Director of Ecommerce at Photon Director of Ecommerce at Photon in Germantown, Tennessee Posted in about 16 hours ago.

Type:

full-time

Role:

Senior Director -

E-Commerce Engineering Location:

Memphis, TN Who are we? For the past 20 years, we have powered many Digital Experiences for the Fortune 500. Since 1999, we have grown from a few people to more than 4000 team members across the globe that are engaged in various Digital Modernization. For a brief 1-minute video about us, you can check https://youtu.be/uJWBWQZEA6o. What are we looking? We are looking for a strategic and technology-driven Senior Director - E-Commerce Engineering to lead the architecture, development, and delivery of scalable e-commerce platforms and digital commerce solutions. This role will drive engineering strategy, platform modernization, customer experience, and operational excellence while leading high-performing engineering teams. What will you do? Key Responsibilities Define and execute the e-commerce engineering strategy and technology roadmap aligned with business and customer objectives. Lead architecture and development of scalable B2C/B2B e-commerce platforms, web applications, APIs, and microservices . Drive modernization initiatives across commerce platforms, order management, payments, search, personalization, product catalogue, pricing, and customer experience . Partner with Product, Digital, Marketing, UX, Data, and Business teams to deliver seamless omnichannel experiences. Establish engineering standards for cloud adoption, DevOps, CI/CD, security, scalability, performance, and reliability . Lead integration with ERP, CRM, PIM, OMS, payment gateways, fulfilment, logistics, and third-party platforms . Drive adoption of AI/ML, personalization, analytics, and automation to enhance e-commerce experiences and operational efficiency. Build, mentor, and lead distributed engineering teams while fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement. Manage technology vendors, engineering budgets, delivery timelines, and strategic technology partnerships. Required Qualifications & Skills 12+ years of experience in software engineering and technology leadership , with significant experience leading large engineering organizations. Strong experience building and scaling enterprise e-commerce and digital commerce platforms . Expertise in modern technologies including Java/.NET/Node.js, React/Angular, APIs, microservices, and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) . Strong understanding of e-commerce architecture, distributed systems, databases, integration patterns, and high-volume transaction processing . Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, Kubernetes, observability, security, and cloud-native engineering . Strong understanding of performance, scalability, availability, and reliability engineering . Experience with platforms such as Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Adobe Commerce/Magento, Shopify, SAP Commerce, or similar is preferred. Excellent executive communication, stakeholder management, strategic planning, and people leadership skills. Experience working in Agile product engineering environments and managing multiple large-scale initiatives.