Senior Magento Architect

Key Responsibilities

• The Configurator: Take full ownership of our custom server configuration tool. Lead initiatives to refactor legacy code, improve load times and enhance mobile usability.
• The Roadmap: Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of our Magento 2 Commerce platform, balance hands-on development with high-level strategy.
• Performance & Security: Maintain Core Web Vitals, ensure PCI compliance and manage regular security patching and data protection standards.
• Standardization: Establish development standards, documentation and deployment processes to eliminate breaking changes in production.

Team Leadership & Restructuring

• Build the "Triad": Restructure the department into three functional pods.
• Platform Pod: Internal and Agency Backend/Frontend developers.
• Data Pod: Product specialists managing complex compatibility rules.
• Growth Pod: Technical SEO and UX specialists.
• Agency Management: Act as the primary stakeholder for external agencies, holding them accountable for code quality, budgets, and deadlines.
• Mentorship: Hire, lead, and mentor technical talent to foster a forward-looking, solution-oriented culture.

Business & Marketing Alignment

• Technical SEO: Partner with marketing to solve faceted navigation issues, canonical tagging, and schema markup.
• UX Excellence: Translate complex hardware compatibility rules into a simple, guided buying experience.
• Integrations: Ensure data integrity between Magento, GA4, and our ERP (NetSuite) / Inventory systems.

Qualifications

• Deep Magento 2 Knowledge: You must understand the "why" behind performance bottlenecks. Is it a database deadlock, poor Varnish caching, or inefficient request flows? You need the technical authority to overrule agencies who claim the platform can't run faster.
• Deep understanding of Magento 2 architecture (Cloud/On-prem), PHP 7/8, MySQL, and caching strategies (Varnish/Redis/Elasticsearch).
• Complex Logic Experience: Our configurator relies on deep dependencies. You should have experience with Rules Engines, ERP integrations or CPQ (configure, price, quote) tools.
• DevOps Mindset: You care about CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and server-side performance (New Relic, Blackfire) to ensure sub-2-second load times.
• Experience: 7+ years in Web Development/E-commerce, with 3+ years in a technical leadership role.
• The "Complex Product" Factor: Proven experience managing sites with massive catalogs or configurable products (50+ options) is critical.
• Stack Proficiency: Familiarity with JavaScript (Knockout.js/React), REST APIs, Linux, and AWS/Azure infrastructure.
• Bonus Points: Industry Knowledge: Experience in IT Hardware, Servers, or Data Center industries.
• Certifications: Adobe Certified Expert – Magento Commerce.
• Systems: Previous experience with NetSuite or similar ERP migrations.
• Modern Frontend: Experience with PWA Studio or Vue Storefront.