Senior Solution Architect - Commerce (all genders) - #2081510

About Us

Valtech is the leading experience innovation company, combining the uncommon to unlock a better way for people to experience the world. We work at the intersection of diverse disciplines, cultures and perspectives to create solutions that achieve the exceptional – helping global brands such as Mercedes Benz, L’Oreal, EasyJet, Louis Vuitton and Volkswagen make the leap beyond the competition and become leaders in a digital world.

Our clients trust Valtech to remove complexity and deliver innovative, frictionless solutions that close the experience gap between customer expectation and reality. We are a force of more than 6,500 makers, strategic thinkers, marketers, creatives, deep-tech engineers and data + AI specialists spanning 5 continents with 60+ offices in 20+ countries!

About The Role

We are looking for an experienced and strategic Senior Solution Architect to play a key role in shaping and delivering innovative digital solutions. You can be based out of either one of our buzzing Munich, Dusseldorf or Cologne offices. In this role, you will support technical assessments, pitches, and pre-sales engagements, leveraging your broad knowledge of enterprise commerce solutions and their position in the market to help define the right architectures for our clients. You will work closely with development teams to guide technical design, architectural decisions, and proof-of-concepts, ensuring solutions align with best practices and business objectives. Your expertise will be instrumental in driving technical excellence, balancing strategic vision with hands-on problem-solving, and collaborating across teams to deliver scalable and high-performing digital platforms. If you thrive at the intersection of technology and business, and enjoy mentoring teams while making impactful decisions, we’d love to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities

• Engage with key decision-makers in client organisations to understand their business objectives and technical requirements.
• Communicate and articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring clarity and alignment.
• Develop and present architectural diagrams to visualise solution landscapes, trade-offs, and key decision points.
• Assess business requirements and translate them into scalable, maintainable and cost-effective technical solutions.
• Guide development teams in technical design, best practices and proof-of-concepts to validate new technologies and approaches.
• Ensure architectural consistency and governance across projects, maintaining alignment with industry standards and best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, product owners, and business leaders, to ensure successful project execution.
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and assess their relevance to enhance client solutions and internal capabilities.

Essential Experience

To be successful in this role, you must have proven experience as a Solution Architect with a track record of delivering successful projects. You bring solid expertise in a leading commerce platform, specifically SAP Commerce or Commercetools. Additionally, a broad understanding of enterprise commerce solutions—their capabilities, strengths, and positioning in the market—is essential to help clients make informed architectural decisions.

For SAP Commerce, This Includes

• Knowledge equivalent to a certified SAP Commerce Developer, with hands-on experience in designing and implementing scalable solutions.
• Experience working with SAP Commerce in the cloud, understanding its deployment models and operational challenges.
• The ability to identify the best solutions or options for complex technical problems, ensuring performance, maintainability, and business value.
• Broad experience with integrations, including third-party systems, payment providers, PIMs, ERPs, and search solutions.
• Familiarity with a variety of frontend technologies, ensuring seamless end-to-end commerce experiences.
• Awareness of migration and upgrade challenges, and the ability to plan and execute these effectively.
• A deep understanding of commerce landscapes, including key components such as OMS, personalization engines, and CDPs.
• An informed perspective on SAP Commerce within a composable architecture, understanding its role and limitations in modern, API-first commerce ecosystems.

For Commercetools, This Includes

• Hands-on experience designing and implementing solutions using Commercetools' headless and API-first architecture.
• Strong understanding of MACH (Microservices, API-first, Cloud-native, Headless) principles, and how to apply them in commerce solutions.
• Experience integrating Commercetools with third-party services, such as CMS, PIM, search, and payment providers.
• Familiarity with frontend frameworks commonly used with Commercetools, such as Next.js or Vue Storefront, to deliver composable commerce experiences.
• Ability to design and manage data models within Commercetools, including product catalogs, pricing structures, and promotions.
• Understanding of event-driven architecture and microservices, leveraging tools like Kafka, or AWS/Azure/GCP alternatives.
• Experience with GraphQL and REST APIs, optimizing API interactions for performance and scalability.
• Insight into best practices for migrating to Commercetools, including re-platforming strategies and co-existence with legacy systems.

What Can You Expect From Us

At Valtech you will become part of our exceptional team of more than 6,500 talented innovators, design thinkers, marketers, creatives, and engineers. We interact across countries, disciplines, trades, roles, and teams. We are consultants before anything else and take ownership of our own work, clients, and careers. We provide everyone with a large degree of freedom - in return, we expect an equally high degree of accountability and dedication. We transform by doing and are insanely passionate about improving the end user experience. We are a people company. We share our knowledge and learnings; we dare to speak up and take risks. And we care deeply about one another, our clients, and the world around us.

We have from our very beginning always worked hard on providing everyone within our organisation the opportunity to grow and transform their job opportunities and career paths across the world. From graduates to seasoned professionals who are experts in their field. Valtech will always be recognised not just for the quality of the work we deliver, but for all the amazing people that make it happen. We don’t just talk about how to get things done; we really do transform by doing.

Does this sound like the role for you?

If so apply today and if you match the criteria a member of our Talent Attraction team will be in contact to start the selection process with you!