Senior Magento Developer

Forward Role; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Forward Role is seeking a seasoned Magento 2 developer/technical lead to own the technical direction of a Magento 2 platform. You will sit between the client and a digital agency, triaging issues, guiding integrations, and ensuring that releases are thoroughly tested before production.

With 5+ years of Magento experience, you will own architecture decisions, manage upgrades, and coordinate with external agencies to deliver robust, scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years Magento 2 development experience (Open Source or Adobe Commerce).
• Strong PHP 8.x and Magento architecture knowledge (modules, plugins, observers, DI, EAV).
• Proven integration delivery using Magento REST and GraphQL APIs.

Responsibilities

• Keep the live Magento 2 store stable, secure and performant day to day.
• Triage and fix production issues, bugs and checkout or order flow problems.
• Apply security patches and manage extension updates and compatibility.
• Review version, PHP stack and hosting; set out upgrade path as needed.
• Monitor performance across caching, indexing, Varnish, Redis and search.
• Design and build integrations between Magento and ERP, PIM, OMS, payments, shipping and marketing platforms.
• Work with REST and GraphQL APIs, webhooks, queues and scheduled jobs.
• Make integrations resilient with logging, error handling and monitoring.
• Act as the client's technical lead for the digital agency; provide direction on architecture and priorities.
• Review agency estimates, specs and pull requests; translate business requirements into technical briefs.
• Own release coordination and environments to ensure production-tested deployments.

Skills

Magento 2

PHP 8.x

REST & GraphQL

CI/CD

Agency leadership

Tools

MySQL

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

I'm working with a business that runs its ecommerce on an established Magento 2 platform and i'm looking for someone who can keep it running smoothly while it keeps evolving.

This isn't a ticket‑taking role. You'll be the client's go‑to Magento expert and sit between the internal team and their digital agency. You'll set the technical direction, sense‑check what the agency proposes and make sure what gets shipped is built properly.

It suits a contractor who likes ownership. You'll get a platform you can genuinely shape, a business that listens and a mix of BAU, integration work and new feature builds.

The Details

• Keep the live Magento 2 store stable, secure and performant day to day
• Triage and fix production issues, bugs and checkout or order flow problems
• Apply security patches and manage extension updates and compatibility
• Review the current version, PHP stack and hosting, and set out an upgrade path where needed
• Monitor performance across caching, indexing, Varnish, Redis and search

• Design and build integrations between Magento and third party systems such as ERP, PIM, OMS, payments, shipping and marketing platforms
• Work with REST and GraphQL APIs, webhooks, message queues and scheduled import or export jobs
• Make integrations resilient with clear logging, error handling and monitoring

Technical lead for the digital agency

• Act as the client's technical point of contact for their digital agency
• Give technical direction on architecture, approach and priorities
• Review agency estimates, specifications and pull requests and challenge where needed
• Translate business requirements into clear technical briefs
• Own release coordination and environments so nothing lands in production untested

Essential

• 5+ years commercial Magento 2 (Open Source or Adobe Commerce) development, ideally as a contractor
• Strong PHP 8.x and deep knowledge of Magento architecture: modules, plugins, observers, dependency injection, EAV and service contracts
• Proven integration delivery using Magento REST and GraphQL APIs with third party platforms
• Experience owning a live production store, including patching, upgrades and incident handling
• MySQL, Composer, Git and CI/CD pipelines
• Confidence working with and directing external agencies, including reviewing their code and estimates
• Clear communicator who can explain technical trade‑offs to non‑technical stakeholders

Nice to have

• Magento 2 version upgrades, particularly moving to 2.4.8 or 2.4.9
• Adobe Commerce Cloud, AWS or Hyvä theme experience
• Performance tuning with Varnish, Redis, OpenSearch and New Relic
• Adobe Commerce certification
• ERP or PIM integration experience (for example Sage, NetSuite, Dynamics or Akeneo)

• On site: 2 days a week in South Manchester for agency sessions, stakeholder time and planning. The rest is remote.