Technical Lead
The Opportunity
At ESW, we help some of the world’s best-loved brands deliver frictionless, cross-border shopping experiences. As a leading global DTC eCommerce platform, we provide technology and services that enable brands to localize checkout, logistics, compliance, and customer service in over 200 markets.
As a Tech Lead, you will drive the design, development and technical ownership of a core element of our platform. You will collaborate with Architecture, Product, and your Engineering Leads to deliver and maintain a high volume secure system that continues to support rapid growth in scale and roadmap.
We are looking for a Technical Lead with the highest level of technical and people management skills and a passion for building high-performing teams and driving technical excellence.
You should want to do things better, as we believe in continuous improvement of the development process, and you should have an opinion and contribute to improving our engineering practices. It would help if you cared about agile, continuous integration, deployment, DDD, TDD, unit testing and integration testing.
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.
- 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.
- Deep technical knowledge with a history of solving complex problems. Adept at identifying and solving security, scaling, resilience, and consistency challenges.
- Experience in ecommerce is highly desirable.
- Nice-to-have: Knowledge of development stack advantages: C#, WebApi, .NET Core, Kafka, Kubernetes, Microservices, Cosmos DB, Azure.
- Intellectual curiosity, learning agility, and passion for tackling tough problems.
- Outstanding communication skills required – primarily the ability to communicate ideas.
About ESW
Our purpose is simple: to create moments that matter between people and the brands they cherish. We enable brands to expand their global reach, facilitating simple and seamless ecommerce experiences for consumers worldwide. Through our integration solutions, we deliver a complete international checkout experience, including local duties, taxes, fulfilment, delivery management, and global returns and payment processing capabilities.
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.
What's on offer?
- Direct hire with a product company: This isn’t consulting or outsourcing. Shape the future of our product with ownership, impact, and long-term vision.
- 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.
- International environment: Work with people from over 30 different cultures and get the chance to use English daily.
- Hybrid working:Enjoy the best of both worlds with 2–3 days in our office near Atocha, and 2–3 days working from the comfort of your home
- 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.
If you require any reasonable accommodations or adjustments throughout the hiring process, please let us know. We are dedicated to ensuring equal access and opportunity for all candidates.
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