Principal Digital Architect eCommerce

Principal Digital Architect Commerce Architecture

Role Definition

ThePrincipal Digital Architect Commerce Architectureparticipatesin definingfunctional designs and application systems architectureacross Cat Digitals commerce platforms. This role is accountable for producingdetailed architecture deliverablesto solve business problems designing thetechnical infrastructure and integration architecturefor commerce capabilities and leading theevaluation and deployment ofnew technologiesthat enhance Cat Digital commerce outcomes.

This positionoperatesat aplatform and enterprise scopeas anindividual contributor partnering closely with Product Engineering Enterprise Architecture Security Data and Operations to ensure architecture decisions arescalable secure operable and aligned to enterprise standards. The role provides architectural leadership throughtechnical credibility and influence not through direct people management.

Key Responsibilities

Commerce Platform Architecture Leadership

• Define and evolvetarget and reference architecturesfor Cat Digitals commerce ecosystem including modular capability decomposition (catalog pricing promotions cart/checkout payments order orchestration content search and integrations).

• Create cohesive commerce application and platform architectures that align business outcomes with architectural patterns and standards.

• Provide architecture solutions based onbusiness and technical requirements ensuring alignment to platform architecture processes and standards.

Build vs BuyPOTs& Technical Assessments (Primary Accountability)

• Leadbuild vsbuyevaluations for commerce and adjacent platform capabilities (commerce engines CMS PIM search personalization integration platforms).

• Define and executeProofs of Technology (POTs)and technical assessments tovalidate:

• functional fit and extensibility

• integration feasibility and architectural patterns

• performance and scalability characteristics

• security posture and identity alignment

• operational readiness (monitoring logging supportability)

• total cost of ownership (TCO) andlongtermsustainability

• Lead the evaluation and deployment ofnew technologiesto add or enhance commerce technical capabilities.

• Produce architecture decision artifacts (e.g.tradeoffanalyses decision records) to enable clear and auditable decisions.

Architecture Governance & Functional Design

• Translate business and product requirements into cohesive architectural designs with clear ownership boundaries and system interfaces.

• Oversee and reinforce compliance to architecture principles byparticipatingin architecture reviews and guiding adherence to standards and policies.

• Direct discussions of issues and considerations for adopting open and composable architectures in the commerce domain.

HandsOn Technical Architecture (Cloud APIs Integration Data Security)

• Design the application technical infrastructurefor commerce platforms (including key technology choices integration mechanisms and operability considerations).

• Guide API and integration strategies including REST andeventdrivenpatterns and ensure interoperability across commerce capabilities and adjacent platforms.

• Ensure architectural expectations for reliability security and operational readiness are defined and embedded (monitoring/logging/tracing patterns incident readiness).

Delivery Augmentation & Execution Support (IC Model)

• Actively augment delivery teams by unblocking architecture decisionsvalidatingimplementation alignment reducing rework through early design clarity and ensuring nonfunctional requirements arebuiltin.

• Providehandsonarchitectural guidance through spikes reference implementations and reusable golden path patterns that accelerate delivery.

Critical Skills & Knowledge (SkillsBasedJD Alignment)

Architecture & Functional Skills

• Requirements analysis and decomposition into executable architectures

• Tradeoffanalysis (build vs buy cost vs scale reuse vs customization)

• Architecture governance standards alignment and decision documentation

• Consulting and influence skills to aligncrossfunctionalstakeholders without direct authority

Technical Skills

• Platform architecture knowledge: ability to design processing mechanisms and roadmaps for business application systemsin accordance withstandards and processes

• Cloudnativeplatform architecture (AWS preferred)APIand integration design (REST event patterns)

• Securitybydesignand operational readiness (observability monitoring/logging)

Domain Expertise (Preferred)

• Commerce / eCommerce platforms (B2B/B2C) and modular commerce capabilities

• CMS PIM (e.g.Akeneoor equivalent) and search/experience delivery platforms

Education & Experience

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent experience.

• Typically18 yearsof experience in software engineering or architecture includingenterprisescaleplatform decisions and technology evaluations.

Level Expectations SG26 (Principal Digital Architect)

• Consults on planning integrating and migrating IT architecture; provides architecture solutions based on business and technical requirements.

• Creates cohesive application and platform architectures; oversees compliance of architecture principles for the organization.

• Guides other architects andcrossteammembers on platform architecture processes standards and effective architectural roadmaps.

• Leads technology evaluation and adoption to improve platform capabilities and outcomes.