Solutions Architect

Kensium

Hyderabad, India

7-12 Years

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Solution Architect -

Job Summary:

We are seeking a Technical Solution Architect with 7 to 12 years of experience in Ecommerce engineering, with at least 3-5 years of hands-on experience in Shopify plus or BigCommerce.
The Architect will design, lead, and deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing ecommerce solutions. The ideal candidate will have strong architectural experience across one or more modern commerce platforms, including Shopify, BigCommerce, and/or Headless Commerce architectures.
This role requires close collaboration with business stakeholders, product owners, UX teams, and engineering teams to translate business requirements into well-defined, robust technical solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

Architecture Design: Lead the design and implementation of end-to-end ecommerce architecture aligned with business goals and scalability requirements.
Agnostic Architecture: Ability to efficiently lead solution design across one or more platforms including - Shopify, BigCommerce, and/or Headless Commerce ecosystems
Technical Leadership:
Provide leadership in selecting the right tools, technologies, frameworks, and E-Commerce Platforms
Guide development teams on best practices, coding standards, and architectural patterns
Support cloud-native, API-first and composable architectures
Participate in technical reviews, estimations, pre-sales bids and solution proposals
Provide architectural governance throughout the project lifecycle
Solution Implementation: Define system architecture, integrations, data flows, and deployment strategies. Produce solution architecture documents, data flow diagrams and API Specifications for complex omni-channel E-commerce requirements.
Integrations: Design and oversee implementation of complex E-Commerce Omni-channel integrations including:
ERP, CRM, OMS, PIM, CMS
Payment gateways, tax, shipping, and fraud solutions
Optimization: Ensure high-performance, security, reliability, and compliance standards are met.
Collaboration: Work closely with the pre-sales, design, product, and development teams to ensure seamless execution of E-commerce projects.
Compliance & Security: Ensure that all E-commerce solutions comply with industry standards, best practices, and legal requirements including security, data-privacy and payment processing.

Required Skills & Experience:

7+ years of experience in E-Commerce solutions
Ability to design and implement scalable enterprise-grade E-commerce solutions
Experience in creating solution architecture documents, data flow diagrams, and API Specifications
Experience working with global, multi-brand, or multi-region ecommerce implementations
Strong Client communication skills and English Language proficiency.
Hands-on architectural experience with one or more of the following:
Shopify / Shopify Plus
BigCommerce
Headless Commerce architectures (e.g., custom headless setups, or headless implementations using Shopify/BigCommerce)
Strong understanding of:
Composable Commerce Architectures
Microservices and API-driven architectures
REST/GraphQL APIs
Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare)
ERP integrations o Shopify Liquid and online store 2.0
Shopify Storefront API and Admin API
Shopify Functions & Checkout Extensibility
React.js, Next.js and Node.js (preferred for headless setups)
Version Control Systems
Performance optimization and monitoring tools
Experience with both frontend and backend E-commerce technologies
Strong knowledge of E-commerce domain concepts (catalog, checkout, payments, promotions, order management)
Ability to translate business requirements into technical architecture
Excellent communication, collaboration and stakeholder management skills