Technical Architect

What's the role?

Join Hilti at a pivotal moment in our digital transformation

As a Technical Architect, you will take on a leadership role in designing and delivering the next-generation features of our e-commerce platform, focusing on the core e-commerce features: the cart, checkout, and order processes. This role is part of the Strategic Marketing team that thrives on collaboration, innovation, and delivering scalable, high-quality solutions.

What You'll do

As a Technical Architect, you will:

• Design and implement secure, scalable, and high-performing architectures for the e-commerce platform - 

• Lead the development and evolution of the platform to support new use-cases, evolution of the underlying systems, and traffic growth.

• Collaborate with product managers, business stakeholders, and development teams to understand requirements and translate them into robust technical solutions.

• Develop and maintain architectural standards, including best practices for data modeling, APIs, and system integration.

• Evaluate and recommend technologies, identifying the most suitable frameworks (e.g., Spring, , Python, or others) to balance performance, scalability, and business needs.

• Act as a technical expert in e-commerce solutions, ensuring the platform meets business and performance requirements.

• Stay hands-on with the codebase when needed, providing guidance to development teams, managing technical debt, and ensuring high-quality standards.

• Drive compliance with IT security, risk assessments, and regulatory requirements for platform operations.

What You'll Bring

To help you succeed, we'll provide you with everything you need so that we're driving impact together from day one. You'll find a stable working environment, exceptional support, learning and development, and a great team around you. Here's what you'll need to bring with you:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.

• At least 7 years in software development, with a prior experience as an architect / tech lead.

• Prior experience working on an e-commerce website.

• Technical Expertise:

• Strong understanding of e-commerce platforms and core use-cases: checkout, orders, cart, payment. For this role we focus on the Purchase part of the user journey.

• Proficiency with cloud-based solutions, ideally using AWS services for hosting and scalability.
• Code and development knowledge, especially Java, is a must-have.
• Expertise in architecting scalable systems using modern frameworks and tools—experience with platforms such as Spring, , or Python-based frameworks is a plus, but flexibility to evaluate and recommend the right technology is key.

• Hands-on experience in API design and development, including API gateways, microservices, and data synchronization workflows.

• Mindset: Agile, solution-oriented, with excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

What's In It for You

We really value our people, and we've worked hard to develop a reward package that reflects this, creating your future to be just how you would want it. Some of our benefits include:

• A caring and performance-oriented culture.
• A recognised Great Place to Work 2025, which celebrates our commitment to a culture that values care, performance, and innovation for our greatest strength, our people.
• Competitive rewards and comprehensive career development opportunities that ensure your success is our priority.
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Why Hilti

Hilti is a global leader in construction innovation, with more than 34,000 team members across 120 countries. Guided by our purpose, Making Construction Better, we're driven to keep learning, growing, and finding new ways to make a lasting impact. Here, you'll be empowered to use your strengths, work with a global and inclusive team, and take on meaningful challenges. At Hilti, you'll have the chance to make your ideas, achievements, and growth real through purpose, passion, and teamwork.

Commitment to Inclusion

At Hilti, inclusion is a key focus in how we work, lead, and grow together. We are committed to embracing diversity of thought and creating an environment that is inclusive of everyone, everywhere. We continuously strive to ensure every voice is valued and every team member feels empowered to contribute. By building on this foundation, we strengthen our teams, our innovation, and our impact, making construction better together.