What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Technical Fellow, eCommerce & Marketplace position at Best Buy?
As the Associate Technical Fellow, eCommerce & Marketplace, you will translate business strategy and objectives into clear technology strategy, architecture, and technical direction for Best Buy's digital commerce ecosystem. You will build strong relationships with business and technology stakeholders, influencing decisions through effective communication and collaboration. This role requires deep expertise in large-scale, customer-facing digital platforms, modern web and mobile architectures, and enterprise technology strategy. You will serve as a trusted advisor to business and technology leaders while helping shape the future of Best Buy's web, mobile, and marketplace experiences.
In this role, you'll primarily work virtually from home or another non‑Best Buy location. However, you must live within a drivable distance to our corporate campus in Richfield, Minnesota. The specific work arrangements vary by role and team, and the recruiter or hiring manager will provide additional details during the hiring process.
What you'll do
In this role, you'll primarily work virtually from home or another non‑Best Buy location. However, you must live within a drivable distance to our corporate campus in Richfield, Minnesota. The specific work arrangements vary by role and team, and the recruiter or hiring manager will provide additional details during the hiring process.
What you'll do
- Own enterprise technology patterns and roadmaps for eCommerce and Marketplace capabilities, including current-state assessments, future-state architecture, identified gaps, and strategic modernization plans
- Play a critical role on the Enterprise Architecture Review Board by evaluating proposed solutions and guiding architecture decisions that align with enterprise standards and roadmaps
- Partner with engineering, infrastructure, and product teams to define architecture strategy for web, mobile, APIs, supporting services, and customer-facing digital platforms
- Guide engineering teams on scalable architecture patterns that support high-volume transactional experiences, performance, observability, and reliability
- Coach and mentor architects and engineers while providing technical leadership on modernization efforts and emerging technologies, including practical AI applications
Basic qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience
- 10 years of experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale digital platforms
- 10 years of demonstrated expertise in application, data, integration, and infrastructure architecture
- 10 years of deep experience with large-scale web and native mobile experiences in transactional environments
- 10 years of experience with modern web technologies, including React, GraphQL, API-driven architectures, observability, and performance monitoring
- 5 years of Enterprise Architecture experience
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills
Preferred qualifications
- 12 years of directly related experience
- Experience leading cloud modernization efforts for large-scale commerce platforms
- Retail, marketplace or other high-volume customer transaction experience
What’s in it for you
We’re committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. Best Buy offers a range of benefits to support your overall well-being and provide support as you need it, especially at key moments in your life.
Our benefits include:
- Competitive pay
- Great employee discount
- Financial savings and retirement resources
- Support for your physical and mental well-being
Best Buy provides different types of leaves of absence (LOA) and potential pay sources to employees based on eligibility. The length of your LOA depends on your situation, where you live, your full-time or part-time employment status, and federal and state regulations. Intermittent or reduced-schedule leave is also available for certain medical or family care leaves. Paid time off (vacation or PTO) is offered to full-time and part-time employees based on work location, employment status, salary or hourly status (exempt/non-exempt), and years of continued or bridged service.
Certain roles, where market norms demand it, are eligible for various forms of incentive pay to drive performance and offer recognition for achieving financial and strategic results. For more information about our incentive pay plans, including eligibility, please refer to our Incentive Programs Summary.
For more information about benefits, LOA and paid time off, please refer to our Benefits Guide.
About us
As part of the Best Buy team, you’ll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life — in our stores, online and in customers’ homes.
Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. We’re committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full, authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.™
Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer.
Certain roles, where market norms demand it, are eligible for various forms of incentive pay to drive performance and offer recognition for achieving financial and strategic results. For more information about our incentive pay plans, including eligibility, please refer to our Incentive Programs Summary.
For more information about benefits, LOA and paid time off, please refer to our Benefits Guide.
About us
As part of the Best Buy team, you’ll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life — in our stores, online and in customers’ homes.
Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. We’re committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full, authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.™
Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer.