The Role
Develop and lead Java-based eCommerce platforms, storefront services, headless APIs, and microservices for search, browsing, cart, checkout, and personalization. Design cloud-based database and integration solutions, implement messaging and caching strategies, optimize performance, and support Azure, AWS, or GCP deployments. Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, enforce DevSecOps and CI/CD practices, define observability requirements, and integrate commerce, payment, CRM, and third-party systems.
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Job Description:
Key Responsibilities
- Document and implement robust Java-based eCommerce platforms, storefront services, and headless APIs for digital experiences.
- Lead design and implementation of microservices for customer journeys such as search, browse, cart, checkout, and personalization.
- Experience designing, configuring and supporting RDBMS solutions in Azure Cloud.
- Work closely with Product Managers, UI/UX teams, and DevOps engineers to ensure seamless end-to-end customer experiences.
- Integrate with key systems like PIM, OMS, CRM, payment gateways, and third-party personalization engines.
- Design and implement component integration solutions using message brokers such as AMQP based messaging solutions such as RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus for real-time data processing, order events, customer activity tracking, etc.
- Support cloud-native deployments on Azure, AWS or GCP ensuring scalability, availability, and security.
- Drive performance tuning, caching strategies (Hazelcast, Redis), and low-latency API designs for high traffic storefronts.
- Provide technical leadership across squads, mentor engineers, and enforce best practices around DevSecOps and CI/CD.
- Ensure observability requirements are defined and met using tools such as Datadog and Splunk.
- Stay abreast of the latest in commerce tech, MACH architecture, and GenAI innovations relevant to digital commerce, including agentic AI for developer productivity.
Must-Have Skills
- Core Tech: Java 11+ (preferably Java 17 or 21), Spring Boot, J2EE, RESTful APIs
- Architecture: Microservices, Design Patterns
- Cloud: Hands-on experience with Azure(preferred)/ AWS / GCP (2+ years; certification preferred)
- Databases: Postgres/Oracle/DB2/SQL, SQL tuning
- Full-cycle exposure to SDLC stages: requirements, development, testing, deployment and on-going operations
- Understanding of DevSecOps practices and eCommerce-specific security concerns (PCI DSS, OWASP)
- Domain Expertise: Experience in digital commerce
- Messaging & Integration: Messaging queue or streaming tools for backend-to-frontend event correlation and third-party integrations
- Agile Leadership: Strong understanding of Scrum, backlog grooming, iteration planning, technical sizing
- Experience with agentic coding tools (e.g., OpenCode, ClaudeCode, or equivalent) for accelerating Java development, test automation, and CI/CD workflows.
- Customer-Centric Mindset: Ability to build as well as verify secure, fast, and intuitive systems for high engagement and conversion
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Experience with Domain-Driven Design.
- Front-end familiarity with React (especially for headless commerce architectures)
- Experience with application performance monitoring and distributed log tools (New Relic, Datadog, Splunk)
- Previous work with GenAI tools like GitHub Copilot or Amazon Q Developer
- Experience with data governance including controlling access to PII.
- RFP and pre-sales solution design experience for digital commerce platforms
- Design and implement solutions that externalized business rules in dedicated testable business rules engine
- Evaluate and integrate third-party APIs, legacy systems (.NET, IBM iSeries), REST and GraphQL services.
- Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code solutions such as Terraform.
- Understanding of product catalog and session management at scale
Preferred Certifications
- Java / Spring Certification
- eCommerce platform certifications (SAP Commerce Cloud, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Adobe Commerce/Magento – a plus)
Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
Skills Required
- Java 11 or higher, preferably Java 17 or 21
- Spring Boot, J2EE, and RESTful API experience
- Microservices and software design patterns experience
- At least 2 years of hands-on Azure, AWS, or GCP experience; certification preferred
- Experience with PostgreSQL, Oracle, DB2, SQL, and SQL tuning
- Full-cycle SDLC experience, including requirements, development, testing, deployment, and operations
- Understanding of DevSecOps and eCommerce security concerns, including PCI DSS and OWASP
- Digital commerce domain experience
- Experience with messaging queues or streaming tools for integrations and event correlation
- Understanding of Scrum, backlog grooming, iteration planning, and technical sizing
- Experience with agentic coding tools such as OpenCode or ClaudeCode
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Domain-Driven Design experience
- React familiarity, especially for headless commerce architectures
- Application performance monitoring and distributed logging experience
- Experience with GitHub Copilot or Amazon Q Developer
- Data governance experience, including PII access control
- RFP and pre-sales solution design experience for digital commerce platforms
- Experience with business rules engines, third-party APIs, legacy systems, and REST or GraphQL services
- Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code experience
- Knowledge of product catalog and session management at scale
- Java or Spring certification
- eCommerce platform certification such as SAP Commerce Cloud, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, or Adobe Commerce/Magento
Toppan Merrill Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Offerings include full medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and families, plus mental-health support and wellness programs. Access to HSAs/FSAs and an EAP further strengthens the health suite.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Program details highlight flexible PTO, paid holidays, wellness days, floating holidays, and paid parental leave. Additional time-off types such as bereavement, jury duty, and community/volunteer days are cited in postings.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan with company match is frequently cited, with some postings noting immediate vesting from date of hire. This sits alongside other financial protections such as employer-paid life and disability coverage.
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Toppan Merrill is a global leader committed to simplifying the complexity of regulatory disclosure and regulated communications. We are an innovative and trusted partner for the corporate, legal, financial and health plan markets. Through consultative technology, expert knowledge and service excellence, Toppan Merrill is continuously improving the process of creating compliant communications for capital markets transactions, regulatory disclosure filings, shareholder and member communications and sustainability reporting. Toppan Merrill is part of Toppan Holdings a leading and diversified provider of sustainable, integrated solutions. Learn more at toppanmerrill.com
