Solution Architecture

Colgate • Piscataway, NJ

6d • $110,000 - $150,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Colgate-Palmolive is hiring a Solution Architect for the Professional Engagement group within its Global Information Technology Organization. The role focuses on designing, building, and deploying a global digital professional ecosystem, bridging business strategy with hands-on technical execution. The architect will serve as a technical embedded lead, defining architectural blueprints, writing production integrations, and working with Global Digital Marketing, local markets, and cross-category IT teams. The role involves both executive-level architecture discussions and practical development, troubleshooting, and deployment work alongside commercial teams.

The position covers architecture for identity, learning management systems (LMS), marketing platforms, and customer service tools across brands and markets. It translates commercial strategies into technical specifications and governs dependencies and emerging technologies to support stable, scalable, multi-market solutions. The architect also embeds with regional business units to gather operational requirements, create prototypes and proofs of concept, and engineer integrations among core platforms and enterprise systems. Hands-on work includes production code, integration testing, debugging, and CI/CD deployments during regional product launches.

The role is based in Piscataway, New Jersey. The posting identifies the position as hybrid and states that relocation assistance is not offered.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or an equivalent technical field.
• At least 6 years of experience combining hands-on software development, solution architecture, and client-facing or forward-deployed technical delivery in a global matrixed environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in high-touch, fast-paced deployment roles such as Forward Deployed Engineer, Technical Consultant, or Solutions Architect, partnering directly with commercial or operational stakeholders.
• Production-level coding proficiency in Node.js, Python, Java, JavaScript, or TypeScript, with extensive experience writing and consuming REST/GraphQL APIs.
• Experience designing scalable microservices, system integration patterns, and enterprise identity protocols such as SAML, OIDC, and OAuth 2.0.
• Ability to work in unfamiliar codebases, debug complex production issues, and adapt quickly to localized business needs.
• Ability to explain architectural concepts to leadership and build technical credibility with local operational teams and developers.
• Practical engineering experience with Salesforce Marketing Cloud/CRM, customer data platforms (CDPs), enterprise LMS platforms, or Sprinklr.
• Hands-on experience with cloud data warehouses such as Snowflake or GCP, advanced SQL, and data transformation frameworks.
• Knowledge of Git, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, and incorporating deployment spikes into Scrum/Agile sprints.
• Experience incorporating architectural design spikes and technical governance workflows into an Agile/SCRUM scaled delivery model.
• Understanding of technical implementations for privacy frameworks such as GDPR and CCPA in localized, multi-market deployments.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the scalable global architectural blueprint for identity, LMS, marketing platforms, and customer service tools across brands and markets.
• Translate commercial strategies into API guidelines, data flow diagrams, microservices topologies, and system requirements.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, including GenAI orchestration and composable services, and govern technical dependencies to support stable, multi-market scalability.
• Embed with regional business units, brand leads, and product teams to gather operational requirements and deploy tailored technical solutions on location or in-market.
• Build functional proofs of concept and custom prototypes in production or sandbox environments to assess market viability before broader engineering expansion.
• Write, test, and deploy production-ready code, including REST/GraphQL APIs, microservices, and webhooks, integrating platforms such as Salesforce, Sprinklr, and LMS with enterprise systems.
• Lead hands-on troubleshooting, integration testing, and CI/CD deployment pipelines during regional product launches.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Basic life insurance and disability coverage.
• Paid parental leave.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions, subject to eligibility requirements.
• Minimum of 15 vacation/PTO days for salaried employees.
• 13 paid holidays.
• Paid sick leave in accordance with applicable local laws.
• Salaried employees may be eligible for discretionary bonuses and profit-sharing; long-term incentives may be available for Executive-level roles.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior