Job Role: Senior Technical Product Manager (Retail , AWS Lambda, Modernization)
Location: Plano, TX (Hybrid)
Contract Role
Must Have: Multiyear project Experience
Job Description:
We are seeking an experienced Technical Product Manager to lead our Platform Modernization initiatives focused on transforming legacy retail systems into a scalable, cloud-native, event‑driven architecture. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in AWS serverless technologies (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB), microservices, service mesh architectures (Istio, Linkerd, Consul), and a proven track record of building enterprise-grade platforms in the Retail or eCommerce industry.
Key Responsibilities:
Platform Modernization & Architecture:
- Drive the product vision and roadmap for enterprise-wide platform modernization, enabling scalability, resilience, and high developer velocity.
- Lead the migration of monolithic retail systems into serverless or microservices-based architectures on AWS.
- Partner with architecture teams to design API-first, event-driven, cloud-native platform components.
Service Mesh & Distributed Systems:
- Define strategy and adoption roadmap for Service Mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd, Consul), ensuring observability, security, east–west traffic management, and reliability across microservices.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to implement zero-trust networking, circuit breakers, and intelligent routing.
Serverless & Cloud Technologies:
- Oversee the adoption and scaling of AWS Lambda, step functions, event buses (EventBridge/Kafka), and serverless integration patterns.
- Optimize cost, performance, and reliability of serverless and microservices workloads.
Retail Industry Focus:
- Translate unique retail operational needs—such as inventory accuracy, real-time order orchestration, omnichannel experiences, store operations automation, and POS modernization—into platform capabilities.
- Work closely with business teams in merchandising, supply chain, store tech, and digital commerce.
Product Management:
- Own the end-to-end product lifecycle: strategy, roadmap, requirements, backlog, delivery, and adoption.
- Conduct stakeholder alignment with engineering, data, security, business, and leadership teams.
- Define and track KPIs tied to developer experience, reliability (SLOs/SLIs), cost optimization, and platform usage.
Governance, Security & Compliance:
- Work with security & compliance teams to ensure modernized platforms adhere to PCI, SOC2, and retail‑specific compliance requirements.
- Ensure consistent enforcement of API governance, documentation standards, and platform guardrails.
Required Skills & Experience:
Technical Expertise:
- Strong knowledge of modern cloud platforms, ideally AWS, including:
- AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS, EventBridge
- ECS/EKS, serverless patterns, containerization
- Hands‑on understanding of Service Mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd, Consul).
- Deep experience with microservices architectures, distributed systems, and observability tooling.
Retail Industry Experience:
- 5+ years in Retail / eCommerce platform engineering or product management.
- Demonstrated understanding of:
- Order management systems (OMS)
- Inventory & supply chain systems
- Customer experience platforms
- Store technology & omnichannel flows
Product & Leadership Skills:
- Proven ability to define and deliver technical roadmaps.
- Strong background in working with engineering teams (agile, scrum, DevOps).
- Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Certification in AWS (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Developer).
- Experience with OpenTelemetry, API Management platforms (Apigee, Kong), or cloud migration programs.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/CDK), and SRE practices.
- MBA or equivalent experience in technical product leadership.
Thanks & Regards,
Vivek Sharma
Account Manager
Email: vivek@vishusa.com
Vish Consulting Services, Inc
www.vishusa.com