Your role @ CHANEL
As Integration Architect, you will lead the design and delivery of scalable, secure, and reusable integration solutions across APAC. You will drive the evolution of our integration landscape by applying modern architectural techniques—including composability—to enable agility, interoperability, and cloud-native performance.
In this highly visible role, you will blend technical leadership with strategic influence—driving collaboration across internal teams and external partners to ensure integration efforts align with enterprise architecture standards and deliver measurable business outcomes across markets.
The impact you can create at CHANEL
- Drive the adoption of composable architecture and API-first principles.
- Ensure integration solutions support business outcomes and meet global, regional, and market requirements.
- Oversee the technical stabilization and evolution of the APAC integration platform (Apollo).
- Govern integration standards, security, compliance, and data flow integrity.
- Lead technical communication and collaboration across internal teams and external vendors.
You are energized by…
- Designing scalable, cloud-native integration solutions.
- Collaborating across geographies and domains.
- Driving innovation through composability and orchestration.
- Leading technical conversations and influencing architecture decisions.
- Delivering measurable impact through performance and compliance KPIs.
What you can bring to the team…
Strategic & Technical Leadership
- Minimum 5 years in integration architecture or lead engineering roles, ideally within multinational or consulting environments.
- Proven ability to lead integration strategy across complex, multi-system landscapes, aligning with enterprise architecture and business goals.
- Demonstrated experience in technical leadership, guiding cross-functional teams and influencing architectural decisions across domains.
Composability & Modern Architecture
- Deep understanding of composable architecture principles, including modular design, capability-based integration, and interoperability across systems.
- Experience implementing capability platforms and composable services using modern frameworks (e.g., MACH, MASA, microservices).
- Familiarity with canonical governance and its role in enabling data consistency and interoperability across composable units.
Integration & API Expertise
- Hands-on experience with API lifecycle management and integration platforms (e.g., Microsoft APIM, Mulesoft, Kafka, Azure Logic Apps, Azure Function App).
- Strong knowledge of integration patterns (REST, SOAP, MQ, JMS) and middleware/ESB technologies (e.g., Azure, BizTalk).
- Ability to design and implement secure, scalable, and maintainable integration solutions across cloud and hybrid environments.
Architecture Governance & Best Practices
- Skilled in defining integration standards, design patterns, and governance models to ensure architectural consistency and quality.
- Experience working with enterprise architecture boards and contributing to strategic architecture decisions
Agile, Product-Centric & DevOps Mindset
- Familiarity with Agile and DevOps practices, including CI/CD, iterative delivery, and outcome-driven development.
- Experience in product-centric delivery models, emphasizing long-term ownership, continuous improvement, and user-centric design
Cloud & Security Awareness
- Strong technical background in cloud-native integration and infrastructure, especially Microsoft Azure.
- Understanding of data privacy, security, and compliance in integration contexts, including PII handling and federated data models
Collaboration & Communication
- Excellent communication skills to articulate complex technical concepts to business and technical stakeholders.
- Proven ability to collaborate across business, digital, and technology teams, especially in omnichannel and retail transformation contexts
Education & Bonus Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- Experience in luxury retail or digital innovation is advantageous.
What CHANEL can offer you…
- Exposure to complex IT environments and luxury retail innovations.
- Opportunities to shape regional integration strategy and platforms.
- A collaborative culture that values integrity, humility, and open-mindedness.
- Growth through cross-functional engagement and architectural leadership.
- You’ll be at the forefront of digital transformation and enterprise modernization.
At Chanel, we are you focused on creating an inclusive culture that nurtures personal growth, contributing to collective progress. We believe the uniqueness of each individual increases the diversity, complementarity and effectiveness of our teams. We strongly encourage your application, as we value the perspective, experience and potential you could bring to Chanel.
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What We Do
CHANEL is a private company and a world leader in creating, developing, manufacturing and distributing luxury products.
Founded by Gabrielle Chanel at the beginning of the last century, CHANEL offers a broad range of high-end creations, including Ready-to-Wear, Leather Goods, Fashion Accessories, Eyewear, Fragrances, Makeup, Skincare, Jewelry and Watches. CHANEL is also renowned for its Haute Couture collections, presented twice yearly in Paris, and for having acquired a large number of specialized suppliers, collectively known as the Métiers d’Art. CHANEL is dedicated to ultimate luxury and to the highest level of craftsmanship.
It is a brand whose core values remain historically grounded on exceptional creation. As such, CHANEL promotes culture, art, creativity and “savoir-faire” throughout the world, and invests significantly in people, R&D and innovation.
At the end of 2019, CHANEL employed more than 28,000 people across the world.
