Blue Acorn iCi — Adobe Commerce Technical Architect
Round 1 phone screen with Paul Ruggero, Principal Global Technical/GTM Recruiter.
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When Fri 2026-05-15 · 12:30 PMWhere Microsoft TeamsRecruiter Paul RuggeroFormat ~30 min · conversationalJoin link →
Elevator Pitch · 30 seconds
"15 years in Adobe Commerce — 11 years at ICM agency delivering ~60 e-commerce sites, then 3 years owning water.com production on Adobe Commerce Cloud at Primo Brands. Adobe Certified Expert. I publish 8 commercial extensions on the Adobe Marketplace under jscriptz. Ready to bring the agency delivery experience and the enterprise production ownership together in an architect role."
Top 5 Proof Points
Claim
Evidence
Adobe Certified Expert
Adobe Certified Magento 2 Developer — the hard gate requirement.
Enterprise ACC ownership
water.com on Adobe Commerce Cloud (2.4.8-p3), Nov 2022 – Jan 2026, cross-functional team of ~10.
Agency delivery breadth
~60 sites across 11 years at ICM: Magento 1/2, WordPress, B2B, integrations.
Marketplace vendor
jscriptz: 8 commercial extensions live, including Hyvä-compatible checkout suite.
Integrations at scale
Salesforce API (38,000+ real-time store locations), Akeneo, Odoo, Google Merchant Center.
Salary Script
"I'm targeting $140,000 to $170,000 base — that reflects the ACE certification, the ACC production ownership, and the Marketplace vendor track record. Happy to discuss total comp structure."
Floor — $140,000 (do not go below)
Target — $155,000 – $170,000
Previous base — $120,000 (do not volunteer unless directly asked)
Why Blue Acorn iCi · one tight sentence
"You're one of the few shops doing real enterprise Adobe Commerce work at scale, you're leaning hard into ACCS and App Builder — which is where the interesting architecture problems are right now — and the Infosys backing means access to enterprise client relationships I can grow with."
Top 3 Questions to Ask Paul
What does the interview process look like beyond this screen — how many rounds, and who would I be meeting with?
How many client accounts does a Technical Architect typically carry at once?
What does success look like in the first 90 days for someone in this role?