Technical Architect

Technical Architect - Composable Commerce6-Month Initial Contract 800/day max Inside IR35RemoteWe''re looking for a highly experienced, hands-on Technical Architect to provide technical leadership for a strategic composable eCommerce platform supporting a major retail and optical client.The role combines architecture, engineering leadership and production support, with a strong focus on commerce tools, MACH architecture, TypeScript/Node.js and Microsoft Azure. You''ll play a key role in transitioning technical ownership from an incumbent supplier while driving platform reliability, continuous improvement and engineering best practice.The RoleYou''ll be responsible for:Providing senior technical leadership across production support, incidents, defects, changes and enhancementsActing as the senior escalation point for complex technical issues and major incidentsLeading root cause analysis and driving permanent, high-quality fixesReviewing architecture, technical approaches, code and pull requestsInvestigating complex production issues across applications, APIs, integrations, SaaS and AzureSupporting knowledge transfer and establishing independent technical ownershipMentoring engineers and strengthening the team''s commerce, cloud and platform capabilitiesImproving CI/CD, automated testing, deployment automation, monitoring and observabilityDriving automation, platform hardening, resilience and technical debt reductionWorking constructively with suppliers and technical teams to ..... full job details .....