Senior Architect, Software Engineering

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.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on experience with Adobe Commerce (Magento), with at least 4 years in a Solution Architect or Lead Developer role.
• Deep expertise in both Adobe Commerce Cloud and on-premise versions.
• A proven track record of designing and delivering complex, large-scale eCommerce solutions.
• Demonstrable experience in a pre-sales or solution-engineering capacity, including estimating effort and writing technical proposals.
• Expert-level knowledge of PHP, MySQL, Varnish, Redis, and the core Adobe Commerce framework.
• Proficiency with modern DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure).
• Strong understanding of the broader commerce ecosystem, including integrations with ERP, PIM, OMS, CRM, and payment gateways.
• 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.

Requirements

• Own the end-to-end technical architecture for Adobe Commerce projects — ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and performant.
• Maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, data models, and integration specifications.
• 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.
• 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.
• Present confidently to client stakeholders including C-level executives.
• Architect integrations across ERP (e.g., NetSuite, SAP), PIM, OMS, CRM, and payment gateways.
• Connect Adobe Commerce to content (AEM) and personalization and data (AEP).
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor on performance, security, scalability, migrations, and total cost of ownership across new and existing Adobe Commerce implementations.

Benefits

• Healthcare, Dental, and Vision coverage
• 401k plan, plus matching
• PTO
• Paid Company Holidays
• Parental Leave