Location: West Yorkshire
Hybrid, 2 days a week in the office
Salary: £62,000-£82,000
+ bonus and excellent benefits
We are looking for a Software Architect to lead the design and development of scalable, secure, and high-performing e-commerce solutions. This role is pivotal in defining technical architectures, selecting technologies, and ensuring seamless integration with third-party cloud-based services.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define, document, and implement technical architectures for new e-commerce applications/features.
- Ensure scalability, security, and performance across the e-commerce ecosystem, including APIs and databases.
- Lead technology selection for new applications and features.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to software engineers.
- Oversee the integration of third-party services (payment gateways, ERP/CRM, analytics, digital marketing platforms).
- Work closely with digital experience owners, UX designers, and business teams to align technology with business objectives.
- Extensive experience in software development, including strong experience in an architect or technical lead role.
- Proven expertise in designing and implementing high-performance, scalable e-commerce platforms.
- Strong programming skills in C#, Java, .NET, and JavaScript (AngularJS, jQuery).
- Experience with API development (SOAP, RESTful, LDAP) and data exchange using XML/JSON.
- Knowledge of relational (MS SQL Server) and document-oriented (Oracle Endeca) databases.
- Expertise in secure web and API development (OWASP best practices, encryption, authentication protocols).
- Experience with caching mechanisms, performance optimisation, and DevOps practices (CI/CD pipelines with GitLab, Jenkins, Selenium).