Senior Backend Engineer: Magento 2, AWS, API-First

Jenny Barbour IT and Project Recruitment; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jenny Barbour IT and Project Recruitment is seeking an experienced Senior Backend Developer to own server-side architecture linking Adobe Commerce/Magento 2 with AWS services, APIs and event-driven integrations. You will design scalable backend solutions and collaborate with stakeholders.

The role focuses on Magento 2 customisations, AWS serverless design, REST/GraphQL APIs, and secure data integrations across ERP, logistics and storefront systems.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and delivering backend solutions for eCommerce and ERP integrations.
• Proven ability to develop Adobe Commerce/Magento 2 customisations, modules and APIs.
• Strong AWS serverless and event-driven design experience (Lambda, EventBridge, IAM).

Responsibilities

• Analyze business requirements and translate them into scalable backend designs.
• Develop and maintain Magento 2 extensions, APIs and integrations.
• Design REST and GraphQL APIs and connect Magento with ERP, logistics and third-party systems.
• Ensure data integrity across orders, inventory, pricing and catalogue data.
• Build microservices and data transformations using Node.js and/or Python with SQL/NoSQL.
• Apply MACH, headless and API-first principles to ecommerce solutions.
• Implement secure authentication with OAuth2/JWT and maintain CI/CD practices.
• Manage full development lifecycle with code, tests, deployment and production support.

Tools

Adobe Commerce/Magento 2

PHP

Magento APIs

App Builder

API Mesh

RabbitMQ

AWS

Lambda

EventBridge

IAM

REST APIs

GraphQL

Node.js

Python

SQL

DynamoDB

NoSQL

OAuth2

JWT

Git

CI/CD

API Contracts

Job description

Jenny Barbour IT and Project Recruitment is seeking an experienced Senior Backend Developer to own server-side architecture linking Adobe Commerce/Magento 2 with AWS services, APIs and event-driven integrations. You will design scalable backend solutions and collaborate with stakeholders.

The role focuses on Magento 2 customisations, AWS serverless design, REST/GraphQL APIs, and secure data integrations across ERP, logistics and storefront systems.