Technical Development Lead

Job description

**About the Role:** We are looking for a Senior Development Lead to turn business problems into practical software solutions. This is a hands-on leadership role where you will work closely with the Product Manager to own technical direction, engineering delivery, and team development. **Tech Stack & Platforms:** - **Platforms:** Magento, Shopify, WooCommerce, and System Integration Projects. - **Technologies:** PHP, Node.js, Python, React, MySQL, and GraphQL/REST APIs. - Deep expertise in every tool is not expected, but you must be able to review code, make sound architectural decisions, and pick up new patterns quickly. **Key Responsibilities:** - **Shape Solutions:** Partner with Product and business leadership to clarify problems, explain trade-offs, define scope, and recommend practical technical paths. - **Own Solution Design:** Lead system architecture, ensure security and performance, manage technical debt, and stay close to implementation through code reviews and prototyping. - **Lead Delivery:** Break down solutions into deliverable increments, improve CI/CD and automated testing, and own production readiness and incident resolution. - **Develop the Team:** Coach engineers through regular feedback, handle hiring and performance management, and build a collaborative, blame-free culture. **Qualifications:** - 5-7+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years leading engineers. - Strong hands-on experience with backend services, APIs, databases, and integrations. - Proven solution design skills with the ability to compare alternatives and choose the appropriate level of complexity. - Experience with cloud environments, automated testing, CI/CD, and production monitoring. - Clear English communication skills to make complex technical topics understandable to both engineers and business stakeholders. **Useful Additional Experience:** - Experience with ecommerce, order management, inventory, fulfillment, or payments. - Familiarity with Python-based services, distributed systems, or working across regional teams. - Experience using prototypes, product data, automation, or AI-assisted development capabilities to validate ideas.