Commerce Platform Technical Lead

Salary: £41,500 - 71,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong commercial experience with Commercetools and composable commerce platforms.
• Deep understanding of MACH architecture, APIs, microservices, and cloud-native systems.
• Hands-on TypeScript / Node.js engineering experience.
• Strong Microsoft Azure experience, including Azure Functions, App Services, and serverless architectures.
• Experience with React / Next.js and modern headless commerce solutions.
• Proven background supporting high-volume retail/eCommerce platforms.
• Experience across Commercetools, TypeScript / Node.js, React / Next.js, Azure Functions, App Services, Cosmos DB, REST APIs and integrations, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, observability and monitoring tools, and cloud-native/infrastructure automation practices.

Responsibilities:

• Lead technical delivery across production support, incidents, defects, and platform improvements.
• Act as the escalation point for complex issues and major incidents.
• Drive root-cause analysis and permanent fixes.
• Review code, architecture, and engineering practices.
• Troubleshoot issues across APIs, integrations, frontend applications, and Azure services.
• Improve reliability, automation, observability, testing, and deployment processes.
• Support knowledge transfer and establish strong technical ownership of the platform.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership and contribute directly to code where required.
• Mentor engineers and help teams deliver reliable, scalable commerce solutions.

Technologies:

• Azure
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Cosmos DB
• Frontend
• Support
• REST
• React
• Serverless
• TypeScript
• microservices
• NodeJS
• JavaScript

More:

We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead to support a modern composable commerce platform built on Commercetools, MACH architecture, and Microsoft Azure. This is a hybrid contract role with ad hoc travel to Hampshire, starting ASAP for an initial 6-month rolling duration, with a negotiable rate outside IR35. We offer the opportunity to combine technical leadership, production support, and engineering delivery in a hands-on role focused on incident resolution, continuous improvement, and platform reliability.

last updated 32 week of 2026