Job Summary:
We are looking for a highly skilled and technically strong Backend Lead with extensive experience in e-commerce platforms. This individual will lead a backend development team guide technical decision-making and work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver scalable high-performing solutions.
The ideal candidate has a deep understanding of backend systems strong problem-solving capabilities and excellent communication skills to lead by example and collaborate effectively.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead backend development for mission-critical e-commerce applications and services.
- Architect and implement scalable maintainable and high-performance solutions using modern technologies.
- Collaborate with product managers frontend teams DevOps QA and business stakeholders to define and deliver features.
- Mentor guide and support backend engineers in their technical growth.
- Perform code reviews establish best practices and ensure high code quality.
- Troubleshoot production issues and ensure high system availability.
- Contribute to architectural and strategic planning discussions.
- Maintain documentation of design architecture and technical decisions.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- 8 years of backend development experience with 2 years in a technical leadership role
- Proven experience in e-commerce platforms and understanding of product catalog cart checkout payments and profile domains.
- Proven expertise in J2EE.
- Strong understanding of RESTful APIs microservices architecture and system integrations
- Hands-on experience with GCP cloud platforms
- Experience with databases both SQL (PostgreSQL MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB Redis).
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines containerization (Docker Kubernetes) and API security
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to manage priorities timelines and deliverables effectively
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in headless commerce architecture and MACH principles (Microservices API-first Cloud-native Headless)
- Familiarity with GraphQL and event-driven architecture
- Exposure to tools like Kafka ElasticSearch or Redis is a plus.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
Why Join Us
- Work on high-impact e-commerce solutions used by millions.
- Be part of a collaborative and innovative engineering team.