Developer - Websphere Commerce

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.

HCL Commerce Developer familiar with web based J2EE technologies wanted to join our team and deliver successful Client projects.

· Installing, configuring and developing customised code for HCL Commerce

· Developing custom Controller Commands

· Performing the maintenance and modification of programs currently in production

· Coding new applications from predefined programs specifications

· Troubleshooting and resolving live propagation issues

· Expectation to work IST-2:50 (UTC+8:00) business hours

· HCL Commerce V8 and V9 experience

· HCL Commerce functional architecture (e.g. store, catalog, merchandising, marketing, orders)

· HCL Commerce frameworks (e.g. Command framework, MVC,)

· Common HCL Commerce data models (User, Orders, Catalogs, Promotions etc.)

· HCL Commerce messaging infrastructure (inbound and outbound, REST, MQ)

· HCL Commerce development environment, SVN and GIT repos

· Java and J2EE development (e.g. JSP, JPA, Struts, Spring, core JAVA)

· Develop performant and secure code (incl. SQL) for high-traffic production use, following pre-defined principles and guidelines

· Experience with SOLR or Fred Hopper

· Demonstrate and develop to HCL Commerce best practices, especially with regards to security and customisations

· Knowledge of GDPR and how to limit exposure of customer data

· Have a working knowledge of Dynacache

· Containerisation using Docker and Kubernetes

· Knowledge of Cloud Platforms e.g. AWS and GCP

· An understanding of HCL Commerce architecture and deployment models (e.g. 3-tier, de-coupled storefront/search)

· Experience developing headless HCL Commerce solutions

· Use of Wiremock

· Having worked on solutions utilising edge-caches and CDNs e.g. Cloudflare

· Use of Bastion

Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.

Our culture thrives on our core values, designed for impact-driven individuals: Heart, Brains and Courage.

We lead with Heart, fostering empathy and trust where genuine connections and human-centric work flourish.
We empower your Brains for innovation, valuing relentless curiosity and collaborative intelligence to solve complex challenges.
And we champion Courage, inspiring you to speak up, embrace experimentation, and advocate for bold solutions that push our thinking to be better than yesterday.

Our Enterprise Solutions division houses strategic consultants, creative and technical architects and skilled developers and operators that together help some of the world’s leading organisations to deliver outstanding digital experiences across all major routes to market worldwide: marketplaces, online retailers, D2C, B2B and social platforms. With over 4,200 experts in 55 operational centres across 34 countries, our capabilities span the entire buying journey from customer acquisition, through engagement, to conversion and loyalty, driving multi-channel growth for world-leading brands.

We work with some of the most exciting brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, EY, Bosch, Unilever, Ford, DFS, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Sainsbury’s, Selfridges, Shell and Tiffany & Co. We’ve built over 500 platforms for brands and retailers and generate in excess of $29bn annually for our clients and work with over 50 strategic partners including Adobe, SAP, Salesforce, HCL, Shopify, Sitecore, BigCommerce, commerce tools and Acquia. Our reputation is based on our people, and we believe we have some of the best in the business.

As our business grows internationally, we’re looking for new people to join us on our journey to inspire and take a key role in shaping some of the best commerce solutions, services, and websites in the world. Working as a team, no problem is insurmountable; we share in our client’s successes and believe that anyone can show creative bravery no matter what their role is in the team.