Solution Architect /Lead-26940

Key Responsibilities

- Own the end-to-end solution architecture and technical design for headless Shopify B2B commerce solutions.
- Define scalable and maintainable architecture using Shopify, React, Next.js, and enterprise integration patterns.
- Design and implement integrations between Shopify, SAP, and other enterprise applications.
- Define appropriate integration patterns using REST, GraphQL, middleware, and iPaaS platforms.
- Design solutions leveraging Shopify Storefront API and Admin API capabilities.
- Provide technical guidance for Shopify B2B features, including Companies and Company Locations.
- Define architecture principles, technical standards, design patterns, and development guidelines.
- Establish and enforce technical governance across application and integration components.
- Define and validate non-functional requirements (NFRs) covering scalability, availability, security, performance, reliability, and maintainability.
- Design caching, performance optimization, and scalability strategies for high-volume B2B commerce applications.
- Define application and integration security architecture, including authentication, authorization, API security, and data protection.
- Establish observability strategies covering logging, monitoring, tracing, alerting, and application health.
- Conduct architecture, technical, and code reviews to ensure adherence to defined standards and best practices.
- Identify technical risks, architectural constraints, dependencies, and opportunities for improvement.
- Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Scrum Masters, developers, UX/UI designers, QA teams, SAP teams, and business stakeholders.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to development and engineering teams.




- Support technical estimation, solution feasibility assessments, and implementation planning.
- Ensure architectural decisions are appropriately documented and maintained in platforms such as Confluence.

Technical Skills / Experience

- Strong experience in Headless Shopify architecture and B2B commerce solutions.
- Solid hands-on experience with React and Next.js.
- Extensive knowledge of Shopify Storefront API and Admin API.
- Good understanding of Shopify B2B Companies, Company Locations, catalogs, pricing, and customer-specific commerce capabilities.
- Strong experience in integration architecture and enterprise integration patterns.
- Proficiency in REST APIs and GraphQL.
- Experience designing and implementing SAP integration patterns, particularly for commerce and order-to-cash processes.
- Experience with middleware / iPaaS platforms and API integration solutions.
- Robust understanding of application, API, and integration security principles.
- Experience with caching strategies, performance optimization, and scalability.
- Knowledge of observability, monitoring, logging, distributed tracing, and alerting.
- Experience with cloud-native architecture and modern web application development is preferred.
- Familiarity with CI/CD, DevOps practices, and automated deployment processes is an advantage.

Primary Scope





- End-to-end solution architecture and technical design
- Headless Shopify B2B architecture
- React / Next.js technical architecture
- Shopify Storefront and Admin API architecture
- SAP and enterprise integration architecture
- REST / GraphQL API design
- Middleware / iPaaS integration patterns
- Technical governance and architecture standards
- Non-functional requirements and quality attributes
- Security architecture
- Performance, scalability, and caching
- Observability and operational readiness
- Architecture and code reviews
- Technical risk and dependency management
- Technical leadership and mentoring

Preferred Qualifications

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
- Proven experience as a Solution Architect, Technical Architect, or Technical Lead in digital commerce or enterprise transformation programs.
- Strong experience with Shopify Plus / Shopify B2B implementations is preferred.
- Experience integrating Shopify with SAP S/4HANA or SAP ECC is an advantage.
- Relevant cloud, architecture, Shopify, or enterprise integration certifications are a plus.
- Experience working in Agile delivery environments and cross-functional teams.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, problem-solving, and technical leadership skills.

Key Competencies

- Solution and enterprise architecture
- Technical leadership
- Shopify B2B architecture
- Integration architecture
- API design and architecture
- SAP integration
- Security and scalability
- Performance engineering
- Technical governance
- Architecture and code review
- Problem-solving and decision-making
- Stakeholder communication and collaboration

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