Mohan Manickam

Senior Architect, Ecommerce

Staples · Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Present

Working as a Senior Architect within Staples’ eCommerce division, focusing on both B2B and B2C portfolios. Driving the design and development of modern, cloud-native, and AI-enabled architectures to support the company’s digital transformation and omnichannel strategy. Key Highlights: • Architecting and building robust microservices and micro frontends on a multi-cloud infrastructure. • Driving cloud cost optimization through strategic use of multi-cloud architecture. • Developing enterprise-grade orchestration layers to integrate data across cross-functional domains. • Championing an AI-first mindset by building AI agents and intelligent tools for automation and personalization. • Implementing event-driven architectures using modern event brokers to enable real-time, decoupled integrations.

Technical Architect

Tata Consultancy Services · Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Worked as a Technical Architect at Staples (consulting via TCS), driving key modernization and migration initiatives across the enterprise eCommerce landscape. Focused on transitioning legacy systems to cloud-native, open-source, and microservices-based architectures to improve scalability, agility, and performance. Key Achievements: • Led migration of B2B/B2C eCommerce platforms from IBM WCS to open-source microservices and micro frontend architecture. • Designed cloud-native solutions to move infrastructure to Azure, improving scalability and efficiency. • Built orchestration services to integrate internal systems with third-party interfaces, reducing complexity and overhead. • Evaluated and adopted open-source technologies to support long-term goals and cut licensing costs.

Senior Technical Lead

Tata Consultancy Services · Greater Boston Area

Worked as a Senior Technical Lead at Staples (consulting via TCS), led mid-sized global onsite and offshore teams to drive innovation and deliver critical B2B and B2C eCommerce enhancements. Key Highlights: • Led cross-functional teams to successfully deliver new eCommerce features and functionality, enhancing both customer experience and operational efficiency. • Architected and implemented multiple high-impact solutions for business-critical modules, contributing to platform scalability and reliability. • Managed site performance and security, overseeing initiatives to optimize page load speed, eliminate bottlenecks, and proactively mitigate security vulnerabilities.

Technical Lead

Tata Consultancy Services · Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Worked as a Technical Lead at SUPERVALU (now part of UNFI), consulting via TCS, where I led key system implementations and drove enterprise technology modernization. Designed and developed scalable wholesale applications across core domains including vendor management, item setup, promotions, merchandising, and order management. Key Highlights: • Led development of a cross-platform ordering system for web, handheld, and mobile, enabling real-time field access. • Built scalable wholesale apps, boosting reliability and efficiency across departments. • Architected a perishable goods procurement system, automating price negotiations and cutting manual work by 40%. • Applied modular architecture, security, and performance tuning to enhance system stability in high-volume environments.

Full Stack Software Engineer

SUPERVALU · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Led full stack development of enterprise-grade applications, transforming complex business requirements into scalable, user-friendly solutions. • Accelerated development using modern open-source frameworks and libraries, ensuring clean, modular, and maintainable code. • Implemented software engineering best practices, enhancing code quality, test coverage, and deployment reliability while aligning solutions with business objectives. • Optimized application performance and scalability to support high transaction volumes and enable enterprise growth.

Product Development Engineer

XOU Solutions India Private Limited · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• Played a key role in designing and developing enterprise technology products and tools in partnership with top-tier Cisco Gold Partners. • Developed advanced networking and collaboration solutions tailored to enterprise needs and partner-specific requirements.

Academic Project Intern

CSIR - National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Grateful for the opportunity to explore parallel processing concepts and experience the power of parallelism in solving complex problems through India’s first parallel supercomputer – Flosolver.