Senior Solutions Architect / Technical Lead

About the Role

**Senior Solutions Architect / Technical LeadWordPress, WooCommerce \& E\-Commerce Platforms** **Experience:** 12\+ years of professional software development experience, with significant experience in web applications, e\-commerce platforms, system integration and technical architecture. **Job Type:** Full\-Time, Remote **Compensation:** Competitive, based on experience and expertise. **Role Overview** We are looking for a highly experienced **Senior Solutions Architect / Technical Lead** to take ownership of the technical direction and day\-to\-day technical leadership of our engineering team. The role is responsible for designing scalable and maintainable solutions across **WordPress, WooCommerce, PHP, MySQL, APIs, third\-party integrations, cloud/hosting infrastructure and modern web technologies**. The successful candidate will act as the **primary technical authority and escalation point for the development team**, working closely with the BA Lead, QA Lead and Project Manager to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions and deliver them successfully. This is a **hands\-on architecture and technical leadership role**. The candidate should be comfortable reviewing code, debugging complex issues and getting into implementation details when necessary, while primarily adding value through architecture, technical decision\-making, mentoring, planning, risk management and engineering leadership. A key objective of this role is to **take ownership of day\-to\-day technical decisions and engineering coordination**, allowing the CTO to focus on company strategy, product direction, major technology decisions, client relationships and business leadership. **Key Responsibilities1\. Technical Leadership \& Team Ownership** * Act as the technical leader for the engineering team. * Serve as the first technical escalation point for developers. * Provide technical direction, mentoring and guidance to developers. * Review technical approaches and implementation plans. * Make day\-to\-day technical decisions without unnecessary escalation to the CTO. * Establish engineering standards, coding practices and development processes. * Conduct or oversee code reviews and architectural reviews. * Identify technical debt and establish practical remediation plans. * Build the team's ability to solve complex technical problems independently. **2\. Solution \& Application Architecture** * Own the architecture of complex WordPress and WooCommerce applications. * Translate business and functional requirements into technical solutions. * Define application components, data flows, APIs, integrations and dependencies. * Evaluate architectural alternatives and clearly communicate trade\-offs. * Identify scalability, reliability, security and maintainability risks. * Create and maintain architecture diagrams and technical documentation. * Ensure new features fit into the overall platform architecture rather than becoming isolated implementations. **3\. WordPress \& WooCommerce** * Design and oversee complex WooCommerce implementations. * Guide architecture for custom themes, plugins and WooCommerce extensions. * Establish appropriate approaches for products, attributes, options, pricing, metadata, cart, checkout and order workflows. * Review third\-party plugins and assess their technical suitability and risks. * Ensure customizations follow WordPress and WooCommerce best practices. * Guide the team in maintaining upgradeability and long\-term maintainability. **4\. ShapeDiver \& Product Configuration** * Provide technical ownership for ShapeDiver and other product configurator integrations. * Design the interaction between the configurator, WooCommerce, ERP/pricing systems and order workflows. * Guide configuration metadata, product options, add\-ons and pricing integration. * Review communication between the configurator and WooCommerce. * Identify performance, API, browser and integration constraints. * Ensure the architecture can scale as products, configurations and storefronts increase. **5\. Enterprise Integrations** * Architect integrations between WooCommerce and external systems including: * ERP * Pricing and inventory systems * Payment gateways * CRM systems * Shipping providers * Third\-party SaaS platforms * REST APIs * Product configurators * Define API contracts, authentication, data mapping, error handling, retries, logging and synchronization strategies. * Identify integration failure scenarios and appropriate recovery mechanisms. * Ensure integrations are reliable, observable and maintainable. **6\. Technical Planning, Estimation \& Delivery** * Work with the BA Lead to understand requirements and identify technical implications. * Convert functional requirements into technical implementation plans. * Break large requirements into technical components and development tasks. * Provide technical estimates and identify dependencies. * Identify technical risks and blockers before they affect project delivery. * Work closely with the PM on technical sequencing, dependencies and delivery planning. * Provide technical status and risk information to the PM. * Ensure developers have sufficient technical clarity before implementation begins. **7\. Performance \& Scalability** * Diagnose application, PHP, MySQL, AJAX, caching and infrastructure performance issues. * Optimize database queries and data access patterns. * Establish appropriate caching and object\-caching strategies. * Review application architecture for scalability. * Investigate production performance problems and conduct root\-cause analysis. * Define and monitor meaningful technical performance metrics. **8\. Infrastructure, DevOps \& Reliability** * Work with infrastructure/hosting teams on application architecture and deployment requirements. * Understand Linux, PHP\-FPM, web servers, MySQL, Redis/object caching, CDN and monitoring. * Guide development, QA, staging and production environment strategy. * Establish appropriate Git, branching, CI/CD, deployment and rollback practices. * Participate in production incident investigation and resolution. * Improve application reliability, observability and recoverability. **9\. Security** * Establish secure development and architecture practices. * Review authentication, authorization, API security, data protection and input validation. * Identify application and infrastructure security risks. * Guide remediation of vulnerabilities. * Participate in security and architecture reviews. **10\. Collaboration with BA, QA \& PMWith BA** * Review requirements for technical feasibility. * Identify missing technical details and edge cases. * Provide technical alternatives and constraints. * Help establish technically meaningful acceptance criteria. **With QA** * Identify high\-risk areas requiring additional testing. * Ensure architecture and implementation are testable. * Support complex defect investigation. * Analyze recurring defects for underlying technical causes. * Support release readiness decisions. **With PM** * Provide technical estimates and dependencies. * Identify technical risks and blockers. * Provide technical status updates. * Help sequence technical work. * Ensure project plans reflect realistic technical dependencies. * Reduce the need for the PM to coordinate technical details directly with individual developers. **11\. Client \& Stakeholder Support** * Participate in client technical discussions when required. * Represent the technical team in client discussions when delegated by the CTO. * Explain technical approaches, constraints and trade\-offs in business\-friendly language. * Prepare technical recommendations and solution options for client discussions. * Escalate only significant architectural, commercial or strategic decisions to the CTO. **12\. CTO Support \& Delegation** This is a critical responsibility of the role. * Become the primary technical point of contact for the engineering team. * Take ownership of day\-to\-day technical decisions and escalations. * Investigate technical problems before escalating them to the CTO. * Present solutions and recommendations rather than simply presenting problems. * Keep the CTO informed of significant architectural decisions, technical risks and production issues. * Convert CTO\-level technical direction into actionable plans for the engineering team. * Represent the CTO on appropriate technical matters when delegated. * Reduce the CTO's involvement in routine architecture, development, debugging, infrastructure and integration decisions. **Required QualificationsTechnical** * 12\+ years of professional software development experience. * Strong experience in technical architecture and engineering leadership. * Expert\-level knowledge of: * WordPress * WooCommerce * PHP * MySQL * Strong working knowledge of: * JavaScript * HTML * CSS * REST APIs * JSON * Git * Linux * Strong understanding of web application and e\-commerce architecture. * Experience with third\-party system and API integrations. * Strong database design and performance optimization experience. * Practical understanding of caching, Redis/object caching and CDN. * Familiarity with CI/CD and modern deployment practices. * Experience troubleshooting production systems. **Leadership \& Communication** * Proven experience leading or mentoring development teams. * Strong analytical and problem\-solving abilities. * Ability to make sound technical decisions independently. * Ability to balance technical quality, delivery timelines and business priorities. * Strong written and verbal communication skills. * Comfortable interacting with clients and senior stakeholders. * Ability to explain complex technical issues clearly to non\-technical stakeholders. **Preferred Experience** Experience with one or more of the following is highly desirable: * Complex WooCommerce platforms * Multi\-site / multi\-store architectures * ERP and pricing integrations * Product configuration platforms * 3D product configurators * ShapeDiver or similar platforms * Large product catalogs * Custom product pricing and option architectures * High\-volume e\-commerce platforms * Performance optimization of WordPress/WooCommerce * Redis/object caching * CI/CD * Cloud or managed WordPress infrastructure **Success in This Role** The successful candidate will progressively become the **technical owner of the engineering function**. Within the first 6–12 months, the candidate should be able to: * Become the primary technical authority for the development team. * Resolve most day\-to\-day technical escalations without CTO involvement. * Establish consistent architecture and engineering standards. * Improve technical planning and estimation. * Reduce recurring technical problems and production incidents. * Improve developer independence and technical capability. * Provide clear technical risks and recommendations to the CTO and PM. * Represent the technical team in appropriate client discussions. * Improve collaboration between BA, Development, QA and PM. * Significantly reduce the CTO's involvement in day\-to\-day technical execution. **The Ideal Candidate** We are looking for someone who has progressed beyond being primarily an individual contributor and can operate as a **technical owner, architect, mentor and problem solver**. The candidate should be willing to get into the code when required, but their greatest value should come from **making good technical decisions, developing the team, anticipating problems, establishing architecture and enabling the engineering organization to operate independently.** Pay: From ₹50,000\.00 per month Benefits: * Flexible schedule * Provident Fund * Work from home Work Location: Remote