Technical Architect eCommerce

Technical Architect eCommerce

We are seeking a Technical Architect eCommerce to oversee and guide the architectural direction of our entire eCommerce landscape. As the Technical Architect, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable, high-performance, and innovative solutions across a complex, multi-team environment. You will work closely with all the eCommerce domains, each focusing on different components of the eCommerce platform, to ensure seamless integration and system harmony.

The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of modern eCommerce ecosystems, SAAS

products, cloud infrastructure, microservices architecture and DevOps practices. You will serve as the technical leader within eCommerce, driving consistency, technical quality, and scalability across the platform and supporting the domain’s tech leads with their personal development.

You will report to the Lead product owner eCommerce.

Job description

Skills and Experience

10+ years of total experience in software development, design and architecture

5+ years of experience in developing e-commerce solutions and applications.

5+ years of experience in a similar architecture role.

5+ years of experience in any commercial e-commerce tool like SFCC, Magento, Shopify,

BigCommerce, etc.

Architect certification in any e-commerce tool is desirable.

Proven hands-on implementation experience in large, complex, multi-domain, and multisite e-

commerce projects.

Experience with tools like Salesforce Commerce cloud, Salesforce Marketing cloud,

Mulesoft, Zendesk, Salsify, RabitMQ ESB.

Good knowledge of UI technologies and omnichannel e-commerce platforms.

Strong knowledge of e-commerce functionalities like product and catalog management,

pricing, promotions, loyalty, inventory management, order fulfillment, warranties, return

management, payments, supply chain, etc.

Sound knowledge of cloud infrastructure in a popular platform, like AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Communication Skills: excellent interpersonal and communication skills to effectively

collaborate with diverse teams and present complex technical concepts to non-technical

stakeholders.

Problem-Solving: demonstrated ability to analyze complex business problems and find timely

quick and permanent solutions.

Leadership: demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and inspire development teams in adopting

best practices and high-quality standards.

Adaptability: Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, adapting to change

while keeping the helicopter overview over the e-commerce landscape.

Expertise in application lifecycle methodologies (like agile project and engineering processes,

MVP).

Hands-on knowledge of CI/CD implementation.

Comfortable in conducting workshops.

Hands-on experience in agile development methodology.

A self-starter and quick learner with an ability to work in a fast-paced and evolving

environment.

Primary goals/KPI’s

More (PORT) projects live in time against the expected quality

Technical stability within the domains