Architect (Magento)

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and implement Magento 2 eCommerce solutions
• Integrate with major external systems including ERP, CRM, OMS, payment gateway system, middleware, and other systems
• Prepare custom prospect/client solutions to be presented
• Participation in pre & post-sales technical scoping, requirements gathering, and solution creation & review
• Supporting sales by authoring responses to functional and technical elements of RFIs/RFPs
• Conduct Technical Discovery sessions directly with prospects and customers
• Technical Discovery is designed to uncover any and all technical and marketing requirements, key business goals, and potential issues
• Evaluating clients' 1st and 3rd party data integration, technology vendor requirements, and developing integration strategies for the platform
• Engage in a rapid education process including formal training, self-study and field experience designed to position the candidate as a technical expert on Magento Commerce and related solutions as quickly as possible
• Prepare and provide client facing technical follow-up calls and documentation
• Work closely with other architects to create standardized processes and solutions
• Keep up to date with all industry changes and latest methodology within the commerce industry
• Provide technical oversight to the development team
• Meet or exceed quarterly EDP objectives

Experience

• Minimum 5 years' experience with PHP and Magento
• Minimum 2 years' experience with Magento2
• Fluent in English
• Ability to articulate the omni-channel end to end commerce value proposition Strong integration and architectural knowledge of the Magento platform
• 20% travel required
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
• Experience in mentoring development teams Exceptional problem solving
• Expert PHP and Object Oriented Programming skills
• Experience working with open source LAMP/LEMP stack, particularly PHP and
• MySQL, and the use of creation of third party libraries and frameworks
• Familiarity with the following preferred: JavaScript, HTML5, XML/ XSL, SOAP, REST, AJAX, CSS3
• Strong understanding of Design Patterns
• Good team player who can work with people of all levels / backgrounds
• Working knowledge shopping cart development with shipping, payment gateway integration for E-commerce websites
• Build API's that integrate with all majors ERP, CRM, and other systems

Desireables

• Experience of working in the following industry sectors: retail, media/entertainment and/or computer/product manufacturing
• Enterprise architecture knowledge and experience such as Infrastructure, Applications, E-Commerce, Integration Structure (EAI)
• Complimentary market knowledge/competitive landscape in assisted service, self service, commerce, marketing services, content/knowledge management, analytics, CRM, multi channel
• Understanding of the Magento business user tools and Magento product lines (Cloud, BI, OMS, Shipping)
• Strong presentation skills and ability to present business solutions to senior executives as well as technology to engineers
• Ability to present intricate architectures ("deep dive") to senior level technical personnel
• Experience of defining and managing the scope of projects Development of new Magento plugins
• Contribution of Magento open source development