Senior Shopify Architect

Publicis Groupe•Chicago, IL

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Publicis Sapient is the digital business transformation hub of Publicis Groupe with 20,000 people and over 50 offices worldwide. As a digital business transformation partner of choice, we’ve spent over three decades utilizing the disruptive power of technology and ingenuity to help digitally enable our clients' business in their pursuit of next. That’s 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.

Requirements

Must be eligible to work in the U.S without sponsorship.
Preference for candidates based in Chicago, NY, Atlanta, Boston, and All East Coast areas.
Preference for candidates in the EST and CST hours.
The role may require travel to client offices once a quarter.
At least 7 years of Shopify experience.
Strong communication skills.
Extensive Headless architecture and Hydrogen expertise.
Proficiency in React frameworks.
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, Next.js, or other modern React frameworks.
Comfortable evaluating and adopting emerging web and commerce technologies.
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.
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.
Proven experience building and integrating custom Shopify apps (Node.js–based 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.
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.

Nice To Haves

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

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.