Lead Solutions Architect

Merkle; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Vision

Dental

Life insurance

Disability

401k

Flexible PTO

Paid holidays

Sick leave

Parental leave

Job summary

Merkle seeks a senior Solution Architect to lead the technical vision and delivery quality for enterprise digital platforms. Reporting to the CMS Technical Director, you will design scalable architecture solutions across multiple domains, guide architects and engineers, and serve as the primary client technical leader.

Responsibilities include owning project technical quality, defining unified technical vision, leading architecture design, enforcing standards, making final technical decisions,

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering and architecture.
• Experience with headless and composable CMS platforms (Contentful, Sitecore, Sanity, Optimizely).
• API design (REST, GraphQL).
• Cloud deployments (Vercel, AWS, Netlify, Cloudflare Pages).
• CI/CD.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• owning project technical quality
• defining unified technical vision
• leading architecture design
• enforcing standards
• making final technical decisions
• managing risks
• mentoring teams

Skills

Senior leadership

Solution architecture

CMS architecture

API design

Cloud deployment

CI/CD

Communication & leadership

Tools

Contentful

Sitecore

Sanity

Optimizely

Node.js

Serverless functions

AWS

Netlify

Cloudflare Pages

Job description

Merkle seeks a senior Solution Architect to lead the technical vision and delivery quality for enterprise digital platforms. Reporting to the CMS Technical Director, you will design scalable architecture solutions across multiple domains, guide architects and engineers, and serve as the primary client technical leader. Responsibilities include owning project technical quality, defining unified technical vision, leading architecture design, enforcing standards, making final technical decisions, managing risks, and mentoring teams. Required qualifications include 10+ years in software engineering and architecture, experience with headless and composable CMS platforms (Contentful, Sitecore, Sanity, Optimizely), API design (REST, GraphQL), cloud deployments (Vercel, AWS, Netlify, Cloudflare Pages), CI/CD, and strong communication and leadership skills. Preferred experience includes agency consulting, client pitches, e-commerce platforms, backend/middleware (Node.js, serverless functions), and working with distributed remote teams. Benefits include medical, vision, dental, life insurance, disability, 401k, flexible PTO, paid holidays, sick leave, and parental leave. The role is remote with expectations for some in-office work if local to hub offices.

Responsibilities

• owning project technical quality
• defining unified technical vision
• leading architecture design
• enforcing standards
• making final technical decisions
• managing risks
• mentoring teams

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering and architecture
• experience with headless and composable CMS platforms (Contentful, Sitecore, Sanity, Optimizely)
• API design (REST, GraphQL)
• cloud deployments (Vercel, AWS, Netlify, Cloudflare Pages)
• CI/CD
• strong communication and leadership skills

Preferred Experience

• agency consulting
• client pitches
• e-commerce platforms
• backend/middleware (Node.js, serverless functions)
• working with distributed remote teams

Benefits

• medical
• vision
• dental
• life insurance
• disability
• 401k
• flexible PTO
• paid holidays
• sick leave
• parental leave