Job Details

At Accellor, we are a trusted digital transformation partner that uses best-of-breed Cloud technology to deliver superior customer engagement and business effectiveness for clients.

We've created an atmosphere that encourages curiosity, constant learning, and persistence. We encourage our employees to grow and explore their interests. We cultivate an environment of collaboration, autonomy, and delegation – we know our people have a strong work ethic and a sense of pride and ownership over their work. They are passionate, eager, and motivated – focused on building the perfect solution but never losing sight of the bigger picture.

Our customer is a forward-thinking, high-growth brand dedicated to creating exceptional customer experiences. We are passionate about meeting our customers where they are, and increasingly, that's on social media. We are looking for a visionary architect to lead our expansion into the next frontier of digital retail.

Job Summary: We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Ecommerce Architect with a specialized focus on social eCommerce, especially TikTok. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of designing and implementing seamless, integrated storefronts within social media platforms, especially TikTok Shop. You will be the technical authority responsible for creating the strategy, architecture, and integration framework that connects our core ecommerce platform to these new, emerging sales channels.

Key Responsibilities

• Architectural Design: Lead the architectural design and development of our social commerce initiatives, with a primary focus on building a robust and scalable storefront on TikTok Shop.
• Integration Strategy: Design and oversee the integration of our existing ecommerce platform (e.g., Shopify, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Magento) with social media APIs, ensuring seamless data flow for product catalogs, inventory, orders, and customer information.
• Technical Roadmap: Develop and maintain the technical roadmap for social commerce, evaluating new platform features and third-party technologies to drive innovation and sales.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including Marketing, Product Management, and Engineering, to translate business requirements into technical solutions that are secure, performant, and scalable.
• Data Synchronization: Architect reliable data synchronization mechanisms to ensure consistency of product information, pricing, and inventory levels between our central systems and social storefronts.
• Technical Leadership: Provide technical guidance and mentorship to development teams implementing the social commerce solutions.
• Best Practices: Establish and enforce best practices for social commerce development, security, and performance monitoring.
• Prototyping & R&D: Stay at the forefront of social commerce trends, prototyping new concepts and assessing the viability of emerging platforms.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of experience in an ecommerce architecture or senior engineering role.
• Proven, hands-on experience architecting and building integrated storefronts on social media platforms, with specific, demonstrable project experience on TikTok Shop.
• Deep expertise in the APIs and developer ecosystems of major social platforms.
• Strong understanding of core ecommerce systems (e.g., PIM, OMS, ERP, CRM) and their integration patterns.
• Expertise with RESTful APIs, webhooks, GraphQL, and modern authentication protocols (e.g., OAuth).
• Experience with major ecommerce platforms like Shopify Plus, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, BigCommerce, or Adobe Commerce (Magento).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with other social commerce channels (e.g., Instagram Shopping, Facebook Shops, Pinterest).
• Experience with headless commerce architecture and composable commerce principles.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and serverless architecture.
• Knowledge of data analytics and customer data platforms (CDPs) in the context of social commerce.