HCL WebSphere Commerce Developer (WCS Developer)

Neurealm; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Neurealm seeks an experienced software engineer to design, develop, test, and debug B2B eCommerce applications on HD Supply’s platform. You’ll work across HCL/WCS v8 storefronts and the adjacent Next.js and Spring Boot surfaces, delivering ready‑to‑serve experiences while ensuring dual‑run legacy and modern storefront coherence.

You will participate in requirements gathering, design reviews, and unit testing, contributing to a robust, scalable commerce solution in an Agile environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent work experience (4+ years).
• 5+ years expertise in HCL Commerce and/or IBM WebSphere Commerce (WCS) 8.x with store customization and integration.
• 5+ years Java development and object‑oriented design on large IT systems (J2EE on WebSphere AS preferred).
• 5+ years web services (REST and SOAP) experience.
• 5+ years source control experience (Git required; SVN/CVS acceptable).
• Experience with Agile delivery using Jira, Bitbucket/Git, and Confluence.
• Strong communication skills; proven team player.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop application components in an Agile environment — WCS storefront and Java/Spring Boot services and Next.js/React storefront work.
• Gather requirements, document functionality, and support integration testing and data conversion.
• Design, develop, and implement multi‑tier commerce applications to support B2B requirements incl. punchout channels.
• Create and review designs; identify reusability, performance issues, and best practices.
• Support storefront pages, store data, and integration with back‑end systems and commerce tooling.
• Implement Java‑based solutions for public‑facing B2B sites; extend Spring Boot APIs wrapping/ replacing Commerce.
• Contribute to Next.js/React storefront work and ensure migration journeys stay consistent.
• Perform unit testing, research defects, and troubleshoot across WCS, Spring Boot, and Next.js.

Skills

Java development

OOD design

REST/SOAP

Agile delivery

Communication

Team player

WCS/HCL Commerce

WebSphere Commerce

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Git

Jira

Bitbucket

Confluence

Job description

Design, develop (code), test, and debug applications on HD Supply’s B2B eCommerce platform. Provide ready-to-serve experience and development subject‑matter expertise across the HCL Commerce / WebSphere Commerce (WCS) v8 storefront and the adjacent Next.js and Spring Boot surfaces that now share customer traffic with it. Maintain, enhance, and deliver solutions for commerce applications. Assist team members and project leads in day-to-day project work during dual-run (legacy commerce engine + modern storefront).

Major Tasks, Responsibilities and Key Accountabilities

• Design and develop application components in an Agile environment — WCS storefront and business logic, Java/Spring Boot services, and Next.js / React storefront work as assigned.
• Participate in gathering requirements, documenting and designing HCL Commerce / WCS functionality and related enhancements. Support application integration testing, integration development, data conversion, and cut-over activities.
• Design, develop, and implement multi-tier commerce applications (web and backend) to support B2B business requirements, including punchout and other customer purchasing-system channels where those flows still run on Commerce.
• Create and review designs; identify re‑usability, performance issues, and best practices for Commerce, REST/SOAP services, and Java.
• Support the full life cycle of storefront pages, store data, store business logic, customization of WebSphere / HCL Commerce tools, and integration with back‑end systems (including services that sit in front of or beside Commerce).
• Implement Java‑based solutions for public‑facing B2B websites based on business requirements; extend or consume Spring Boot APIs that wrap or replace Commerce capabilities as pages move off WCS.
• Contribute to Next.js / React storefront work (pages, data fetching, integration with Commerce or microservice APIs) so migrated and unmigrated journeys stay consistent.
• Perform unit testing before moving code/configuration to QA. Research defects and solve for root cause across WCS, Spring Boot, and Next.js as the defect spans those layers.
• Identify key barriers and core problems; apply problem‑solving skills to complex situations. Troubleshoot and resolve issues in a dual‑run architecture (legacy Commerce runtime plus modern storefront).

Skills and Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent work experience (4+ years professional).
• 5+ years expertise in HCL Commerce and/or IBM WebSphere Commerce (WCS) 8.x — store customization, business logic, tools, catalog/order/user flows, and integration with back‑end systems. v8 experience is the hiring bar; later Commerce versions are a plus, not a substitute.
• 5+ years Java development and OOD skills on large IT systems (J2EE on WebSphere Application Server strongly preferred).
• 5+ years web services (REST and SOAP).
• 5+ years source control (Git required; SVN/CVS acceptable as prior experience).
• Experience with Agile delivery using Atlassian tools (Jira, Bitbucket/Git, Confluence).
• Strong communication skills; proven team player.

Preferred

• B2B commerce, punchout, and/or mobile commerce business models.
• Headless or composable commerce patterns (API‑first storefront consuming Commerce or BFF/microservices). MuleSoft or similar iPaaS is a plus, not required.
• Additional JS frameworks (Angular, Vue) as secondary experience.
• Exposure to search (Solr), session/page cache (Redis or similar), and CMS‑driven storefronts (e.g. Optimizely or equivalent) alongside a commerce engine.
• Experience working Preview vs Runtime (authoring/preview vs customer‑facing) Commerce stacks without treating them as the same environment.