrive/replay).
• Hands-on experience with REST APIs, webhooks, and integration/middleware frameworks.
• Experience with at least one major cloud platform (Google Cloud, AWS, or Azure), including managed messaging, data processing, and storage services.
• Experience with payment processing, EMV, PIN pads, tokenization, and PCI-DSS.
• Track record of producing high-quality architecture artifacts: ADRs, solution designs, integration specifications, and NFRs.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with experience leading workshops with senior business and technology stakeholders.
• Willingness to travel to New York City periodically for client workshops.