Technical Product Manager (Retail , AWS Lambda, Modernization)

Senior Technical Product Manager (Retail , AWS Lambda, Modernization)
Location : Plano , TX
Term : Contract

Need Strong candidate with multiyear project experience .

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.