At DICK’S Sporting Goods, we believe in how positively sports can change lives. On our team, everyone plays a critical role in creating confidence and excitement by personally equipping all athletes to achieve their dreams. We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce, reflecting the communities we serve.
If you are ready to make a difference as part of the world’s greatest sports team, apply to join our team today!
OVERVIEW:
At DICK’S Sporting Goods, we believe sports can change lives. Founded in 1948, DICK’S Sporting Goods first started as a bait-and-tackle shop in Binghamton, NY and has since rapidly expanded into a leading omnichannel retailer with more than 850 locations representing our multiple brands: DICK’S, House of Sport, Golf Galaxy, Public Lands, Going Going Gone, and more. Over the years, it’s been our relentless focus on inspiring, supporting and equipping athletes and outdoor enthusiasts to achieve their dreams that has allowed us to become the $13B company we are today.
Our company is looking to invest in our future as we embark on a journey from being the best sports retailer in the world to becoming the best sports company in the world. We aim to build the ultimate athlete data set that will power our tools and platforms for the most personalized athlete experiences. Join us as we build the ultimate Marketing & Media destination to reach athletes, starting with DICK’S media network. You will have the opportunity to shape the engine where the biggest brands in the world compete to win with our athletes. If you are ready to make a difference as part of the world’s greatest sports company, apply to join our team today!
Overview:
Are you an innovative experienced technologist with a passion for large-scale Enterprise data and analytics solutions and platforms? This is an opportunity to shape the future of data-driven customer-facing athlete solutions for a leading sports retailer with $14B+ in revenue and 800+ physical stores. At DICK’S Sporting Goods, we take a people-centric approach to everything we do. Both our Athletes (customers) and our Teammates (employees) are at the center of every decision we make so that we can provide personalized experiences online, in the store, and in your sport. When you join the Technology team at DICK’S Sporting Goods, you’re joining a team that wins together.
The Solution Architect will be hands-on and collaborate with engineering and foundational tech teams to design, build, and deliver technology solutions with working prototypes for proposed business solution designs and to scale solutions into mature DICK'S Sporting Goods enterprise technology capabilities. Direct Experience with designing and building Service-Oriented & Event-Driven Architectures leveraging Cloud Technologies & Services, Enterprise Storage & Compute platforms, Scaled Data Management solutions, and Third-Party SAAS Integrations is desired.
As the Solution Architect – Marketing Ad Tech, you will:
Drive the technology design and solutioning for our retail advertising solutions including personalization, paid retail media, channel marketing, and disruptive trends (3rd party cookie deprecation)
Leverage 1st and 3rd party data in solutions to drive personalized and relevant content to Athletes
Develop solution designs and prototypes to enable a scalable, reliable, and effective retail media network
Collaborate with business and product stakeholders to map business goals into technology capabilities across many different channels including online, in-store, mobile apps, and various third-party platforms
Ensure the proposed solutions are designed to scale and meet the foundational technology guiderails of platforms alignment, data governance, compliance controls (GDPR/CCPA), reliability & performance, and cost management
Deliver artifacts to assess business & systems capability impacts, publish current & transitional systems design diagrams, and evaluate non-functional requirements for foundational tech alignment & planning
Maintain technology design risks, impacts, and dependency assessments to support the delivery of recommended solutions and technology roadmap planning
To be successful in this role, experience in several areas of our technology stack is desired
Adobe Experience Manager
Google Marketing Platform & Google Ad Manager
LiveRamp
Salesforce Media Cloud
Snowflake, Databricks, Power BI
Java, Spring Boot, Angular, Kubernetes
Cloud-native Service architectures with Microsoft Azure & Kubernetes
Data Lakes, CDPs, Clean Rooms, Tagging Systems
End-to-End Scalability, Reliability, and DR solutioning
QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor’s degree or Equivalent Experience in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
7+ years of hands-on experience in software/data engineering and architecture
2+ years of experience in marketing and media domain technologies
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Demonstrated experience in developing cloud service architectures & solutions
Ability to understand the business context and outcomes of the domain
Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
Ability to develop and maintain relationships with stakeholders
Ability to collaborate with teams across multiple departments and functions
Ability to publish professional architecture artifacts and documentation
Ability to provide technical recommendations to technology teams
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Targeted Pay Range: $95,200 - $158,800. This is part of a competitive total rewards package that could include other components such as: incentive, equity and benefits. Individual pay is determined by a number of factors including experience, location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. We review all teammate pay regularly to ensure competitive and equitable pay.DICK'S Sporting Goods complies with all state paid leave requirements. We also offer a generous suite of benefits. To learn more, visit www.benefityourliferesources.com.