Principal, Architecture – AI, Unified Commerce

Gap Inc.

Principal Architect overseeing technology architecture for AI and omnichannel experiences at Gap. Leading integrated systems for seamless customer interactions across digital and physical platforms.

Posted 6/5/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformIoTKafkaMicroservices

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Drive the vision, design, and execution of an integrated technology architecture that powers seamless, intelligent, and personalized customer experiences across all digital and physical touchpoints.
Champion the use of Agentic Commerce patterns—autonomous shopping agents, proactive assistant bots, and AI-driven fulfillment orchestration—to create frictionless, next-gen shopping experiences.
Design intelligent, AI-augmented experiences that integrate predictive personalization, dynamic pricing, virtual styling, conversational commerce, and autonomous checkout journeys.
Integrate commerce ecosystems with real-time decision engines, customer data platforms (CDPs), recommendation systems, and AI models to drive adaptive journeys.
Partner with product, engineering, and data science teams to implement AI across the customer lifecycle—from acquisition and engagement to loyalty and retention.
Define architectural principles to scale AI/ML use cases, leveraging cloud-native platforms (GCP, AWS), serverless models, and data mesh strategies.
Architect future-ready, omnichannel commerce platforms supporting unified experiences such as BOPIS, Same-day Delivery, and Endless Aisle.
Ensure architecture enables real-time signals processing (e.g., clickstream, IoT, POS), contextual understanding, and action-triggering across commerce surfaces.
Lead architectural reviews and governance for AI-based and connected commerce projects.
Guide experimentation with GenAI, LLMs, and autonomous agents in commerce, marketing, and fulfillment use cases.
Collaborate with data, privacy, and compliance teams to align AI-powered experiences with data governance and ethical AI frameworks.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field; Master’s preferred.
10+ years of architecture, with at least 5+ years in commerce or omnichannel large scale transformation roles.
Demonstrated experience architecting and delivering commerce platforms across: Headless eCommerce (Shopify, Salesforce Commerce, etc.)
Digital Experience Platforms (CMS, DAM, PIM)
Customer Data Platforms (CDPs), Loyalty & Personalization Engines
Retail POS, OMS, and Fulfillment Systems
Deep knowledge of cloud-native architectures, microservices, event-driven systems (Kafka, GCP Pub/Sub), and serverless patterns.
Experience integrating AI/ML services into customer-facing applications, preferably in real-time or large-scale environments
Experience with Agentic AI frameworks or commerce focused LLMs.
Familiarity with AI platforms like Vertex AI, Amazon Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, or similar.
Working knowledge of data pipelines, model deployment (MLOps), and experimentation platforms.
Exposure to composable commerce and MACH (Microservices, API-first, Cloud-native, Headless) architecture.
Retail, CPG, or DTC brand experience with personalization and omnichannel engagement initiative
Strategic mindset with a strong grasp of emerging tech and its impact on business.
Excellent communication and storytelling skills—especially around complex AI and tech-driven business value.
Ability to balance short-term business needs with long-term Gap’s Architecture vision.
Highly collaborative with a passion for innovation, experimentation, and user-centered design.
Comfortable driving clarity and structure in ambiguous and fast-moving environments.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible working arrangements
Professional development

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Hard Skills & Tools

AIMLcloud-native architecturemicroservicesevent-driven systemsdata pipelinesmodel deploymentAgentic AI frameworksHeadless eCommercecomposable commerce

Soft Skills

strategic mindsetexcellent communicationstorytellingcollaborativeinnovationexperimentationuser-centered designability to drive clarityability to balance business needscomfort in ambiguity

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer scienceMaster’s degree in related field