Technical Lead: Commerce Platform (Node.js)

This position is 100% remote.

What are we looking for?

CobbleWeb , a leader in online marketplace development, is looking for an exceptional technical lead for our multi-vendor commerce platform – ShareWise.

ShareWise is a React/Node-based library of modular components that can be combined in plug-and-play fashion to build high-growth marketplaces. Its component-based architecture and open-source license make it highly customisable and scalable, setting it apart from template-based ecommerce platforms like Adobe Commerce (previously Magento), CS-Cart, or Shopify.

Help us democratise access to the world’s fastest-growing business model by executing our ShareWise vision: a budget-friendly, highly-flexible, and commercially-proven platform for validating and scaling marketplace startups.

Why you should join our team: Small Companies with Big Impact

Who you are:

You are a leader who can:

• Provide strong technical direction.
• Resolve technical bottlenecks.
• Oversee the technical quality of deliverables.

You are a software development expert who applies:

• Appropriate software engineering practices (e.g. automated testing).
• Continuous improvements to minimise technical debt.
• Agile adaptation to changing business goals and challenges.

You are a technical specialist who has:

• Strong system design skills.
• Deep understanding of platform and modular architecture.
• Advanced collaborative skills: internal & external stakeholders.
• Proven track record of building modular frameworks with high adoption rates.

Areas of responsibility:

• Support purpose-driven development by designing technical solutions that are aligned with the application’s business model and use cases.
• Create, re-evaluate and constantly refine a technical vision that is aligned with the product goals.
• Build and nurture a collaborative team feedback culture to ensure optimal outcomes.
• Create buy-in and alignment among the team with regards to both technical vision as well as granular choices in order to drive efficiencies.
• Take the lead in planning, compiling and maintaining technical documentation (internal and external)
• Ensure a high-performance, scalable and maintainable platform by choosing the right technical architecture, data model and framework.
• Apply best practices – avoid reinventing the wheel and make decisions based on impact.
• Drive Agile methodologies in the team to produce outstanding results.
• Own the quality control process – promote user satisfaction, drive code quality, and push product excellence.

Job requirements:

• Proven track record of applying design thinking to platform architecture .
• 2+ years relevant software engineering experience : building commercially successful frameworks or developer-facing platforms with significant traction.
• 5+ years advanced software engineering experience in any competitive product vertical.
• 3+ years in an Agile environment that utilised Behaviour Driven Development, Test Driven Development, Event Driven Architecture, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery.
• 2+ years experience in a software development leadership role.
• Recommended: exposure to commerce platform development , in particular, online marketplaces.

Engineering skills:

• Expert with NodeJS (5+ years experience).
• Expert with various NodeJS frameworks – e.g. Express, Nest, Fastify (5+ years experience).
• Expert with MySQL, PostgreSQL and MongoDB (3+ years experience).
• Some developing experience with ReactJS (2+ years experience).
• Experience of REST APIs / GraphQL.
• Use of Docker/Terraform in local and production environments.
• Experience with test automation.
• Experience with integration of third-party applications like Stripe, RabbitMQ, Redis, AWS or Elasticsearch is a plus.

When applying, we ask you to add a paragraph in the cover letter field about your experience with building developer-facing platforms (internal or external) with NodeJS. If you have any experience with e-commerce or marketplaces, as well as backend modular architecture, please add a paragraph about those as well. Your cover letter will be read and if the content is relevant it will strengthen your application.