Senior Shopify Architect

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Publicis Sapient is the digital business transformation hub of Publicis Groupe with 20000 people and over 50 offices worldwide. As a digital business transformation partner of choice weve spent over three decades utilizing the disruptive power of technology and ingenuity to help digitally enable our clients business in their pursuit of next. Thats how we help them stay relevant.

We believe in order to transform organizations we need to transform ourselves and our own people. Being a people-first company we focus on creating an environment where they can continuously evolve and thrive. And a culture that encourages them to bring their own self to work.

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• Must be eligible to work in the U.S without sponsorship.
• Preference for candidates based in Chicago NY Atlanta Boston Arlington- VA and All East Coast areas.
• Preference for candidates in the EST and CST hours.
• Open to hybrid work arrangement at least 3 days per week at a Publicis Sapient office within your city of residence.
• Willingness to travel to client offices in Detroit (once a quarter) and Austin (annually).

Experience Overview:

• Candidates should have at least 7 years of Shopify experience strong communication skills extensive Headless architecture and Hydrogen expertise and proficiency in React frameworks.
• Shopify Plus Tech Lead/Manager is expected to interface with both internal teams and clients provide technical solutions and support client development teams with less Shopify experience. The role includes both oversight and hands-on work such as coding and code reviews.
• Requires significant hands-on work with candidates ideally spending around 70% of their time coding rather than just providing oversight.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the technical delivery of headless Shopify Plus commerce solutions from discovery and architecture through implementation and launch.
• Partner with Solution Strategists Product UX and Delivery teams to define headless commerce architectures integration approaches and technical tradeoffs.
• Design and implement custom storefronts using Shopify Hydrogen (Remix) React and TypeScript following modern frontend and composable commerce best practices.
• Own and evolve GraphQL-based integrations leveraging Shopify Storefront and Admin APIs to support scalable high-performance commerce experiences.
• Provide technical leadership during requirements gathering translating business needs into maintainable extensible technical designs.
• Produce and review high-level technical architecture and design documentation for headless storefronts APIs and integrations.

Required Qualifications:

Must Have:

• 5 years of experience in modern ecommerce or digital product development.
• Prior experience migrating legacy or monolithic commerce platforms to headless Shopify.
• Experience with Remix or other modern React frameworks.
• Comfortable evaluating and adopting emerging web and commerce technologies.

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with composable commerce patterns and MACH principles.
• Strong collaboration skills working with product UX and solution architecture teams.

Requirements of the Role:

1- Shopify & Headless Architecture

• Strong experience delivering Shopify Plus solutions using headless architecture.
• Deep expertise with Shopify Hydrogen (Remix-based) and custom headless storefront implementations.
• Advanced understanding of Shopify Storefront GraphQL API and Admin GraphQL API.
• Experience designing and consuming GraphQL-first data models and workflows.

2- Frontend Engineering

• Advanced proficiency in React with TypeScript.
• Strong understanding of modern frontend patterns: server-side rendering (SSR) streaming caching and performance optimization.
• Experience building scalable component systems and frontend architecture for commerce

3- Backend & Integrations

• Proven experience building and integrating custom Shopify apps ( preferred).
• Hands-on experience integrating Shopify with external systems such as ERP OMS WMS PIM CMS and third-party SaaS platforms.
• Experience with authentication models webhooks background jobs and event-driven architecture.

4- Commerce & Platform Expertise

• Strong understanding of Shopify commerce concepts including products variants collections pricing discounts inventory orders and fulfillment.
• Experience with Shopify configuration instance management and multi-store or multi-region setups.
• Familiarity with data migration and synchronization strategies across platforms.

Additional information:

Annual Pay Range for New York (Total compensation in USD): $150000 - $180000

The ranges shown above represent a grouping of relevant ranges currently in use at Publicis Sapient. The actual range for this position may vary based on location and the specific skills required for the role.

Benefits include:

• An inclusive workplace that promotes diversity and collaboration.
• Access to learning upskilling and growth opportunities.
• Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family.
• Flexible vacation (not limited allocated or accrued).
• Unlimited PTO
• Parental leave and new parent transition program.
• Exciting 401(k) match.
• Generous paid leave and holidays.
• Wellness program and employee assistance.
• Work Your World program

As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race color national origin ethnicity gender protected veteran status disability sexual orientation gender identity or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability you may contact us at

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