Senior Infrastructure Architect, shopware AG
Cloud & Network
eCommerce platform powering online businesses
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eCommerce platform powering online businesses
201-500 employees
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201-500 employees
Company mission
To create trendsetting eCommerce solutions for the global community.
Role
Who you are
- You bring 5–10 years of professional experience, including 2–3 years in a comparable architecture/lead role across cloud and on‑prem infrastructure
- Your broad technical foundation lets you connect the dots across networks, identity, compute, storage, backup/DR, and security—and make pragmatic, scalable choices
- Cloud proficiency, especially with AWS, and familiarity with vCenter, Azure AD/ID and Local AD enable you to steer migrations and hybrid setups with confidence
- You’re fluent across IaC, enterprise networking, VPN, and monitoring stacks; we run Terraform, SonicWall, Cisco Meraki, Tailscale, and PRTG/Datadog/CloudWatch, but experience with comparable tools is equally valuable
- Strong planning and stakeholder management skills help you coordinate roadmaps, anticipate bottlenecks, and drive accountability and timely execution
- You work effectively with security stakeholders to translate policies into enforceable, auditable controls across the stack
- Communication is a core strength. You can explain complex trade‑offs clearly, tailor messages from exec briefings to technical specs, and align diverse teams behind the plan
- Excellent English (written and spoken) is required; German is a strong plus but not mandatory
- Willingness to travel regularly to our Schöppingen campus completes your profile
What the job involves
- The position is part of IT Operations, within the IT Infrastructure team, which is responsible for shopware AG’s internal IT infrastructure
- As Senior Infrastructure Architect – Cloud & Network (m/f/d), you own the vision and architecture of Shopware’s internal infrastructure
- You will plan and drive the cloud migration of remaining on‑prem environments, define the network and security architecture, and shape standards, governance, and budgets
- With room to design, implement, and iterate, you will help build a future‑ready internal platform, from foundations to operations
- You take end‑to‑end ownership of our infrastructure vision and roadmap, how components connect today and how they should evolve
- By migrating on‑premises environments to the cloud (AWS), you modernise the internal infrastructure and de‑risk internal services; along the way, you define patterns and guardrails others can reuse
- You design and evolve our network infrastructure (e.g., Cisco Meraki, SonicWall Firewalls, VPN/Tailscale) and ensure segmentation, resilience, and operability
- You review and raise the bar on monitoring, backup/restore, and observability (e.g., PRTG, Datadog, AWS CloudWatch) to guarantee reliability and recovery
- Together with our IT Security Specialist and the Information Security Officer, you translate security requirements into practical controls, from firewall policies to identity and access (e.g., Azure AD/ID, Local AD)
- You plan and track the infrastructure budget, optimise cloud costs, and make data‑informed build‑vs‑buy decisions
- Hands‑on work remains part of the job: You support migrations, pair with Cloud Engineers, and help resolve complex incidents where architectural context is crucial
- You lead projects and, when needed, guide small project teams functionally to deliver milestones on time and to standard
- You collaborate closely with internal stakeholders (Team Lead IT Administration, the full IT Infrastructure team) and cross‑functional partners inside Shopware (e.g. our Information Security Officer & the Product department), aligning plans and sequencing change safely
Our take
The eCommerce boom in recent years has shown no signs of slowing down, and Shopware is capturing the opportunity. The company offers a set of open source tools to power the online shopping experience for hundreds of thousands of brands.
There are of course competitors, like Shopify Plus, but Shopware has stood out for serving mid-market companies that were not digitally-native businesses but had to take on digital channels to keep up with customer demand. This, combined with the obvious increase in brands and companies needing help when eCommerce became more mainstream, has served Shopware particularly well.
Founded in 2000, the company only received its first round of funding in 2022. Until then, it had been profitable off its own back. This capital and support from, among others, Carlyle and PayPal will be invested in its international growth.
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Insights
15% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Feb 2022
$100m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $100m
Company benefits
- Mobile Working
- Mobile Working Abroad
- Sports (Urban Sports Club)
- Special Leave Days
- Private Hardware Use
- Phone Contract/Reimbursement
- Shopware Coins
- Educational Leave
- Learning & Development Offers
- Career Progression Framework
- Mentoring @ Shopware
- Events
- English for everyone
- Employee Asistance Program
- Employee Referral Bonus
- 10 Year Anniversary Vacation
- Welcome Backpack (incl. Merch & Clothes)
Company HQ
Borken, Schöppingen, Germany
Leadership
Sebastian Hamann
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Co-Founded Shopware at the age of 15.
Stegan Hamann
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Entered the professional world once founding Shopware.
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