Job Summary:
As a member of Digital Development, you will put on your product-oriented goggles and partner with the Product teams across E-commerce, POS, OMS, CRM, Loyalty, and Customer Service to releasecohesive initiatives that stand the test of time. You will be focused on both the current and future states and will have the opportunity to lead the design and execution of technical architecture on theSFCC platform. This is a hands-on role for an experienced Technical Lead or Technical Architect whounderstands business problems and can remediate with ROI as top of mind.
As our Senior Architect I, you are the technical authority for Salesforce B2C Commerce (SFCC) at Groupe Dynamite. You design the next-generation architecture that powers our online storefronts,headless experiences, and omnichannel capabilities for Garage and Dynamite brands. Partnering withengineering managers, product, UX, and DevOps, you translate business vision into scalable, secure,and high-performance solutions that delight customers and accelerate revenue.
Responsibilities:
Architecture Ownership
- Define and evolve the target architecture for SFCC (SFRA & SCAPI), headless storefronts,and integration patterns with Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, OMS, and ERP.
- Produce and socialize architecture decision records (ADRs), sequence diagrams, and data-flow models; ensure alignment with enterprise architecture principles.
- Lead design reviews and provide technical sign-off for all commerce initiatives, migrations,and third-party integrations.
Technical Strategy & Innovation
- Evaluate new Salesforce capabilities (Composable Storefront, Einstein AI, Data Cloud, PWAKit) and craft adoption strategies that unlock measurable business value.
- Drive proof-of-concepts and technology spikes; develop reference implementations andcoding standards for the engineering team.
- Influence long-term roadmap by balancing technical debt, scalability, and product velocity.
Solution Delivery Guidance
- Collaborate with scrum teams to break down epics into architecturally sound stories; mentorengineers on design patterns, performance tuning, and secure coding.
- Establish non-functional requirements (latency, availability, accessibility, SEO) and qualitygates integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
- Partner with DevOps to optimize build & deploy (GitHub Actions, SFCC CI/CD via Copado)
- Governance & Best Practices
- Define code-review checklists, logging/monitoring standards (Elastic), and incident-response
- runbooks.
- Ensure compliance with PCI-DSS, GDPR, CCPA, law 25 and internal security standardsthrough threat modeling and regular vulnerability assessments.
- Contribute to the architecture community of practice; deliver brown-bags and documentationthat raise the technical bar across Digital.
- Cross-Functional Partnership
- Serve as the primary technical counterpart for Product Owners, UX, CRM, Merchandising,and Customer Care on commerce topics.
- Translate complex technical trade-offs into clear, business-centric narratives for executivesand non-technical stakeholders.
- Function as the escalation point for critical production incidents, guiding rapid root-causeanalysis and long-term remediations.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor27s in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field;
- 5+ years of Salesforce Lead, Technical Architect, or Solution Architect experience leveragingan array of Salesforce products and external systems to deliver incremental value;
- 7+ years of experience working with Salesforce Commerce Cloud including customization,configuration, and integration, and at least a year of experience with the Salesforce Identityframework.
- Solid understanding of the SFCC data model, platform boundaries, and best practices;
- Knowledge of Salesforce integration methods and tools, including REST/SOAP APIs andmiddleware platforms;
- Salesforce Commerce Cloud Architect certification.
- Bilingualism (French and English) is required for daily communication with suppliers,employees, and stakeholders, both within and outside of Quebec.
Nice-to-Haves:
- Experience administering, developing or integrating with other Salesforce products,particularly Service Cloud and Marketing Cloud;
- Experience with Salesforce Privacy Center;
- Experience leveraging the Mulesoft Anypoint Platform application network.
At GDI, you will be part of a growing organization that understands the importance of investing in people and offers you:
- A comprehensive compensation package that includes performance-driven bonuses;
- A group retirement savings program with employer matching;
- Flexible group insurance with personalized coverage that meets your needs;
- An employee discount at Garage and Dynamite;
- Exclusive private sample sales;
- A flexible vacation policy;
- And more!
GDI has been repeatedly voted one of Montre9al27s Top Employers and one of Canada27s Top Employers for Young People.
Our promise26hellip;No day will be like the last26mdash;we aim to be better today than we were yesterday. We are committed to employment equity.
Candidates that are retained will be called for an interview.
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