Technical Lead , Kuwait Alghanim, iik jobs, iiQ8 classifieds

Position Overview

The E-Commerce Technical Lead would lead a team of web developers for the development and support of the existing online store and future e-commerce initiatives.  The Technical Lead would own and manage the design of the IT landscape of the online store and would be responsible for establishing the scope of the e-commerce development, setting down architectural principles and vision and for ensuring the rigor and integrity of the enterprise e-commerce architecture, together with associated deliverables.

Should have experience in leading ecommerce development projects with good understanding of retail business framework, technical architecture, deployment of ecommerce software and integration of the online store to the backend ERP.

Essential Job Functions

• Development of e-commerce solution architecture and system framework and lead the team of developers in delivering the solution
• Provide consulting and development support in enhancing the current online store with new features/functionalities
• Establishing and maintaining effective engagement with senior Business managers of Retail and IT units in Alghanim
• Provides leadership in the development of technical skills in others through active knowledge sharing
• Introduction of structured techniques and ensure that the team adheres to the design and development methodologies
• Developing technology roadmaps relevant for the business and help in timely execution
• Long and medium term systems architecture strategic planning and implementation
• Setting standards and policies to govern the architecture and design of solutions delivered by vendors
• Ensure that standard systems features are explored fully and realistic options are offered prior to any development and modification work
• Providing oversight in aspects of applications requirements, deployment, development and Maintenance
• Source, negotiate & manage 3rd Party suppliers & partners and forge partnerships with them for new technologies from long term perspective
• Lead aspects of applications selection and implementation from IT perspective
• Evaluating and Introducing new technologies
• Continuous improvement of systems scalability, reliability and performance

Experience Required:

• 8 years if experience with minimum of 3 years in team management and multiple projects handling.
• Microservices build/maintenance experience would be a definite plus.
• Development of e-commerce solution and system framework.
• Research and identification of best fit framework or architecture for the project.
• Maintain the performance metrics of team.
• Should have worked in more than one business vertical.

Skills & Knowledge:

• Frontend and backend technologies like Java, PHP and Node.js, React etc.
• Leading Commerce development projects with good understanding of retail business framework.
• AWS knowledge is must.
• Agile methodologies.
• Knowledge on SEO and SEM and Analytics