Senior Magento Architect

ServerMonkey•Houston, TX

47d•Onsite

About The Position

ServerMonkey is seeking a strategic and technical leader to oversee its e-commerce technology stack. The company operates a complex Configure-to-Order (CTO) platform built on a highly customized Magento 2 environment hosted on AWS. This role, based in Houston, TX, will involve leading the restructuring of the web team, integrating technical engineering, product data, and digital marketing. Key objectives include stabilizing the platform, optimizing the server configurator for speed and user experience, managing the end-to-end cloud architecture, and extending the storefront into international markets and channels to drive revenue growth through a scalable architecture.

Requirements

Deep Magento 2 Knowledge: Understanding of performance bottlenecks (database deadlocks, Varnish caching, request flows), with the technical authority to optimize platform speed. Deep understanding of Magento 2 architecture (Cloud/On-prem), PHP 7/8, MySQL, and caching strategies (Varnish/Redis/Elasticsearch).
Customer-Facing Platform Experience: Proven track record architecting high-traffic, revenue-generating B2C and/or B2B storefronts where uptime, conversion, and page speed directly impact the P&L.
Extensive AWS Experience: 4+ years designing, deploying, and operating production e-commerce workloads on AWS, with hands-on depth in compute, networking, managed databases, caching, CDN, and security services.
International E-Commerce Exposure: Experience supporting cross-border or multi-region commerce, including localized storefronts, currency and tax complexity, international shipping/compliance, hreflang and international SEO, and data residency/GDPR.
Complex Logic Experience: Experience with Rules Engines, ERP integrations, or CPQ (configure, price, quote) tools.
DevOps Mindset: Focus on CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and server-side performance (New Relic, Blackfire) for sub-2-second load times. Experience building pipelines with tools like CodePipeline/CodeBuild, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI deploying into AWS.
Experience: 7+ years in Web Development/E-commerce, with 3+ years in a technical leadership or architect role.
Complex Product Factor: Proven experience managing sites with massive catalogs or configurable products (50+ options).
Stack Proficiency: Familiarity with JavaScript (Knockout.js/React), REST APIs, Linux (RHEL/Ubuntu administration and shell scripting), and AWS/Azure infrastructure.
Communication: Ability to explain infrastructure trade-offs and cost implications to non-technical executives and debug slow queries.

Nice To Haves

Industry Knowledge: Experience in IT Hardware, Servers, or Data Center industries.
Certifications: Adobe Certified Expert – Magento Commerce; AWS Certified Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer.
Systems: Previous experience with NetSuite or similar ERP migrations.
Modern Frontend: Experience with PWA Studio or Vue Storefront.
Adobe Commerce Cloud: Hands-on experience with Adobe Commerce Cloud or a comparable managed Magento hosting platform.
Containers & Orchestration: Docker, ECS, or EKS in production.
Migration Experience: Having led an on-prem or co-located e-commerce platform migration into AWS.
Global Rollouts: Having launched a storefront in a new country or region.

Responsibilities

Technical Strategy & Platform Ownership: Take full ownership of the custom server configuration tool, leading refactoring, performance improvements, and usability enhancements. Manage the Magento 2 Commerce platform lifecycle, balancing hands-on development with strategy. Maintain Core Web Vitals, ensure PCI compliance, and manage security patching. Establish development standards, documentation, and deployment processes. Define and document the target-state architecture across application, data, integration, and infrastructure layers, and own technical decisions for major platform changes.
AWS Cloud Infrastructure & Reliability: Own the design and cost of the AWS footprint, including EC2/ECS, Aurora MySQL (RDS), ElastiCache for Redis, OpenSearch, S3, CloudFront, Route 53, ALB, Auto Scaling Groups, and VPC/subnet/security group design. Drive infrastructure through Terraform or CloudFormation/CDK. Architect for scalability and peak traffic using auto-scaling, read replicas, queue-based decoupling, and load testing. Implement multi-AZ deployments, backup/restore strategies, and conduct failover testing. Ensure cloud security and compliance (IAM, AWS WAF/Shield, Secrets Manager, KMS, GuardDuty, CloudTrail) for PCI-DSS. Implement observability with CloudWatch and APM tooling. Practice FinOps for cost optimization.
Team Leadership & Restructuring: Build and lead three functional pods: Platform (Backend/Frontend developers), Data (Product specialists), and Growth (Technical SEO/UX specialists). Manage external agencies, holding them accountable for code quality, budgets, and deadlines. Hire, lead, and mentor technical talent. Set standards for team and agency operations in AWS, including access controls, environment parity, change management, and release windows.
Business & Marketing Alignment: Partner with marketing on Technical SEO initiatives (faceted navigation, canonical tagging, schema markup). Translate complex hardware compatibility rules into a user-friendly buying experience. Ensure data integrity between Magento, GA4, and ERP/Inventory systems. Support international expansion with localized storefronts, currency, tax, shipping, and geo-based routing. Architect and maintain integrations with sales channels for consistent catalog, pricing, and inventory.