Director, eCommerce Engineering

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We are looking for a Director, eCommerce Engineering to lead the design, architecture, and delivery of next-generation eCommerce platforms. The person will be responsible to build an entire team for the purpose.

Responsibilities

• Deliver innovative, complex features and enhancements for the eCommerce platform working
• cross functionally with product management, cybersecurity, infrastructure, operations, and other
• product development teams.
• Provide an architectural strategy and roadmap aligned with business goals by collaborating with
• product management, enterprise architecture, and business partners.
• Focus on providing eCommerce, system integration, and related technology expertise and
• thought leadership on design, architecture, and platform build out of the customer facing as well
• as backend solutions.
• Develop micro services for eCommerce platform public cloud and integrate third party solutions to
• build a composable architecture.
• Lead managers and engineers and interacts with other cross functional teams like Product
• Management, Project Management, and Operations teams etc. to develop innovative solutions
• that meet eCommerce market needs with respect to functionality, performance, scalability,
• reliability, realistic implementation schedules, and adherence to development goals and
• principles.
• Work on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth knowledge of
• the functional area, business strategies and the company's goals in addition to industry
• knowledge.
• Build a culture of engineering excellence (quality, performance, resilience, security, etc.) in your
• team and for the entire organization. 
• Drive the definition and adoption of world class engineering, software development automation,
• testing and deployment processes.
• Build a customer focused, data driven innovation mindset cross-functional. Strong interpersonal
• skills to drive positive change.
• Bring new ideas, trends and ways of working to enable technological transformation.
• Develop AI-based solutions to enhance customer experience and conversion.

Requirements

• Strong technical depth and vision for ecommerce into developing the next generation platforms
• for scalability/reliability.
• Strong analytical, data-driven decision making and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail.
• Ability to coordinate multiple product and technical teams by removing roadblocks and solving
• complex problems collaboratively. 
• Ability to navigate large organizations, develop strong business partner relationships and build
• networks.
• Outstanding influencing, communication, and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated success working within cross-functional teams, effective project management &
• analytical/decision-making skills.
• Experience with open-source technologies, public/private cloud technologies.
• Self-starter, high-energy, with the ability to execute business objectives.
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills are important.
• Visionary executive with solid experience overseeing a team of leaders who manage managers. 

Basic Qualifications needed:

• 15+ years of experience in a related field OR a master's degree & 12+ years of experience in a related field.
• 10+ years of experience building and leading a high performing organization.
• Previous experience building and scaling large ecommerce systems.
• Front-end and back-end experience in building and scaling high performing ecommerce systems.
• JAVA, REACT, event driven methodology, no-sql databases technology skills.
• Exposure to AI-based technologies is a plus.