Smith is searching for a cloud-native expert to help lead the design and implementation of a new-generation scalable eCommerce platform for a key client. As a Technical Architect (TA) and a key hire in our composable commerce practice, you’ll not only play a lead role in this project—you’ll be a cloud-native pioneer, helping to build out and grow the team and function.
As a TA at Smith, you’ll be counted on to do a few things. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams and clients’ technical teams to develop and implement features and enhancements that enable end-to-end integration of our clients’ eCommerce offerings. You’ll be a technical thought leader, a cloud development best-practice authority within the organization. But you’ll also be a team player with exceptional leadership and interpersonal skills. You’ll manage a development team and take the initiative to mentor our talented, hungry junior Developers.
And if all that isn’t enough, you’ll be expected to thrive in our fast-paced environment and take change and uncertainty in stride.
Sound like you? Get in touch.
What You’ll Do
- Leverage cloud-native architecture patterns to document detailed technical specifications for assigned components and integrations.
- Work with Solution Architects, Project Managers, and other Developers to estimate the level of effort required to implement assigned work packages.
- Develop, customize, and debug API-first services and extensions, conforming to best practices and Smith development standards, using NodeJS, Typescript and related technologies.
- Lead development team scrum sessions.
- Conduct code reviews for the development team.
- Create canonical data models and mappings necessary for transport across a digital enterprise, including products, catalogs, customers, orders, and more.
- Manipulate raw product, inventory, or customer data (database, XML, XLS, CSV, JSON, etc.) into formats suitable for loading into various data stores – such as NoSQL databases, relational databases, or API-first third-party systems.
- Provide status reports and escalate issues as appropriate to the Project Manager and Solution Architect.
- Deliver high-quality serverless functions to augment third-party systems via webhooks, event producers / consumers, and workflows.
- Lead, coach, and mentor team members.
What You Bring
- 5+ years’ experience with NodeJS, Typescript, & JavaScript
- 3+ years’ experience developing event-driven serverless functions and/or microservices
- 4+ years’ experience Integrating with third-party RESTful APIs leveraging common authentication protocols, such as OAuth 2.0
- Acted as the platform architect/development lead of at least one cloud-based enterprise project
- Understanding of cloud hyperscalers and typical PaaS offerings. Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) certified would be a plus.
- Working knowledge of NoSQL and relational databases, such as MongoDB and PostgreSQL
- Experience with composable commerce vendors, such as commercetools, Contentful, Coveo, etc., is preferred but not required
- Demonstrated exceptional client service orientation
- Experience working with offshore teams is a plus.
- The desire and skills to mentor junior colleagues and interact closely and constructively with other senior technical resources
Smith | Commerce Reimagined. Performance Realized.
Smith goes beyond the traditional digital agency. We focus on converting our clients’ potential into performance. With over 20 years of commerce experience at our core, we bring deep expertise, coupled with an unparalleled passion for results, to every engagement. By working hand-in-hand with our clients and key partnerships with technology platforms including SAP Commerce (formerly Hybris) and Salesforce, we consistently produce commerce experiences that help brands and businesses do more than simply improve. We help them thrive. By combining our strategic, creative, analytical, and technical capabilities, we consistently enhance customer experiences, accelerate sales, and optimize operations, enabling over 500,000 transactions every day and driving over $38 billion in annual revenue for our clients. Our unique ownership structure is based on a philanthropic foundation which allows us to focus on client outcomes before quarterly earnings reports and empowers us to make decisions focused on helping our clients with our profits enabling socially beneficial programs. Smith has offices in Dayton, OH; Ottawa-Gatineau, Canada; and Santiago, Chile along with our remote workforce distributed throughout the United States and Canada. We are the performance commerce company. Learn more at www.smithcommerce.com.
