Platform Solutions Architect III, Retail - Google, Toronto

About this opportunity

Google Cloud is seeking a Platform Solutions Architect III to join their team in Toronto, focusing on the retail sector. In this pivotal technical role, you will partner with Sales teams to differentiate Google's leading services platform for customers. You will serve as the primary technical partner and trusted advisor, engaging in technical-led conversations to understand business issues and troubleshoot roadblocks.

This position is crucial for identifying, pursuing, and winning new business workloads and driving penetration within existing ones. You will blend sales expertise, market knowledge, and direct technical engagement to prove the value of the Google Cloud portfolio for global merchants and the wider retail ecosystem. Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry, delivering enterprise-grade solutions leveraging cutting-edge technology.

What you'll do

As a Platform Solutions Architect III for Retail, your core responsibilities will involve a blend of strategic planning, technical architecture, and client engagement to drive the adoption and success of Google Cloud solutions within the retail sector.

• Develop and own the technical account plan and strategy, participating in planning and supporting targeted sales motions for retail environments.
• Combine sales, programming, and solutions architecture expertise to prove the value of Google Cloud Platform across the portfolio through demos, pilots and in-depth workshops focused on high-traffic retail scalability.
• Architect cross-pillar solutions that meet the demands of global e-commerce, drive technical wins, and define initial delivery plans for customers; continue to lead the technical engagement in the solution phase.
• Demonstrate high client empathy by translating merchant business needs into robust, scalable technical architectures.
• Facilitate the post-sales transition by supporting pricing activities and transitioning the final delivery plan to implementation teams.
• Troubleshoot technical questions and roadblocks, engage in proofs-of-concepts and demos, and use your expertise to architect cross-pillar cloud solutions that solve business issues.
• Drive the technical win and define the delivery and consumption plans.
• Use acumen and presentation skills to engage with technical and business leaders, and persuasively present practical and useful solutions on Google Cloud.

Skills and experience

To excel in this Platform Solutions Architect III role, candidates should possess a strong foundation in cloud native architecture and a proven ability to engage with technical and executive stakeholders. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a blend of technical depth and business acumen, particularly within the retail sector.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience with cloud native architecture in a customer-facing or support role.
• Experience engaging with, or presenting to, technical stakeholders or executive leaders.
• Experience in programming languages, debugging, systems design, prototyping, demos, or customer workshops.
• Experience with cloud development, on-premise development, virtualization, or containerization platforms.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience building long-term technical strategies to uncover new workloads with customers.
• Experience migrating applications and services to cloud platforms.
• Experience with security concepts (e.g., encryption, identity management, access control, attack vectors, penetration testing).
• Experience selling technical solutions in one or more of the following: infrastructure modernization, application modernization, data management, data analytics, cloud AI, networking, migrations, security, specifically within the retail or e-commerce sectors.
• Experience driving sales cycle for high-growth tech companies (e.g., defining the delivery and consumption plan and transitioning it for execution).
• Understanding of the Canadian tech ecosystem and driving impact within a high-flyer industry leader.

What's on offer

Google offers a competitive compensation package for this Platform Solutions Architect III position, reflecting the high level of expertise required. This includes a robust salary, significant bonus potential, and comprehensive benefits designed to support your well-being and career growth.

• Salary: $194,000 - $199,000 CAD
• 42.86% bonus target
• Equity
• Benefits (further details available on Google's careers site)