Principal AI & E-commerce Tech Lead (SAP Hybris) – Hybrid

ARCA Consulting Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

ARCA Consulting Ltd. is seeking a Principal Technical Lead / Technical Authority to drive AI transformation and engineering excellence across SAP Commerce Cloud / Hybris architectures for a large‑scale e‑commerce platform.

The role blends hands‑on engineering with strategic direction, across multiple technology domains and teams. The ideal candidate will lead AI‑enabled development practices, establish guardrails, and champion secure by design releases while guiding delivery improvements using

Qualifications

• Proven AI transformation leadership within software engineering.
• Strong hands-on engineering capability to guide and unblock teams.
• Extensive ecommerce/retail experience with SAP Commerce Cloud / Hybris.
• Experience implementing secure engineering controls and observability.
• Ability to influence across multiple teams without direct line authority.

Responsibilities

• Define and embed engineering standards across multiple technology teams.
• Lead AI transformation across the SDLC with agentic development practices.
• Establish AI tooling with guardrails, governance and measurable adoption outcomes.
• Provide senior technical leadership, challenge architectural decisions and unblock issues.
• Apply SAP Commerce Cloud / Hybris knowledge to influence technical decisions.
• Champion CI/CD, automated testing, secure-by-design releases.
• Partner with Architecture to align engineering practices with strategy and guardrails.
• Improve engineering delivery via DORA metrics and observability.
• Coach Capability Leads, Technical Leads and engineers across internal and external teams.

Skills

AI transformation

Technical leadership

Hands-on engineering

E-commerce knowledge

SAP Hybris knowledge

Architectural governance

Stakeholder management

CI/CD

Security by design

Tools

SAP Commerce Cloud

Hybris

GitHub Copilot

Job description

ARCA Consulting Ltd. is seeking a Principal Technical Lead / Technical Authority to drive AI transformation and engineering excellence across SAP Commerce Cloud / Hybris architectures for a large‑scale e‑commerce platform.

The role blends hands‑on engineering with strategic direction, across multiple technology domains and teams. The ideal candidate will lead AI‑enabled development practices, establish guardrails, and champion secure by design releases while guiding delivery improvements using