Engineering Lead – Regional Magento Platforms

DFI Retail Group; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 488,000 - 733,000; Full time

Job summary

DFI Retail Group is seeking an Engineering Lead to oversee end-to-end Magento-based e-commerce development across Singapore and Malaysia. You will drive SDLC from requirements through production, partnering with regional business leaders and engineering teams to deliver scalable, high-performance solutions.

The role requires deep Magento/Adobe Commerce expertise, GraphQL, headless architecture, and proven experience integrating with major regional marketplaces.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• 7–10 years of progressive hands-on experience in e-commerce application development and delivery.
• Proven track record leading end-to-end Magento 2 / Adobe Commerce enterprise implementations.
• 3rd-Party Marketplace experience with major regional platforms (Shopee, Lazada) via connectors.

Responsibilities

• Oversee end-to-end SDLC for SG and MY stores including requirements gathering, scoping, build, SIT, UAT, and go-live.
• Lead architectural design and analytical evaluation of marketplace integrations for external platforms.
• Oversee internal engineering resources and third-party partners with QA and SLA adherence.
• Diagnose platform bottlenecks, optimize queries, and improve GraphQL API performance.
• Collaborate with SG/MY business, product, and banner leads to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.

Skills

Magento 2

Adobe Commerce

GraphQL

Headless

SDLC leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Performance tuning

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT/Software Eng

Tools

ERP

CRM

PIM

OMS

WMS

Job description

We are seeking an experienced, high-caliber Engineering Lead with exceptionally strong analytical skills to oversee and drive end-to-end application development for our Magento-based e-commerce platforms across our Singapore and Malaysia markets.

This role requires a unique combination of deep technical domain expertise in Magento (Adobe Commerce) architecture, marketplace integration, data-driven system analysis, and delivery leadership. Given that both Singapore and Malaysia heavily leverage dominant 3rd-party marketplaces (e.g., Shopee), the ideal candidate must possess the analytical rigor to evaluate, design, and troubleshoot complex, bi-directional data synchronization between Magento and external platforms.

You will own the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) from analytical business requirement consolidation and solution design to implementation, QA/SIT, UAT, and production deployment. Acting as the key technical bridge between regional business stakeholders and engineering teams, you will independently analyze market-specific challenges and translate them into scalable, optimized technical solutions.

The challenge is to:

End-to-End Application Delivery & Governance

• Full-Cycle SDLC Management: Take end-to-end ownership of application development and release pipelines for Singapore and Malaysia stores, covering requirements gathering, technical scoping, build, SIT, UAT support, and go-live.
• Market Independence & Stakeholder Management: Work directly and independently with SG and MY business, product, and banner leads to analyze commercial challenges and translate complex operational requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Vendor & Engineering Oversight: Oversee internal engineering resources and third-party development partners, critically reviewing technical proposals, code quality, and delivery performance against SLAs.
• Analytical Problem Solving & Performance Tuning: Leverage advanced analytical techniques to diagnose platform bottlenecks, optimize database queries, improve GraphQL API performance, and enhance frontend speed metrics across SG and MY stores.
• Marketplace Integrations: Lead the architectural design and analytical evaluation of integrations with major 3rd-party marketplace platforms (e.g., Shopee), ensuring robust error-handling, logs analysis, and real-time synchronization for inventory, orders, and pricing.
• Headless & GraphQL Expertise: Provide deep technical authority on Magento GraphQL APIs and headless architecture, analyzing data payload efficiency and network latency for native Mobile Applications.
• System Integration Architecture: Analyze, design, and oversee API/middleware integrations connecting Magento with enterprise ecosystems, including Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Product Information Management (PIM), Order Management Systems (OMS), and Payment Gateways.
• Quality & Root-Cause Analysis: Establish rigorous testing standards for SIT/UAT, conduct thorough root-cause analysis (RCA) on production issues or system anomalies, and implement preventative engineering measures.

Do you have experience in Scaling data team?

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

Analytical Capabilities:

• Exceptional analytical and critical-thinking skills, with a proven track record of breaking down complex business logic and technical bottlenecks into actionable, structured engineering tasks.
• Strong ability to analyze complex system logs, API payloads, integration failures, and performance metrics to drive continuous optimization.

Core Technical Experience:

• Minimum 7–10 years of progressive hands-on experience in e-commerce application development and delivery.
• Proven track record of leading end-to-end Magento 2 / Adobe Commerce enterprise implementations.
• 3rd-Party Marketplace Experience: Solid, proven experience integrating and managing store ecosystems connected with major regional 3rd-party platforms (e.g., Shopee, Lazada) via native/middleware connectors.
• Headless & GraphQL Proficiency: Strong technical understanding of how native mobile applications and modern frontends interact with Magento backends via GraphQL APIs.
• Enterprise Integration Capabilities: Demonstrated experience analyzing and integrating Magento with complex enterprise ecosystems (ERP, CRM, PIM, OMS, WMS, and payment gateways).
• Delivery & Governance: Proven ability to manage full-cycle SDLC (Requirements → SIT → UAT → Production) with a disciplined approach to QA standards and test case validation.
• Autonomy & Stakeholder Management: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in English; proven experience managing cross-market stakeholders independently in a fast-paced regional environment.

If you have the right skills and experience, this is an opportunity to build your career with Pan Asia’s leading retailer.

DFI Retail Group is an equal opportunity employer and responsible for ensuring that all personal information collected from each Candidate presented to DFI Retail Group is used for recruitment purposes only and the personal data will be kept and handled confidentially. We will retain the applications of candidates not selected for a period of no more than 24 months. The data collection process is in accordance with all applicable laws and compliant with the Code of Practice on Human Resource Management.

To find out more about Our Businesses and Our People, please visit our website: https://www.DFIretailgroup.com