Harman International Looking for Manager/Sr. Solution Architect [ Grade 12 ] – SFCC (Digital Commerce) at Pune, Maharashtra Full Time

As a technology leader that is rapidly on the move, HARMAN is filled with people who are focused on making life better. Innovation, inclusivity and teamwork are a part of our DNA. When you add that to the challenges we take on and solve together, you’ll discover that at HARMAN you can grow, make a difference and be proud of the work you do every day.

About the Role

Leads architecture and development of enhancements and maintenance needs for Harman’s e-commerce storefront applications on Salesforce Commerce Cloud (SFCC). Evaluates the system continuously and identify areas for improvement or refactoring. Leads and mentors an Agile team of developers through day-to-day architectural decisions and code reviews to communicate and maintain coding and e-commerce best practices throughout our e-commerce landscape. Focused on the latest e-commerce technologies, Cloud trends, and security/compliance requirements so that they can be applied to solve business challenges with agile execution methodologies.

Take the leading role in developing and maintaining applications. Work with both business teams and software teams and develop requirements with clear project deliverables and timelines with agile methodology. Responsible for the development and support of all e-commerce storefront initiatives. Collaboration with other team members to develop and facilitate impactful content and applications. Work closely with internal and external technical resources to ensure proper application infrastructure. Ensure overall project documentation is completed and software development standards have been met.

What You Will Do

Lead an Agile team of experienced SFCC developers who manage 70+ e-commerce storefronts and dozens of catalog sites.

Architect, design, and develop feature enhancements, new modules, and bug fixes.

Translate business requirements into technical solutions and high-level designs that are secure, reliable and scalable.

Create reliable estimates for incoming tickets

Find opportunities to refactor code to continually improve performance and security.

Coordinate and communicate requirements between local and remote teams of architects and developers.

Ensure that design and implementation details are well documented throughout the SDLC.

Define implementation processes and improved coding standards.

Participate in a global team who provides 24×7 on-call support of e-commerce applications.

Keep up to date with latest SFCC, payment, security, and cloud trends which could be used to help solve business challenges.

Lead architectural design and code reviews, ensuring technical quality of project deliverables.

Contribute to the development of reusable components.

Communicate status of enhancements and corrections to stakeholders in a timely and transparent fashion.

Mentor developers and architects, improving their abilities and efficiently.

Quickly analyze and resolve critical issues.

Work closely with the QA team to evaluate testing strategy and coverage to ensure high deliverable quality.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills and interact with business/partners/vendors to create end-to-end specifications for ecommerce solutions.

What You Need

15+ years of total IT experience with special focus on architecture, design, and development of e-commerce solutions.

Minimum 10+ years of e-commerce development experience with at least 5+ years of hands-on experience with Salesforce Commerce Cloud B2C in a high-volume, high-transaction environment.

At least 5 years’ experience managing a software development team as Tech Lead or equivalent.

Experience working as part of a Scrum team in an Agile development environment.

Experience with implementing and integrating content management systems.

Ability to work and communicate effectively with project managers and various other stakeholders to help refine and capture software requirements.

Understanding of payment systems and PCI compliance standards.

Understanding of how best to mitigate the OWSAP Top Ten

Experience developing RESTful APIs

Able to write cross-browser/mobile-friendly code.

Write elegant, efficient, and well-documented server-side and frontend code with JavaScript, Node.JS, HTML, CSS, SASS, Less, etc.

Experience managing a Git repository in a fast paced environment

Knowledge of Coding Best Practices & Design Patterns.

Ability to work in cross-functional teams with UI/UX and QA engineers, product and project managers, and business stakeholders.

Strong analytical and problem solving skills, creativity, verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to work in an unstructured, fast-paced environment.

What is Nice to Have

Bachelor or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related degree preferred.

Understanding of compiled languages.

What Makes You Eligible

Be willing to work in an office in Pune, India

Successfully complete a background investigation and drug screen as a condition of employment

HARMAN is an Equal Opportunity /Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or Protected Veterans status. HARMAN offers a great work environment, challenging career opportunities, professional training and competitive compensation. (www.harman.com)