Technical Lead

Dentsu Global Services Private Limited; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Merkle in Bengaluru is seeking an Adobe Commerce Tech Lead with 8+ years of experience to own the technical delivery for both B2B and B2C commerce projects, spanning on-premise and cloud ecosystems.

You will mentor teams, optimize performance, and integrate ERP, PIM, OMS, and CRM with Adobe Experience Cloud, ensuring scalable releases.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in eCommerce / web application development.
• 5+ years hands-on with Magento 2 / Adobe Commerce.
• Core expertise: custom module development, theme development, checkout, and payments integrations.
• REST & GraphQL API development and Adobe Commerce Cloud experience.
• Experience with headless commerce (PWA Studio) and multi-store / multi-region setups.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end technical delivery for Adobe Commerce implementations (On-Prem & Cloud).
• Act as hands-on tech lead across backend, frontend, and integrations.
• Translate business requirements into scalable commerce solutions (catalog, pricing, promotions, checkout).
• Develop and customize modules, APIs, themes, and extensions.
• Contribute to headless commerce implementations and migrations from M1 to M2.
• Drive performance optimization and integrations with ERP, PIM, OMS, and CRM.

Skills

Magento 2 / Adobe Commerce

PHP

REST/GraphQL API development

Frontend development (HTML/CSS/JS)

Performance tuning

CI/CD / Git workflows

Mentoring / Leadership

Agile delivery

Tools

Adobe Commerce Cloud

ECE Tools

Varnish

Redis

Elasticsearch/OpenSearch

PWA Studio

Hyvä

AEP / Analytics

Job description

Overview

Adobe Commerce (Magento) Tech Lead with 8+ years of experience. Responsible for driving technical delivery and executing complex implementations across B2B and B2C commerce landscapes. Collaborates with Architects to deliver scalable, high‑performing, and integrated commerce solutions across Adobe Commerce (On-Premice & Cloud) ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end technical delivery for Adobe Commerce implementations (On-Prem & Cloud).
• Act as hands-on tech lead across backend, frontend, and integrations.
• Translate business requirements into scalable commerce solutions (catalog, pricing, promotions, checkout, order workflows).
• Develop and customize modules, APIs (REST/GraphQL), themes, and extensions.
• Contribute to headless commerce implementations (PWA Studio / modern FE frameworks).
• Execute migration strategies from Magento 1.x / Open Source to Adobe Commerce 2.x.
• Drive performance optimization (Varnish, Redis, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, DB tuning).
• Implement integrations with enterprise systems (ERP, PIM, OMS, CRM) and Adobe Experience Cloud (Analytics, Target, AEP).
• Collaborate with Architecture, QA, and DevOps to ensure scalable and stable releases (Adobe Commerce Cloud).
• Own code quality, conduct reviews, mentor teams, and enforce best practices.
• Lead technical discussions with clients and support estimations, PoCs, and solution walkthroughs.
• Monitor production stability, performance, and issue resolution.

Qualifications & Skills

• 8+ years in eCommerce / web application development.
• 5+ years hands-on with Magento 2 / Adobe Commerce.
• Core expertise: custom module development (plugins, observers, cron), theme development (Luma, Hyvä, custom), checkout, cart, and payment integrations.
• REST & GraphQL API development.
• Adobe Commerce Cloud (ECE Tools, deployments, environments).
• Magento migrations (M1 → M2 / Adobe Commerce).
• Strong knowledge of B2B features (Company Accounts, Shared Catalogs, Quotes, Purchase Orders).
• Performance tuning (Varnish, Redis, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch).
• Programming: PHP (7/8), MySQL, JavaScript, HTML/CSS.
• Security & PCI-DSS compliance.
• CI/CD, Git workflows, Agile delivery.
• Nice-to-have: Headless commerce (PWA Studio, React/Next.js, Hyvä), Adobe Experience Cloud integrations (AEP, Analytics, Target, AEM), Adobe App Builder / extensibility frameworks, multi-store / multi-region implementations, Adobe Commerce SaaS services (Live Search, Product Recommendations, Catalog Service).

Success Indicators

• High-quality, scalable commerce implementations delivered on time.
• Strong platform performance, stability, and reduced production defects.
• Clean, maintainable code and strong engineering practices.
• Effective collaboration across cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

Location & Employment Details

Location: DGS India - Bengaluru - Manyata N1 Block

Brand: Merkle

Time Type: Full time

Contract Type: Permanent