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.