Senior/Principal Solution Architect - E-commerce
As a Lead Solution Architect in e-commerce, you will define strategic technology direction, design robust end-to-end solutions, and provide expert guidance across all project phases. This role requires a blend of enterprise vision, hands-on technical skills, and strong leadership. If you excel at bridging business needs with technical execution and thrive in dynamic environments, this is an opportunity to drive real impact in e-commerce architecture.
Responsibilities
- Define and evolve enterprise capabilities and capability models for e-commerce domains
- Create capability-to-technology mapping and provide strategic technology roadmaps
- Provide technology consultancy across all areas of the e-commerce domain
- Guide make-vs-buy decisions and vendor selection strategies
- Design end-to-end e-commerce solution landscapes including system integration, data flows, and component interactions
- Create comprehensive architecture documentation (C4 models, component diagrams, data flow diagrams, integration patterns)
- Design individual service/component architectures from scratch (e.g., basket, search, checkout, PIM, OMS)
- Define non-functional requirements, scalability, and resilience patterns
- Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture principles and technical standards
- Act as trusted technical advisor to clients at all organizational levels (C-suite, IT Directors, domain architects)
- Conduct architecture reviews and provide constructive feedback
- Drive best practices adoption across projects and teams
- Deep dive into services, codebases, and technical implementations when needed
- Validate architectural decisions through proof-of-concepts
- Troubleshoot complex technical challenges across the stack
- Bridge the gap between architecture and implementation teams
- Transform architectural vision into actionable, realistic delivery plans
- Produce detailed design documentation and implementation guidelines
- Proactively identify and escalate risks, proposing mitigation strategies
- Ensure architectural governance throughout delivery lifecycle
Requirements
- 10+ years in technology, with 5+ years in architecture roles
- Deep e-commerce domain knowledge across multiple projects/clients (platforms, vendors, patterns, best practices)
- Strong understanding of modern e-commerce platforms and technologies (headless, composable commerce, MACH principles)
- Knowledge of Microservices, API-first architectures, and event-driven patterns
- Familiarity with Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and cloud-native patterns
- Skills in Data architecture, integration patterns (sync/async, CDC, ETL)
- Background in frontend technologies, mobile commerce, omnichannel strategies
- Enterprise Architecture frameworks knowledge (TOGAF, Zachman, or similar)
- Hands-on technical background with the ability to review code and infrastructure
- Experience across the full e-commerce value chain: catalog, search, merchandising, cart, checkout, payments, OMS, customer service
- Knowledge of B2C, B2B, marketplace, and subscription models
- Understanding of e-commerce KPIs, conversion optimization, and personalization
- Proven experience leading and mentoring architecture teams
- Exceptional client-facing skills - comfortable presenting to business and technical teams alike
- Excellent communication skills, able to articulate complex technical concepts to varied audiences
