Technical architect with 11 years of experience leading the technical design of digital commerce and CMS implementations for an agency's enterprise clients. Owned architecture for 15 large implementations, delivering a headless commerce replatform that cut page load time by 58%. Brings solution design, estimation, and hands-on guidance for delivery teams of 10 to 25 engineers.
Experience
Technical Architect, Northpoint Digital Agency (Chicago, IL)
Oct 2020 – Present
Own technical design for 15 enterprise implementations a year on Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Contentful and Next.js
Architected a headless commerce replatform for a fashion retailer, cutting page load time 58% and lifting conversion 11%
Produce estimates and technical scopes for $25M in annual proposals with delivery variance under 10%
Lead code and design reviews for teams of 10 to 25 engineers across onshore and nearshore offices
Senior Developer, Lakeshore Interactive (Chicago, IL)
Feb 2017 – Sep 2020
Led development of Adobe Experience Manager sites for 3 Fortune 500 clients
Built a component library that cut new page template effort by half
Web Developer, Midway Web Works (Evanston, IL)
Jun 2015 – Jan 2017
Built Java and JavaScript sites for regional retailers and nonprofits
Education
B.S. Computer Science, Loyola University Chicago (Aug 2011 – May 2015)
A strong Technical Architect resume shows the systems you built, the scale they run at, and the measurable effect on speed, reliability or cost. Lead with scope and impact: the size of the systems, budgets or teams you influenced, and the decisions you owned.
Sections, in order
Summary
Experience
Projects
Skills
Education
Length: One page is ideal; two pages are fine with 10+ years of relevant experience.
Summary: Open with your specialty and years of experience, then one or two signature results.
Skills to feature
Programming languages
System design
Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
CI/CD
Testing and code review
Databases and SQL
Observability
Security fundamentals
APIs and integrations
Technical documentation
Example bullet points
Rebuilt the checkout service in Go, cutting p95 latency from 900 ms to 180 ms for 2M monthly users
Introduced contract tests and staged rollouts, reducing production incidents by 45% in two quarters
Migrated 30 services to Kubernetes with Terraform, lowering cloud spend by $250k a year
Tips from recruiters
Group skills by category (for example "Languages: Go, TypeScript") so recruiters and ATS parsers find them quickly.
Link to a repository, demo or write-up for at least one project you can talk about in depth.
Name the stack inside each bullet; keyword matching happens at the bullet level, not only in the skills list.
Recommended templates
Classic (ATS-friendly): Jake's-style LaTeX classic: small caps and hairline rules
Tech (ATS-friendly): Developer style: mono headings and tags, sans body
Modern (ATS-friendly): Clean single column with accent headings and rules
Technical Architect resume FAQ
What should a Technical Architect resume include?
A Technical Architect resume should show the systems you built, the scale they run at, and the measurable effect on speed, reliability or cost. Use these sections in this order: Summary, Experience, Projects, Skills and Education. Lead with scope and impact: the size of the systems, budgets or teams you influenced, and the decisions you owned.
What is the best resume template for a Technical Architect?
Classic, Tech and Modern work well for Technical Architect roles. They are single-column with standard headings, so applicant tracking systems (ATS) parse them reliably.
How long should a Technical Architect resume be?
One page is ideal; two pages are fine with 10+ years of relevant experience.
Which skills should a Technical Architect put on a resume?
Prioritize the skills named in the job posting. Common ones for Technical Architect roles are Programming languages, System design, Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), CI/CD, Testing and code review and Databases and SQL.
How do I write strong Technical Architect resume bullet points?
Start with an action verb, say what you did, and end with a measurable result such as latency, uptime and deploy frequency. For example: "Rebuilt the checkout service in Go, cutting p95 latency from 900 ms to 180 ms for 2M monthly users."