AI-Driven E-commerce Tech Lead (SAP Hybris)

Confidential; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential is seeking a Principal Technical Lead / Technical Authority to drive AI transformation and engineering excellence for a large-scale ecommerce platform. The role combines hands-on engineering with strategic leadership across SAP Commerce Cloud / Hybris, with a focus on modernising architecture and delivery.

You will lead AI-enabled development practices across SDLC, govern tooling adoption, and set technical direction while collaborating with Architecture and senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Extensive e-commerce or retail experience with SAP Commerce Cloud / Hybris.
• Proven track record driving AI transformation within software engineering.
• Ability to set technical direction, challenge architectures and resolve complex issues.
• Strong SAP Commerce Cloud / Hybris and complex retail e-commerce knowledge.
• Broad engineering expertise across backend services, storefronts, mobile and cloud.
• Knowledge of modern SDLC practices, Agile, DevOps, SRE, CI/CD, IaC and automated testing.
• Experience implementing secure engineering controls and DORA metrics.

Responsibilities

• Define and embed engineering standards and best practices across multiple technology teams.
• Lead AI transformation within software engineering, driving AI-assisted and agentic development practices.
• Establish AI tooling and guardrails with measurable adoption outcomes.
• Provide senior technical leadership and unblock architectural decisions.
• Apply SAP Commerce Cloud / Hybris and ecommerce domain knowledge to influence decisions.
• Champion CI/CD, automated testing, TDD/BDD, secure-by-design releases.
• Partner with Architecture to align engineering practices with strategy.
• Improve engineering effectiveness through DORA metrics and delivery improvements.

Skills

AI transformation leadership

SAP Commerce Cloud / Hybris

E-commerce / Retail

Hands-on engineering

CI/CD & DevOps

SDLC knowledge

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Confidential is seeking a Principal Technical Lead / Technical Authority to drive AI transformation and engineering excellence for a large-scale ecommerce platform. The role combines hands-on engineering with strategic leadership across SAP Commerce Cloud / Hybris, with a focus on modernising architecture and delivery.

You will lead AI-enabled development practices across SDLC, govern tooling adoption, and set technical direction while collaborating with Architecture and senior stakeholders.