Technical Lead: Commerce Platform (Node.js)

CobbleWeb; Manchester; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Technical Lead for its commerce platform in Manchester. The ideal candidate will provide strong technical direction, oversee deliverables, and design robust solutions using Node.js and Agile methodologies. Applicants should have 5+ years of software engineering experience and a proven track record of building modular frameworks.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of applying design thinking to platform architecture.
• 2+ years relevant software engineering experience in developer-facing platforms.
• 5+ years advanced software engineering experience.
• 3+ years in Agile environment with BDD and TDD.
• 2+ years in a software development leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Design technical solutions aligned with the business model.
• Refine technical vision aligned with product goals.
• Foster a collaborative team culture.
• Maintain technical documentation.
• Ensure platform scalability and maintainability.

Skills

Technical direction

Resolving technical bottlenecks

Building modular frameworks

Agile methodologies

Collaboration with stakeholders

Design thinking in architecture

Tools

NodeJS

Express

MySQL

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Docker

Terraform

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Technical Lead: Commerce Platform (Node.js), Manchester

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Posted:

12.08.2025

Expiry Date:

26.09.2025

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Job Description:

This position is 100% remote.

What are we looking for?

CobbleWeb, a leader in online marketplace development, is looking for an exceptional technical lead for our multi-vendor commerce platform – ShareWise.

ShareWise is a React/Node-based library of modular components that can be combined in plug-and-play fashion to build high-growth marketplaces. Its component-based architecture and open-source license make it highly customisable and scalable, setting it apart from template-based ecommerce platforms like Adobe Commerce (previously Magento), CS-Cart, or Shopify.

Help us democratise access to the world’s fastest-growing business model by executing our ShareWise vision: a budget-friendly, highly-flexible, and commercially-proven platform for validating and scaling marketplace startups.

Why you should join our team: Small Companies with Big Impact

Who you are:

You are a leader who can:

• Provide strong technical direction.
• Resolve technical bottlenecks.
• Oversee the technical quality of deliverables.

You are a software development expert who applies:

• Appropriate software engineering practices (e.g. automated testing).
• Continuous improvements to minimise technical debt.
• Agile adaptation to changing business goals and challenges.

You are a technical specialist who has:

• Deep understanding of platform and modular architecture.
• Advanced collaborative skills: internal & external stakeholders.
• Proven track record of building modular frameworks with high adoption rates.

Areas of responsibility:

• Support purpose-driven development by designing technical solutions that are aligned with the application’s business model and use cases.
• Create, re-evaluate and constantly refine a technical vision that is aligned with the product goals.
• Build and nurture a collaborative team feedback culture to ensure optimal outcomes.
• Create buy-in and alignment among the team with regards to both technical vision as well as granular choices in order to drive efficiencies.
• Take the lead in planning, compiling and maintaining technical documentation (internal and external)
• Ensure a high-performance, scalable and maintainable platform by choosing the right technical architecture, data model and framework.
• Apply best practices – avoid reinventing the wheel and make decisions based on impact.
• Drive Agile methodologies in the team to produce outstanding results.
• Own the quality control process – promote user satisfaction, drive code quality, and push product excellence.

Job requirements:

• Proven track record of applying design thinking to platform architecture.
• 2+ years relevant software engineering experience: building commercially successful frameworks or developer-facing platforms with significant traction.
• 5+ years advanced software engineering experience in any competitive product vertical.
• 3+ years in an Agile environment that utilised Behaviour Driven Development, Test Driven Development, Event Driven Architecture, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery.
• 2+ years experience in a software development leadership role.
• Recommended: exposure to commerce platform development, in particular, online marketplaces.
• Expert with NodeJS (5+ years experience).
• Expert with various NodeJS frameworks – e.g. Express, Nest, Fastify (5+ years experience).
• Expert with MySQL, PostgreSQL and MongoDB (3+ years experience).
• Some developing experience with ReactJS (2+ years experience).
• Experience of REST APIs / GraphQL.
• Use of Docker/Terraform in local and production environments.
• Experience with test automation.
• Experience with integration of third-party applications like Stripe, RabbitMQ, Redis, AWS or Elasticsearch is a plus.

When applying, we ask you to add a paragraph in the cover letter field about your experience with building developer-facing platforms (internal or external) with NodeJS. If you have any experience with e-commerce or marketplaces, as well as backend modular architecture, please add a paragraph about those as well. Your cover letter will be read and if the content is relevant it will strengthen your application.