AI Transformation Tech Leader for E-commerce & SAP Commerce

ARCA Consulting Ltd; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 148,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

ARCA Consulting Ltd in London seeks a Principal Engineering Practice Lead / Technical Authority to drive AI transformation and engineering excellence across SAP Commerce Cloud / Hybris platforms.

You will lead hands-on and strategic initiatives, challenging architectural decisions, guiding multiple engineering teams, and embedding responsible AI-enabled development practices across the SDLC. This is a high-impact contract with hybrid working.

Qualifications

• Senior technical leader with AI transformation experience and governance.
• Strong knowledge of SAP Commerce Cloud / Hybris in retail.
• Hands-on engineering capability and ability to guide multiple teams.
• Experience embedding AI-enabled development practices across the SDLC.

Responsibilities

• Define and embed engineering standards and best practices across multiple technology teams.
• Lead AI transformation within software engineering, driving adoption of AI-assisted practices.
• Establish AI tooling with guardrails and measurable adoption outcomes.
• Provide senior technical leadership and unblock complex engineering issues.
• Apply SAP Commerce Cloud / Hybris expertise to influence platform engineering.
• Champion CI/CD, automated testing, secure-by-design development, and incremental releases.
• Partner with Architecture to align engineering practices with strategy.
• Improve delivery via observability and DORA metrics.
• Coach capability leads and engineers across teams.

Skills

AI transformation leadership

Engineering leadership

Hands-on engineering

Stakeholder management

SDLC / DevOps expertise

Tools

SAP Commerce Cloud / Hybris

GitHub Copilot

Job description

ARCA Consulting Ltd in London seeks a Principal Engineering Practice Lead / Technical Authority to drive AI transformation and engineering excellence across SAP Commerce Cloud / Hybris platforms.

You will lead hands-on and strategic initiatives, challenging architectural decisions, guiding multiple engineering teams, and embedding responsible AI-enabled development practices across the SDLC. This is a high-impact contract with hybrid working.