Role: Solution Architect – POS
Location: London - UK
About AbsoluteLabs:
We are a Business consulting organisation with specialisation in business and technology consulting, offering comprehensive digital transformation services. Our mission is to empower clients to maintain their competitive edge and foster innovation by staying ahead of evolving customer behaviors. With our tailored approach, we bring unparalleled expertise in specific industry verticals, enabling our clients to remain agile, adaptable, and innovative in today's digital landscape.
Role Summary:
We are looking for a seasoned Solution Architect with deep expertise in Point of Sale (POS) to drive architecture for next-generation retail systems. This role will lead the design of store systems within an omnichannel ecosystem, ensuring seamless integration across POS, eCommerce, CRM, ERP, and payment platforms.
You will play a key role in modernizing retail store technology, enabling real-time data flow, and delivering high-performing, scalable and secure POS solutions across global retail environments.
Key Responsibilities:
* Lead end-to-end solution architecture for POS platforms across store and retail ecosystems.
* Design scalable architectures covering store systems, mPOS, self-checkout, and backend services.
* Define integration frameworks between POS, ERP, CRM, OMS, inventory, and payment gateways.
* Collaborate with business, product, and engineering teams to translate retail use cases into technical solutions.
* Drive omnichannel architecture, enabling seamless customer journeys across online and offline channels.
* Ensure performance, reliability, and security of POS systems in high-volume retail environments.
* Provide architectural guidance on API-first, microservices-based, and event-driven systems.
* Lead architecture discussions, solution reviews, and client-facing presentations.
* Evaluate emerging technologies in retail POS, payments, and digital commerce.
* Support deployment strategies, release planning, and environment governance.
* Troubleshoot critical issues across store systems and ensure business continuity.
Skill & Qualification:
* Hands on experience in software architecture with strong POS focus in retail.
* Hands-on experience with retail POS platforms (e.g., Oracle Retail Xstore, NCR, Toshiba, Shopify POS, etc.)
* Strong understanding of retail domain-billing, promotions, inventory, loyalty, returns, and store operations
* Experience in designing distributed systems and microservices architecture
* Expertise in API design, integrations, and middleware technologies
* Strong knowledge of payment systems, including EMV and PCI-DSS compliance.
* Proficiency in cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
* Strong understanding of databases (SQL/NoSQL) and data flow design
* Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)
* Experience in omnichannel retail solutions
* Exposure to mobile POS (mPOS) or self-checkout systems
* Experience working in global delivery models and client-facing roles.