Technical Lead

**The Opportunity**:
Our purpose is simple, create moments that matter between people and the brands they cherish. We enable brands to expand their global reach to over 260 countries, facilitating simple and seamless e-commerce experiences for consumers worldwide. With our integration solutions, we deliver a full international checkout experience, inclusive of local duties, taxes, fulfillment, and delivery management, along with global returns and payment processing capabilities.

Our hub locations are Dublin, Madrid and New York, and we are currently expanding our development hub in Madrid. As part of this new initiative, we are hiring a Technical Lead who will drive the design, development and technical ownership of a core element of our platform.

Guided by our values—Own It, Champion Simplicity, Win as One, and Debate then Commit—we strive to foster innovation, accountability, and teamwork, creating solutions that inspire trust and drive impactful results.

Our technology strategy is based on the MACH principles of microservices, API first, cloud, and headless. We are looking for a Technical Lead with the highest level of hands on technical and leadership skills, and a passion for building impactful teams and driving technical excellence.

You will lead a development team within our technology organisation where your technical knowledge combined with your people management, and delivery skills ensure we complete our deliveries on time.

**Responsibilities**:

- Work with and provide day to day leadership and support to an engineering team responsible for developing/delivering key features within its domain.
- Work with engineering and product leaders to drive close collaboration within the global teams.
- Drive execution to ensure that projects are delivered on time and meet quality standards.
- Collaborate across functions to support planning and road-map prioritization.
- Anticipate technical challenges and define strategy through long-term planning.
- Continuously strive to introduce improvements and innovations to the team.

**Requirements**:

- Proven experience in leading and running technical teams, including hiring, mentoring, and performance management.
- Experience building and maintaining 24x7 production-critical systems.
- Deep technical knowledge with a history of solving complex problems. Adept at identifying and solving security, scaling, resilience, and consistency challenges.
- Experience in e-commerce is highly desirable.
- Knowledge of development stack advantages: C#, WebApi,.NET Core, Kafka, Kubernetes, Microservices, Cosmos DB, Azure.
- Experience in Domain Driven Design, software design patterns and modern SDLC methodology, such as CI/CD, testing and release approaches.
- Proficient in Test Driven Development working within an Agile SCRUM team. We use the agile methodology combined with SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework).
- Intellectual curiosity, learning agility, and passion for tackling tough problems.
- Outstanding communication skills required - primarily the ability to communicate ideas.

**What's on offer?**:

- **Competitive salary and benefits**: Your financial well being is important to us. Join ESW and experience the satisfaction of being rewarded for your hard work, dedication and commitment.
- **Professional and personal development**: Find your spark and leave your mark. We will ensure your talent is nurtured and cultivated for growth and success throughout your career with ESW.
- **Hybrid Working**: Our Hybrid Working Model empowers you to embrace the flexibility of hybrid working and enjoy the best of office and remote work.
- **Diversity, Belonging & Inclusion**: When we win, we win together. You'll be part of a culture that values every individual for who they are, fostering an environment where uniqueness is encouraged.

ESW is an equal opportunity employer, and we're proud of our ongoing efforts to foster diversity, equity, & inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment and employees at ESW are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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