Magento Architect

Who We Are

VML is a global creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce to create connected brands that drive growth. Guided by a Human First philosophy, VML is known for its innovative work for brands and consistently ranks among the world’s leading creative companies, including the WARC Creative 100. VML’s global network spans 55+ markets with principal offices in Buenos Aires, Kansas City, London, New York, São Paulo, Shanghai and Singapore. 

VML is part of WPP, the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. Powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform WPP Open, WPP unites cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, creativity, production, enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel. 

For more information, please visit www.vml.com and follow along on LinkedIn  #WeAreVML.

The opportunity

A Magento Architect is responsible for planning, designing, managing architecture, and mentoring team while adopting best practices. 

Job Scope

• Interfaces between clients, PMs, Business Solution Architects and Development team
• Maps client's product roadmap against Magento native vs custom features 
• Validates the architecture against requirements and assumptions  
• Verifies and validates development process, ensuring adherence to quality standards and methodology 
• Creates technical specification documents 
• Reviews codes and maintains highest Magento standard coding
• Leads/guides/mentors team members comprising senior and mid-level
• Becomes responsible for the technical architecture, code quality, performance, security and scalability of enterprise level projects
• Always represents Magento (work product, communications, presence) professionally in both client and team situations 
• Articulates the architectural vision to clients, sponsors and stakeholders  

Good to have

• App Builder, API Mesh, ACCS, ACO

Must have skills

• Overall 12+ years of Experience 
• 9+ years of experience with Magento development  
• 3+ years of experience with Magento 2 development
• 9+ years of experience with PHP development
• 9+ years of experience with Mysql,  
• 5+ years managing technical and/or business teams in customer-facing function 
• Should have worked as an Architect for at least 3+ Magento Implementations 
• Experience working with Magento 2.3.x to 2.4.x 
• Experience with web services (SOAP, RESTful, GraphQL) 
• Experience with Version Control Systems like GIT 
• Knowledge of different branching strategies 
• Be well versed with Magento native features and respective configurations 
• Expert knowledge of Composer 
• Have experience integrating Magento with other applications/tools 
• Familiarity with other ecommerce platforms 
• Have great design and problem-solving skills, passion for quality and engineering excellence at scale  
• Experience building and designing large-scale server applications in a distributed environment  
• Excellent oral and written communication, presenting, meeting facilitation, negotiation, decision making, and problem-solving skills
• Experience in preparing and reviewing technical specification documents. 
• Be able to lead integration with third party like payment gateways, analytical tools, marketing agencies Languages 
• Experience in documenting business processes and wireframing system designs using process flow diagram tools, UML, sequence diagrams, etc
• Have strong presentation skills; skilled and effective at presenting to both technical and business audiences 
• Expert level experience defining the system architecture landscape, identifying gaps between current and desired end-states, and delivering a comprehensive solution that will enable achievement of the desired business outcomes 

What we can offer you

Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.

Our culture thrives on our core values, designed for impact-driven individuals: Heart, Brains and Courage.

We lead with Heart, fostering empathy and trust where genuine connections and human-centric work flourish.

We empower your Brains  for innovation, valuing relentless curiosity and collaborative intelligence to solve complex challenges.

And we champion  Courage, inspiring you to speak up, embrace experimentation, and advocate for bold solutions that push our thinking to be better than yesterday.

AT VML Enterprise Solutions

Our Enterprise Solutions division houses strategic consultants, creative and technical architects and skilled developers and operators that together help some of the world’s leading organisations to deliver outstanding digital experiences across all major routes to market worldwide: marketplaces, online retailers, D2C, B2B and social platforms. With over 4,200 experts in 55 operational centres across 34 countries, our capabilities span the entire buying journey from customer acquisition, through engagement, to conversion and loyalty, driving multi-channel growth for world-leading brands.

We work with some of the most exciting brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, EY, Bosch, Unilever, Ford, DFS, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Sainsbury’s, Selfridges, Shell and Tiffany & Co. We’ve built over 500 platforms for brands and retailers and generate in excess of $29bn annually for our clients and work with over 50 strategic partners including Adobe, SAP, Salesforce, HCL, Shopify, Sitecore, BigCommerce, commerce tools and Acquia. Our reputation is based on our people, and we believe we have some of the best in the business.

As our business grows internationally, we’re looking for new people to join us on our journey to inspire and take a key role in shaping some of the best commerce solutions, services, and websites in the world. Working as a team, no problem is insurmountable; we share in our client’s successes and believe that anyone can show creative bravery no matter what their role is in the team.

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office an average of four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

WPP (VML) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers. 

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