• Take full ownership of a core business domain and drive it toward stability and reliability • Write, review, and refactor code while resolving production issues • Systematically reduce technical debt without slowing down product delivery • Collaborate closely with our offshore development team • Make pragmatic technical decisions that balance short-term impact with long-term maintainability • Build foundational testing, monitoring, and documentation that currently don’t exist

• Design and develop scalable backend solutions using **Java.** • Work with **microservices architecture** and contribute to technical **solution design.** • Build, maintain, and optimize **REST APIs** and backend systems. • Support delivery through **CI/CD** pipelines and modern engineering practices. • Work with containerized environments using **Docker** and **Kubernetes.** • Apply software security principles and development best practices. • Collaborate with team members and stakeholders in a long-term project setup.

• Design and develop enterprise grade, high volume web and data applications platforms and state of the art technical solutions leveraging variety of technologies in public cloud such as AWS or GCP • Develop and support APIs and business logic leveraging C#, .NET, docker, RabbitMQ etc • Develop and support web user interfaces using JavaScript Frameworks such as View.js, React.js • Well versed with cloud native technologies and design patterns to build scalable cloud-based applications. • Participate in design discussions and solution design sessions with product management and software development teams to shape new product features and platform capabilities. • Provide support to critical production issues and infrastructure needs. • Provide hands on guidance and mentorship to a team of front-end and back-end developers. • Enjoy coaching, mentoring and guiding peer developers and QA engineers and working collaboratively with product and program managers, DevOps and other technical leaders. • Contribute to evaluation, prototyping and selection of software solutions that will improve our technology infrastructure. • Make recommendations to enhance performance and scalability of our flagship products. • Develop unit tests and API integration tests to maximize code coverage in accordance with the software test pyramid. • Apply Test Driven Development practices and software quality measurement tools to the improve quality of delivered software. • Foster and support a culture of innovation and excellence in the engineering organization.

Role Description DEPT® is seeking a Commerce Architect to anchor Adobe Commerce delivery within our Commerce practice in North America. You are the technical authority for Adobe Commerce (Magento) — defining the architecture, driving execution, and ensuring our commerce solutions are scalable, secure, and performant. You lead technical discovery and pre-sales solutioning, architect enterprise-grade implementations, and advise clients throughout the project lifecycle, translating complex business needs into elegant commerce architecture. You partner closely with our Content and Data & Martech teams so that Adobe Commerce, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), and Adobe Experience Platform (AEP) come together into a coherent customer experience. What You'll Do - Own Adobe Commerce Architecture: Own the end-to-end technical architecture for Adobe Commerce projects — ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and performant — and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, data models, and integration specifications. - Define Standards and Lead Reviews: Define and enforce development standards, best practices, and coding patterns for the Adobe Commerce platform; lead technical design reviews and mentor development teams to the architectural vision. - Lead Pre-Sales and Solutioning: Act as the lead technical expert during the sales process — running technical discovery, architecting viable solutions, developing technical proposals, Statements of Work, and level-of-effort estimates, and presenting confidently to client stakeholders including C-level executives. - Integrate the Commerce Ecosystem: Architect integrations across ERP (e.g., NetSuite, SAP), PIM, OMS, CRM, and payment gateways, and connect Adobe Commerce to content (AEM) and personalization and data (AEP). - Advise and Solve: Serve as a trusted technical advisor on performance, security, scalability, migrations, and total cost of ownership across new and existing Adobe Commerce implementations. Qualifications - Adobe Commerce Expertise: 7+ years of hands-on experience with Adobe Commerce (Magento), with at least 4 years in a Solution Architect or Lead Developer role, and deep expertise in both Adobe Commerce Cloud and on-premise versions. - Architectural Mastery: A proven track record of designing and delivering complex, large-scale eCommerce solutions. - Pre-Sales Experience: Demonstrable experience in a pre-sales or solution-engineering capacity, including estimating effort and writing technical proposals. - Technical Acumen: Expert-level knowledge of PHP, MySQL, Varnish, Redis, and the core Adobe Commerce framework, and proficiency with modern DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure). - eCommerce Ecosystem: Strong understanding of the broader commerce ecosystem, including integrations with ERP, PIM, OMS, CRM, and payment gateways. - Communication: Exceptional verbal, written, and presentation skills, with the ability to build credibility with clients. - Nice to have: Adobe Certified Master – Adobe Commerce Architect; experience with headless and composable commerce (GraphQL, PWA Studio); familiarity with other Adobe products such as AEM, Adobe Analytics, or AEP; and a background in a digital agency or technology consultancy. Benefits - Healthcare, Dental, and Vision coverage - 401k plan, plus matching - PTO - Paid Company Holidays - Parental Leave Company Description DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Coach, eBay, and OpenAI.