Senior Architect I - Global Commerce Platforms
About the positionResponsibilities• Lead the design and evolution of technology solutions across the architecture lifecycle, ensuring scalability, performance, and alignment with enterprise standards. • Partner with Business Analysts, Product Owners, Engineers, Project Managers, and Architects to define project requirements, success criteria, and design guidance throughout the development lifecycle. • Actively participate in and present at architecture design reviews, advocating for sound design principles and engineering best practices.• Proactively engage cross-functional stakeholders, gather organizational context, and incorporate insights into architectural decisions. • Identify and document deviations from future-state architecture, escalating where necessary to maintain architectural integrity. • Clearly communicate trade-offs in architecture and engineering approaches; adapt processes to project and team needs. • Contribute to the Architecture Community of Practice, sharing knowledge and presenting at internal events to foster alignment and growth across teams.Requirements• Bachelor's degree in a technology-related field or equivalent professional experience. • Proven expertise in cloud platforms, with hands-on experience in AWS (preferred), Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) with ability to select and implement cloud services across compute, storage, database, and analytics based on specific use cases. • 5+ years of hands-on experience as a technical lead developing, deploying, and maintaining scalable, cloud-native software [KR1] event driven systems using agile CI/CD Devops and delivery processes• Expertise with Single Page Web Apps built on React, JavaScript, Node.js, Webpack and Next.js stack• In-depth understanding of cloud security threat models, compliance requirements, and platform-native security capabilities.• Experience conducting technology evaluations, scoring, and selecting tools or vendors aligned to business and architectural goals. • Deep knowledge of integration patterns across cloud, SaaS, and PaaS platforms. • Strong capabilities in data architecture, including analytics pipelines, visualization frameworks, and scalable data solutions. • Comfortable working within Agile delivery frameworks, promoting continuous collaboration between architecture and engineering teams. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills• Ability to work independently with minimal direction be a self-starter with strong initiative, and ability to manage/execute workload to deliver high quality results• Good Hands on experience with spring and related frameworks [KR2] and Practical experience with containerization and container orchestrators such as Kubernetes building RESTful APIs using JAX-RS and JSON• Experience testing JavaScript applications from Unit to E2E• Experience with CDNs / caching / security / routing rules / IaC and Proxy servers• Experience with application observability, system-level design, performance in high volume transaction systemsNice-to-haves• Prior experience in high volume web retail or eCommerce domains is preferred.[KR3]Benefits• Extended health and dental benefits, and mental health plans• Paid time off• Savings and retirement plan matching• Generous employee discount• Fitness & yoga classes• Parenthood top-up• Extensive catalog of development course offerings• People networks, mentorship programs, and leadership series (to name a few) Apply tot his job