Senior Director, eCommerce Engineering

Harnham; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 230,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Harnham in Mountain View seeks an experienced senior architect to lead modernization efforts for large-scale commerce platforms and to drive long-term architecture strategy. You will guide modernization across global teams and influence technical direction in collaboration with engineers and platform leadership.

The role emphasizes strong backend and architecture leadership with a focus on cloud, payments/subscriptions, and AI-driven improvements, ensuring scalable and reliable platforms for the

Qualifications

• Deep architecture and distributed systems knowledge.
• Experience modernizing enterprise platforms.
• Cloud platform experience, especially Azure.
• Ability to stay technical at the architecture level.
• Experience leading global engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture strategy across commerce platforms.
• Modernize legacy Java backend systems.
• Improve checkout, billing, payments, and subscription platforms.
• Drive AI initiatives across engineering workflows.
• Support cloud and database modernization efforts.
• Improve platform scalability, reliability, and engineering efficiency.
• Lead engineers, architects, and engineering managers across global teams.
• Partner closely with Engineering, Product, and Platform leadership.
• Help improve engineering standards and technical processes.
• Provide strong technical leadership across modernization initiatives.

Skills

Deep architecture and distributed

Enterprise modernization

Azure cloud

Architecture leadership

Global engineering teams

Job description

Role Overview

Senior leadership role focused on modernizing large scale commerce platforms and driving long term architecture strategy.

The team is looking for a strong backend and architecture leader who can guide modernization efforts, influence technical direction, and partner closely with engineers and architects across global teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture strategy across commerce platforms
• Modernize legacy Java backend systems
• Improve checkout, billing, payments, and subscription platforms
• Drive AI initiatives across engineering workflows
• Support cloud and database modernization efforts
• Improve platform scalability, reliability, and engineering efficiency
• Lead engineers, architects, and engineering managers across global teams
• Partner closely with Engineering, Product, and Platform leadership
• Help improve engineering standards and technical processes
• Provide strong technical leadership across modernization initiatives

Key Projects

• Introducing AI enabled capabilities into existing platforms
• Improving checkout and payments performance
• Supporting cloud and database modernization
• Defining long term architecture strategy

Ideal Background

Strong preference for candidates with experience in:

• Large scale consumer technology companies
• Payments or subscription platforms
• High traffic transaction systems

Must Have Skills

• Deep architecture and distributed systems knowledge
• Experience modernizing enterprise platforms
• Cloud platform experience, especially Azure
• Ability to stay technical at the architecture level
• Experience leading global engineering teams

Nice to Have Skills

• Payments or billing platform experience
• AI focused modernization experience
• AWS exposure

Compensation

• Base salary between $230k and $280k
• 30% annual bonus
• Strong equity package

Location

Hybrid opportunity with strong preference for candidates based in:

• Mountain View

Open to candidates in:

• Tempe

Candidates should feel comfortable working onsite several days per week.