Solutions Architect

Pulse Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 69,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Pulse Group is seeking a Solution Architect to lead a major ecommerce and omnichannel transformation for a consumer-facing organisation in the UK. You will shape architecture across the customer journey, checkout, payments, order management and fulfilment, guiding design through to delivery and supporting significant growth and international expansion.

You will collaborate with Product, Engineering and Architecture teams, and partner with strategic technology providers to evolve the platform and

Qualifications

• Experience delivering large-scale ecommerce and omnichannel transformations.
• Ability to shape target-state architecture and roadmap.

Responsibilities

• Own solution architecture across a major Ecommerce and Omnichannel transformation.
• Design solutions spanning the complete customer and order journey.
• Shape target-state architecture and the roadmap from the existing technology landscape.
• Architect across web/app, product and catalogue, basket, checkout, payments, OMS, inventory, fulfilment, delivery and returns.
• Define integration patterns between ecommerce platforms, enterprise systems and third-party technology providers.
• Support the evolution towards scalable, modern and potentially composable/MACH-based architectures.
• Translate commercial and customer requirements into practical technology solutions.
• Work closely with Product Managers, Engineering teams and Enterprise Architecture.
• Provide architectural leadership across onshore, nearshore and offshore delivery partners.
• Ensure solutions can support increased transaction volumes, new customer propositions and expansion into additional markets.
• Work with senior stakeholders to explain architectural decisions, options and trade-offs.

Job description

Location: South West London - 1 day a week

Salary: Up to £115,000 + Bonus & Benefits

I'm working with a major consumer-facing organisation going through a significant transformation of its digital and ecommerce proposition.

The organisation is at the beginning of a significant period of change rather than simply maintaining an established ecommerce platform.

You'll have the opportunity to shape the architecture, influence major technology decisions and see the transformation through from design into delivery, with the digital proposition expanding significantly over the coming years.

They are looking for a Solution Architect to play a key role in shaping the next generation of their ecommerce ecosystem as they expand their digital proposition across new services, markets and customer journeys.

This role isn't focused purely on one ecommerce platform or one part of the journey. You'll be looking across the end-to-end ecommerce landscape from the customer-facing digital experience through checkout and payments, into order management, inventory, fulfilment, delivery and returns.

You'll work closely with Product, Engineering and Architecture teams, alongside a number of strategic technology partners, to define how the future platform should evolve and ensure the architecture can support significant growth and international expansion.

What you'll be doing

• Own solution architecture across a major Ecommerce and Omnichannel transformation


• Design solutions spanning the complete customer and order journey


• Shape target-state architecture and the roadmap from the existing technology landscape


• Architect across areas such as web/app, product and catalogue, basket, checkout, payments, OMS, inventory, fulfilment, delivery and returns


• Define integration patterns between ecommerce platforms, enterprise systems and third-party technology providers


• Support the evolution towards scalable, modern and potentially composable/MACH-based architectures


• Translate commercial and customer requirements into practical technology solutions


• Work closely with Product Managers, Engineering teams and Enterprise Architecture


• Provide architectural leadership across onshore, nearshore and offshore delivery partners


• Ensure solutions can support increased transaction volumes, new customer propositions and expansion into additional markets


• Work with senior stakeholders to explain architectural decisions, options and trade-offs

You'll already be operating as a Solution Architect, Ecommerce Architect, Digital Architect or Commerce Architect, with experience delivering significant ecommerce transformation.

We're particularly interested in experience across:

• Customer-facing web and mobile journeys


• Checkout and payments


• Order Management Systems


• Product/catalogue and inventory


• Fulfilment, delivery and returns


• APIs and enterprise integration


• SaaS and third-party ecommerce platforms


• Modern cloud and/or composable commerce architectures


• Architecture within complex, high-volume environments

Experience within retail, fashion or another high-volume consumer business would be particularly valuable.

You don't need to be a hands-on developer. What matters is that you've got enough technical depth to understand how the different components of a modern ecommerce ecosystem connect, while being able to operate at the architecture and business level.