Associate Principal - Architecture

HCL WebSphere Commerce Architect Level Architect contract Job Description Qualifications Job Summary Own solution architecture for B2B eCommerce platform across HCL Commerce WebSphere Commerce WCS v8 Nextjs storefront and Spring Boot services during dualrun Translate business and product intent into designs that keep the legacy commerce engine healthy while journeys move onto the modern stack Provide ReadytoServe architectural leadership standards integration patterns NFRs and design review Handson you will still write and review design artifacts and as needed code this is not a slideonly role Major Tasks Responsibilities and Key Accountabilities Define and maintain target and transitional architecture for multitier B2B commerce WCS store store data business logic Commerce tools Spring Boot APIs and Nextjs React storefront Lead design of dualrun strangler patterns which journeys stay on WCS which move to Nextjs services how routing session catalog cart and order stay consistent and how cutover and rollback work Produce and review solution designs sequenceintegration diagrams and interface contracts RESTSOAP Identify reusability performance security and operability issues before build Partner with product delivery leads QA DevOps and enterpriseintegration teams on requirements data conversion integration testing and cutover Set coding and design standards for Commerce customization Spring Boot services and Nextjs storefront so squads do not fork three incompatible styles Guide integration with backend systems ERP payments search CMS punchout customer purchasing systems without treating Preview authoring and Runtime customerfacing Commerce as the same environment Review designs and PRs for Commerce services and storefront unblock the hardest crosslayer defects at root cause Advise on capacity caching search and failure modes for a hightraffic B2B storefront 
 Mentor senior engineers and leads make architecture decisions explicit context options consequences so they survive contractor turnover 
 Identify key barriers and apply structured problemsolving to complex multisystem situations 
 Skills and Qualifications 
 Required 
 Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related discipline or equivalent work experience 
 10 years professional software engineering 5 years in an architect or equivalent principalstaff design role on large commerce or similarly complex multitier systems 
 8 years expertise in HCL Commerce andor IBM WebSphere Commerce WCS 8x store customization commandstasks tools catalogorderuserorganization flows and backend integration v8 experience is the hiring bar later Commerce versions are a plus not a substitute 
 8 years Java J2EE and OOD on large IT systems WebSphere Application Server strongly preferred 5 years Spring Spring MVC with handson Spring Boot architecture service boundaries APIs resilience auth not Spring on a rsum only 5 years web services REST and SOAP ability to specify contracts others can implement Nextjs and React production architecture experience routing data fetching BFFAPI integration storefront performance TypeScript preferred 5 years source control Git required Experience architecting B2B commerce punchout orguser models contractpricing complexity preferred Experience with Agile delivery using Atlassian tools Jira BitbucketGit Confluence Excellent written and verbal communication with engineers and nonengineers Preferred Headless composable commerce APIfirst storefront BFF packaged capabilities MuleSoft or similar iPaaS Search Solr or equivalent cache Redis or equivalent CMSdriven storefront Optimizely or equivalent alongside a commerce engine Cloud GKE Kubernetes or equivalent for storefront and Spring Boot WASIHS for Commerce Security PCI adjacent payment flows and session identity across legacy and modern storefronts Prior dualrun or largescale commerce migration What this role is not Not enterprise architecture detached from Commerce You must have shipped WCS HCL Commerce not only drawn boxes around it Not a greenfieldonly Nextjs or Spring Boot architect Not IBM WebSphere Portal or generic Java EE without Commerce Not a peoplemanager of record that sits with the Lead delivery manager you own technical direction