Job Title: Technical Lead - E2E Commerce (Principal level).
Role Value Proposition:
At HP we imagine the future and make it happen. We love transforming customer insights and innovative new ideas into extraordinary products and experiences to lead in the market. We believe that each employee contributes to making a meaningful difference in the lives of our customers.
With the heart, creativity, and energy of a startup, and the brain, muscles, and determination of a Fortune 100 corporation, we continue to deliver ground-breaking new technologies to build on our 80+ year legacy of innovation.
The global HP Stores are a key sales channel for the company and one where we interact with our customers to enable them with best in class experience to help them make buying decisions. This requires us to understand the voice of our customers, to recognize friction points and help create more seamless experiences across the purchasing lifecycle.
To deliver this vision, the B2C Ecommerce Technology Solutions Organization is hiring for a key role that will be pivotal in spearheading the vision, working with key stakeholders across the digital value chain and drive these outcomes for our customers and our business.
Job Summary:
We are looking for a Technical Lead with a track record of implementing large and complex commerce technology solutions at global scale to develop the next generation commerce platform for HP using Adobe Commerce. She/he will be responsible for executing the design of end-to-end commerce solutions that’s focused on bringing to market product/service offerings in support of all HP’s business functions.
This role will work in tight partnership with Workforce Solutions, Business Technology, Data & Analytics, and other functions/organizations, in identifying high-value opportunities to explore, adopt and use of integrated and innovative end-to-end digital solutions, leveraging existing and new platforms and tools.
The ideal candidate would have a solid foundation in hands-on software development and design, and would require a balance of product-centric technical expertise and ability to navigate complex solutions with multiple platforms, systems, and teams.
The candidate must have demonstrated experience in building large scale Adobe Commerce retail eCommerce systems using PWA and other headless commerce architecture in a large enterprise with several connected systems. Retail experience with focus on seasonal loads and performance requirements is a must.
Responsibilities:
Designs enhancements, updates, and programming changes for portions and subsystems of end-user applications software running on local, networked, and Internet- based platforms.
Analyzes design and determines coding, programming, and integration activities required based on general objectives and knowledge of overall architecture of product or solution.
Investigates and resolves technical issues reported by users or identified during testing and usage.
Writes and executes complete testing plans, protocols, and documentation for assigned portion of application.
Collaborates with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and quality assurance teams, to implement new features and functionalities in software applications.
Allocates resources to complete programming projects, and designing detailed plans to ensure applications are functioning properly.
Leads a team of software applications engineers and internal and outsourced development partners to develop reliable, cost effective and high quality solutions for assigned applications portion or subsystem.
Collaborates and communicates with management, internal, and outsourced development partners regarding software applications design status, project progress, and issue resolution.
Represents the software applications engineering team for all phases of larger and more-complex development projects.
Keeps up with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices in software development to stay current and improve skills.
Provides guidance and mentoring to less- experienced staff members to set an example of software applications development innovation and excellence.
Education & Experience Recommended:
Four-year or Graduate Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
Typically has 4-7 years of work experience, preferably in applications engineering, programming, or a related field or an advanced degree with 3-5 years of work experience.
Preferred Certifications:
Programming Language/s Certification (PHP, Java, Python, JavaScript, or similar)
Knowledge & Skills:
Experience in ecommerce platform, including leading teams and implementation of such systems.
Strong understanding of ecommerce platforms, technologies, and trends.
Proven track record of driving maturity growth in teams and software platforms.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; mastery in English and local language.
Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing APIs (HTTP-based, ReST, GraphQL, etc.).
Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Demonstrated experience in implementing headless platforms with a focus on ecommerce.
Demonstrated experience with designing, implementing, and deploying scalable and performant web applications at global scale.
Demonstrated experience designing multi-tenant SaaS systems.
Experience in client-side and server-side technologies such as ReactJS, Angular, as well as microservices, container technologies, cloud services such as AWS or Azure and other server technologies such as NodeJS, Spring Cloud.
Experience in Configuration Management, DevOps automation.
Experience with Kubernetes (or other container technologies), Azure or AWS cloud, Redis, Fastly, RabbitMQ etc.
Experience in performance testing and tuning.
Expertise of complex software systems, including enterprise, middleware, firmware, and embedded systems.
Expert business acumen and knowledge of root cause analysis and problem detection.
Experience implementing processes for software applications testing and methodology, including writing and execution of test plans, debugging, and testing scripts and tools.
Impact & Scope
Impacts multiple teams and may act as a team or project leader providing direction to team activities and facilitates information validation and team decision making process.
Complexity
Responds to moderately complex issues within established guidelines.
Disclaimer
This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.