Principal Solutions Architect

Role Description

We design and ship headless commerce frontends for major retail brands — high-traffic storefronts where a 100ms regression in Largest Contentful Paint directly impacts conversion rates and revenue. You'll own the technical direction for one of our distributed delivery teams:

• Designing front-end architectures, breaking epics into implementable stories, and establishing coding standards.
• Resolving ambiguity before it reaches a sprint.
• Working directly with clients during discovery and sprint planning.
• Partnering with leads and senior engineers through design reviews and ADRs.
• Collaborating async-first across time zones.

The path leads to Principal Architecture with client-facing strategic influence across our commerce practice.

Qualifications

• Proven architectural experience designing front-end systems and leading distributed engineering teams (3+ people).
• Deep proficiency in Next.js (App Router, React Server Components), React, TypeScript, and modern web architecture — SSR strategies, edge computing, serverless patterns.
• Performance engineering expertise: Core Web Vitals optimization, CDN configuration, caching strategies, and a track record of shipping measurable improvements.
• Strong written and verbal English — aligning technical work with client expectations and explaining architectural tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders.
• Evidence of designing work for agentic operation — structuring how teams work with agents, writing specs agents can execute, and maintaining documentation as context infrastructure.

Requirements

• Familiarity with commerce platforms (Shopify Storefront API, SFCC Composable Storefront, Big Commerce).
• Experience with headless CMS platforms (Contentful, Sanity, Contentstack).

Preferred Skills

• Tools: React, Next.js, TypeScript.
• Shopify Plus / Salesforce Commerce Cloud / Big Commerce / SCAYLE.
• Vercel, CI/CD pipelines.
• Cursor and/or Claude Code, ChatGPT.
• Jest, Cypress, Playwright.
• Slack, Jira, Confluence.

Benefits

• Startup Environment: A lean, fast-moving team where ownership, autonomy, and accountability are expected.
• High-Impact Work: Meaningful, hands-on work with direct visibility into outcomes and production impact.
• Top-Tier Clients: Opportunities to work with well-known, global brands and complex, real-world challenges.
• Competitive Compensation & Benefits: Market-aligned pay, comprehensive benefits, and bonus structures where applicable.
• Unlimited PTO: Flexible time off built on trust, ownership, and clear expectations.
• 100% Remote Work: Work from anywhere with a distributed, async-first team.
• Growth & Development: Room to expand scope, build expertise, and grow alongside the company.
• AI: Premium AI tooling licenses (Cursor and/or Claude Code) for your entire team, with organizational support for building AI-first delivery practices.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Space Dinosaurs is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. Employment decisions are based on job-related qualifications and business needs.