Job Description
Shopware is a leading open commerce platform designed to empower merchants to build flexible, scalable, and future-ready digital commerce experiences. We work closely with merchants, agencies, and technology partners to deliver sophisticated ecommerce solutions for ambitious brands. About the Role We are looking for an experienced Solution Architect (m/f/d) to design, guide, and validate scalable ecommerce solutions for mid-market and enterprise customers. This role sits at the intersection of business requirements and technical execution, partnering closely with Sales, Customer Success, and implementation partners to ensure successful, future-proof solutions and timely customer launches. As a Solution Architect, you will own solution design from pre-sales through early site launch, translating complex business needs into clear technical architectures while ensuring alignment with platform capabilities, best practices, and partner delivery models. Solution Design & Architecture Lead in-depth technical discovery sessions to understand customer business models, requirements, constraints, and success criteria Design end-to-end ecommerce architectures, including core platform configuration, integrations, custom extensions, and third-party technologies Define architectural patterns, data flows, and integration strategies aligned with best practices for scalability, performance, and security Evaluate trade-offs between custom development and out-of-the-box capabilities Implementation Support Act as the primary technical advisor in the implementation process, supporting partners with development, integrations, and launches. Collaborate with Sales on deal strategy, scope definition, effort estimation, and risk assessment Clearly communicate technical concepts, assumptions, and constraints to both technical and executive stakeholders Support proof-of-concepts and technical validations when required Partner & Delivery Collaboration Work closely with agency and SI partners to