Senior Solution Architect, Ecosystem

Company Description

Opportunity is not evenly distributed. Shopify puts independence within reach for anyone with a dream to start a business. Since 2006, we’ve grown to over 10,000 employees and generated over $496 billion in sales for millions of merchants in 175 countries.

This is life-defining work that directly impacts people’s lives as much as it transforms your own. This is putting the power of the few in the hands of the many, is a future with more voices rather than fewer, and is creating more choices instead of an elite option.

Moving at our pace brings a lot of change, complexity, ambiguity—and a little bit of chaos. We thrive on that and are comfortable being uncomfortable. That means Shopify is not the right place for everyone.

Before you apply, consider if you:

• Care deeply about what you do
• Excel by seeking professional and personal hypergrowth
• Are resilient and resourceful in face of ambiguity and thrive on (rather than endure) change
• Bring critical thought and opinion
• Embrace differences and disagreement to get s**t done and move forward
• Work digital-first for your daily work

Job Description

The Partner Solutions Architect (PSA) team works closely with Shopify’s largest, and most strategic technology partners across the app ecosystem. You’ll work hand in hand with internal and external product and engineering teams to bring new technology to market through these relationships.

As a Solutions Architect you will be involved in high-touch, high-context technical relationships with partners to help them build the best possible Shopify integration.  You’ll also be responsible for sharing what you’ve learned back to Shopify product teams internally so we can build the best products from the start.

You’ll get to:

• Engage with our most largest and most strategic Partners at various points in their development journey 
• Define architectures and highly scalable solutions for our most complex Partners
• Become an expert on Shopify’s partner ecosystem while advancing Shopify’s products to better serve the partners and merchants
• Lead self-directed initiatives…
• Use your unique perspective into our partner ecosystem to develop product proposals to improve Shopify’s core offering

Qualifications

You will need: 

• Minimum of 5 years experience in solutions engineering, solutions architecture, technical partner success, or consulting highly technical audiences and executives
• Solid understanding of Cloud-based technologies and SaaS fundamentals 
• Expertise in technical architectures, integrations, and applications
• Hands-on skills in full stack web development (HTML, JavaScript, CSS, at least one backend framework. Experience with React and Liquid is an asset) 
• Strong API knowledge (REST and GraphQL) for complex integrations 
• Great troubleshooting and analytical skills combined with the desire to tackle challenges head-on
• Passion to build things from the ground up and share your expertise with the broader team
• A great video conference presence with confidence having a high level of executive acumen

Bonus experience:

Is some of this technology new to you? That’s okay! We know not everyone will come in fully familiar with this stack, and we provide support to learn on the job. If you’ve had experience in the following areas, you should consider applying: 

• Commerce experience and knowledge of latest trends (storefront implementation, omni-channel, supply chain, B2B, etc.)

• Extensive experience in presales solutions engineering or consulting
• Software development experience

Additional Information

We know that looking for a new role can be both exciting and time-consuming, and we truly appreciate your effort. We're looking forward to learning more about you and your interest in joining the team.