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Valtech

Global digital transformation and design consultancy

Lead Optimizely Solutions Architect

Implementation & Technical Account ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeRemote in CanadaCA$110k - CA$160k /yrRemote

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 10 years of experience in enterprise web development, including at least 5 years in a Solution Architect, Technical Architect, or similar leadership role.
  • Deep expertise with Optimizely CMS (CMS 12 and/or SaaS CMS), including multiple enterprise implementations delivered as the lead architect.
  • A strong .NET background, including C#, ASP.NET Core, MVC, and Optimizely APIs.
  • Experience delivering headless and hybrid architectures using Optimizely Graph and/or Content Delivery API.
  • Front-end integration experience with React, Next.js, or similar frameworks.
  • A strong understanding of content modeling, personalization, multisite, and multilingual implementations.
  • Experience integrating enterprise platforms including CRM, commerce, CDP, PIM, DAM, search, and identity providers.
  • Experience designing analytics and data solutions involving platforms such as Optimizely Data Platform, Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, Snowflake, or BigQuery.
  • Proven experience delivering AI-enabled capabilities in production environments, including LLM integrations, agents, and retrieval-augmented generation solutions.
  • Experience with Optimizely DXP, Azure cloud services, CI/CD pipelines, and Git-based development workflows.
  • Experience supporting estimation, solution shaping, and pre-sales activities.
  • Experience leading, mentoring, and developing engineering or architecture teams.

Responsibilities

  • Design enterprise-grade Optimizely solutions aligned with business objectives, technical requirements, and industry best practices.
  • Define scalable architectures across content management, integrations, personalization, analytics, and digital experience platforms.
  • Provide technical leadership across multiple concurrent projects and guide teams through complex implementation challenges.
  • Produce architecture documentation, technical specifications, and executive-ready presentations.
  • Lead technical discovery efforts, feasibility assessments, and risk identification.
  • Support engineering teams with proof-of-concepts, complex implementations, and critical technical decisions.
  • Establish and promote best practices around content modeling, headless delivery, security, performance, and maintainability.
  • Design integrations across CRM, commerce, CDP, PIM, DAM, analytics, and identity ecosystems.
  • Define data collection, event tracking, and analytics strategies that drive personalization, experimentation, and business insights.
  • Design and deliver AI-enabled experiences and workflows leveraging Optimizely Opal, LLM services, and emerging AI technologies.
  • Define governance frameworks and guardrails for AI adoption, including privacy, compliance, content quality, and human oversight.
  • Champion AI-assisted software delivery practices, including code generation, testing automation, and developer productivity tools.
  • Help clients identify practical AI use cases that create measurable business value across content, marketing, and experimentation workflows.
  • Serve as a trusted technical advisor and strategic partner to enterprise clients.
  • Define technology roadmaps and provide recommendations for platform evolution and modernization.
  • Advise on broader MarTech and enterprise ecosystems, ensuring Optimizely integrates effectively with existing platforms and services.
  • Collaborate with Product Managers, Business Analysts, Delivery Leads, and Creative teams to maximize business impact.
  • Communicate architecture decisions and tradeoffs clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Stay current with the Optimizely product ecosystem, including CMS, Graph, Experimentation, CMP, Commerce, and Opal.
  • Contribute to business development activities, solution shaping, client workshops, and proposal development.
  • Lead top-down and bottom-up estimation exercises for new opportunities.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements to Valtech's offerings, accelerators, and delivery standards.
  • Mentor architects and developers while helping define the future direction of the practice.
  • Manage a small team of direct reports, supporting performance, career growth, and professional development.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with Optimizely Commerce, CMP, Web Experimentation, Feature Experimentation, or Opal.
  • Experience with composable architectures and MACH-inspired ecosystems.
  • Exposure to additional headless CMS platforms such as Contentful or Contentstack.
  • Experience with agent frameworks, vector databases, or Model Context Protocol.
  • Optimizely certifications across CMS, SaaS CMS, Commerce, Experimentation, or AI products.
  • Cloud architecture certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect, or TOGAF.
  • AI-related certifications including Azure AI Engineer Associate, AWS Machine Learning Engineer, Claude Architect certifications, or Google Generative AI credentials.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

About the Company

Valtech

Global digital transformation and design consultancy

Valtech is a global business transformation agency that offers digital strategy, design, and engineering services. It works by pairing strategic advisory with hands-on technology implementation to build and optimize digital experiences, platforms, and data-driven capabilities across areas like experience design, commerce, and data and AI. Valtech differentiates itself with a network of 80+ offices in over 25 countries, a client roster of blue-chip brands, and growth through both organic expansion and acquisitions backed by BC Partners. Its goal is to help clients transform their business models and customer experiences at scale in the digital era.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
1993

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