B2C Technical Architect - Salesforce Commerce Cloud

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B2C Technical Architect - Salesforce Commerce Cloud

c.£85k - £100k + bonus + good bens

Multiple working location options - London, Bristol, Woking, Birmingham, Manchester

We have been asked to assist in the recruitment of a number of B2C Technical Architects to join an innovative and growing team within this prestigious global technology consulting firm. Our client offers good career path, professional development and a coveted personalised benefits package. Candidates must have UK security clearance, and be fully flexible on working location.

As a Technical Architect, you are responsible for interpreting client requirements, business processes, and use cases to produce quality technical designs in the implementation, enhancement and support of Salesforce Commerce Cloud B2C centric eCommerce projects. You provide guidance and oversight to development teams to ensure that both the process is followed and the solution that is delivered is consistent with Capgemini development policies and standards. Note, the primary focus here is Salesforce but my client will consider candidates who have comparable commerce experience with other products like Hybris, Magento etc

Key Skills / Responsibilities

*You will work closely with clients to understand their business and their existing technologies, and using your knowledge of Salesforce Commerce Cloud B2C, web applications and integration techniques, design a complete solution for the integration, extension or enhancement of the Salesforce Commerce Cloud B2C platform. You will document this with a technical specification and diagrams that will stand as the reference to the development team for building the solution as well as hand-off to our support team prior to launch.

*You will update these throughout the development cycle as things change. The initial part of this work is usually done onsite with the client in a multi-day discovery meeting.

*You are to be the Salesforce Commerce Cloud B2C subject matter expert beyond the basic Salesforce Commerce Cloud B2C Developer certification, and share knowledge with the team and help mentor newer developers.

*You are expected to stay abreast of web technologies and share new ideas and techniques that are relevant to the eCommerce space. You will also be asked to participate in internal process improvements to our software development life cycle. Generally you will not be writing code, but are expected to fully understand code and help developers troubleshoot code issues and algorithms, as well as how to leverage object oriented techniques.

*Be able to build authentic relationships quickly (be influential, a decision maker, exercise judgement and be able to deal with conflict management with confidence)

*Be a confident presenter, have a flexible approach to working and act on your initiative

*Extensive software development experience

*Experience in a client facing (external or internal) role with experience of leading project teams and experience with offshore teams a plus

*Deep understanding of the software development lifecycle, and different approaches to it.

*2+ years of experience with the Salesforce Commerce Cloud B2C platform OR multiple years of experience architecting enterprise web applications.

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