**Introduction** A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences. **Your role and responsibilities** As an Application Architect for Commerce Transformation, you drive the strategic design and implementation of scalable, high-performance commerce platforms. You play a pivotal role in modernizing and optimizing commerce systems to support seamless customer experiences, operational agility, and business growth across digital and physical channels. Your primary responsibilities will include: • Design Commerce Architectures: Leverage deep expertise in enterprise architecture, digital commerce ecosystems, and omnichannel integration to design microservices-based architectures that align with enterprise goals and customer expectations. • Implement End-to-End Solutions: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and implement end-to-end commerce solutions, ensuring they are cloud-native, resilient, and extensible. • Select and Integrate Platforms: Choose and integrate headless commerce platforms, such as commercetools and Elastic Path, to support real-time inventory, pricing, promotions, and order management. • Orchestrate APIs: Design and implement APIs to enable seamless integration with various systems, ensuring real-time data exchange and optimized commerce operations. • Ensure Cloud-Native Solutions: Leverage containerization, serverless computing, and CI/CD pipelines to ensure commerce solutions are cloud-native, scalable, and secure. **Required technical and professional expertise** • Deep Expertise in Enterprise Architecture: Proven experience in designing and implementing scalable, high-performance commerce platforms, with a strong background in enterprise architecture, digital commerce ecosystems, and omnichannel integration. • Technical Acumen in Microservices: Experience with designing microservices-based architectures, leveraging containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), serverless computing, and CI/CD pipelines to ensure cloud-native, resilient, and extensible commerce solutions. • Experience with Headless Commerce Platforms: Hands-on experience with selecting and integrating headless commerce platforms, such as commercetools and Elastic Path, to support real-time inventory, pricing, promotions, and order management. • API Orchestration and Integration: Experience in designing and implementing APIs to enable seamless integration with various systems, ensuring real-time data exchange and optimized commerce operations. • Cloud-Native Solution Implementation: Proven experience in leveraging cloud-native technologies to ensure commerce solutions are scalable, secure, and meet enterprise goals and customer expectations. **Please note this role requires a Federal Tier 3 Secret clearance, so you must either have one now or be eligible to obtain one after hired. **Preferred technical and professional experience** • Containerization Expertise: Deep understanding of containerization using Docker and Kubernetes to ensure cloud-native commerce solutions. • Serverless Computing Knowledge: Familiarity with serverless computing and its application in designing scalable and resilient commerce architectures. CI/CD Pipeline Experience: Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to ensure seamless and efficient commerce solution delivery. IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.