Technical Lead: Commerce Platform (Node.js)

CobbleWeb - The Online Marketplace Experts

Estonia · Full-time · Mid-Senior

This position is 100% remote.

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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 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)
Strong understanding of frontend frameworks like NextJS and Headless UI Frameworks such as ShadCN, Radix, etc.
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

Key Skills

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