Solution Architect (Ecommerce)

TL;DR

Solution Architect (Ecommerce): Designing and evaluating scalable, secure, and future-ready solutions for a community-driven shopping platform with an accent on aligning architectural decisions with global strategy. Focus on guiding teams in making cost-efficient and secure design choices, championing architectural standards, and mentoring development teams.

Location: Hybrid in Berlin, Germany

Company

hirify.global is the world’s largest community-driven shopping platform, active in 20+ markets.

What you will do

• Design and evaluate solution architectures for diverse business services across the product portfolio.
• Ensure alignment of architectural decisions with global software architecture and technology strategy.
• Guide teams in making scalable, cost-efficient, and secure design choices.
• Champion standards by embedding security, architectural patterns, and best practices.
• Mentor and support development teams on architectural principles and best practices.

Requirements

• Strong solution architecture experience.
• Experience across one or more domains: software development, cloud computing, infrastructure, or data & analytics.
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, including security.
• Knowledge of relational and/or NoSQL databases and storage systems.
• Hands-on development background in Node.js, Java, Python, or PHP.
• Experience with Domain-Driven Design, Microservices, and Event-Driven Architectures.
• Professional proficiency in English.
• Must be able to work in a hybrid setup in Berlin, Germany.

Nice to have

• Previous experience as part of an architecture team.

Culture & Benefits

• A culture that values personal and professional development with internal mobility.
• 32 days of paid vacation plus your birthday off.
• Flexible hybrid working scheme.
• Access to a learning budget and internal training.
• Mental health coaching.
• Regular global and local get-togethers.

Hiring process

• TA Call with a Talent Expert.
• Technical Round (Live Case) with the potential manager.
• Final Round with other team members.