Principal Engineer Lead - E-Commerce

Neotalent Conclusion; Porto; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work option

Continuous training

Career development

Mobility program

Job summary

Neotalent Conclusion in Porto is seeking a Principal EngineerLead -E-commerce to join a major retail and digital commerce client. You will act as the technical reference for a large-scale e-commerce domain, delivering end-to-end technical solutions and guiding architecture strategy.

You will coordinate multiple engineering teams, drive DevOps adoption, AI-assisted development, and ensure architectural consistency while collaborating with business and product stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experienced in leading multiple engineering teams in senior technical leadership roles.
• Proficient in Salesforce Commerce Cloud (SFRA), including architecture design, customization, integration, and operational management of e-commerce platforms.
• Experienced in React and modern headless e-commerce architectures.
• Strong knowledge of software architecture, technical governance, solution design, and large-scale digital commerce ecosystems.
• Skilled at stakeholder management, capable of translating business objectives into technical roadmaps and delivery plans.
• Experienced in DevOps operating models, CI/CD practices, platform ownership, and cross-functional agile delivery environments.
• Familiar with AI-assisted software development, including coding copilots, code agents, shared engineering rules, and development accelerators.
• Knowledge of Salesforce Service Cloud, Salesforce OMS, Data Cloud/Data 360, or API integration platforms is considered a strong advantage.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end technical delivery lifecycle, ensuring successful development, quality assurance, releases, and operational excellence across multiple engineering teams.
• Lead and align Tech Leads and engineering teams, facilitating technical decision-making, resolving cross-team dependencies, and removing delivery blockers.
• Define and execute the technical strategy and architecture roadmap, ensuring alignment with business priorities and long-term platform evolution.
• Identify, communicate, and mitigate technical and delivery risks related to architecture, dependencies, scalability, and team capacity.
• Drive the adoption of DevOps principles, shared engineering standards, governance practices, and AI-assisted development approaches to improve productivity and delivery efficiency.

Skills

Tech leadership

SFRA

React

Headless commerce

Software architecture

DevOps

Stakeholder mgmt

CI/CD

Tools

SFRA tooling

API integration

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Whoare we:

Neotalent Conclusion is one of the leading Iberian specialists providing services in Information Technology and Engineering services. As part of the Netherlands-based organization Conclusion, which has an ecosystem of over 25 companies and 3,600 employees, we are focused on increasing the technological capacity of our clients and the digital transformation of their application ecosystems.

We are talent specialists, attracting the best people and combining them with the needs of the most ambitious projects, at the right time. Our success comes from our investments in innovation, our focus on results, and, above all, the guarantee that our people will have happy and rewarding careers.

With over 25 years of solid experience, Neotalent Conclusion has established its presence in key locations, including Lisbon, Porto, and Madrid. The company currently has more than 950 professionals in the different areas in which it operates.

Neotalent, the responsive people.

Find out more about us at www.neotalentconclusion.com.

Role Overview:

We are looking for a Principal EngineerLead -E-commerce to join one of our clients in the retail and digital commerce sector. In this role, you will act as the technical reference for a large-scale e-commerce domain, being accountable for end-to-end technical delivery while defining and driving the technology strategy in close collaboration with business and product stakeholders.

You will coordinate multiple engineering teams and Tech Leads, ensuring architectural consistency, delivery excellence, operational ownership, and the adoption of modern engineering practices, including AI-assisted software development and DevOps methodologies.

What you will do:

• Own the end-to-end technical delivery lifecycle, ensuring successful development, quality assurance, releases, and operational excellence across multiple engineering teams;
• Lead and align Tech Leads and engineering teams, facilitating technical decision-making, resolving cross-team dependencies, and removing delivery blockers;
• Define and execute the technical strategy and architecture roadmap, ensuring alignment with business priorities and long-term platform evolution;
• Identify, communicate, and mitigate technical and delivery risks related to architecture, dependencies, scalability, and team capacity;
• Drive the adoption of DevOps principles, shared engineering standards, governance practices, and AI-assisted development approaches to improve productivity and delivery efficiency.

What you are like:

• Experienced in leading multiple engineering teams in senior technical leadership roles such as Technology Delivery Lead, Engineering Manager, Principal Engineer, or Senior Tech Lead;
• Proficient in Salesforce Commerce Cloud (SFRA), including architecture design, customization, integration, and operational management of e-commerce platforms;
• Experienced in React and modern headless e-commerce architectures;
• Strong knowledge of software architecture, technical governance, solution design, and large-scale digital commerce ecosystems;
• Skilled at stakeholder management, capable of translating business objectives into technical roadmaps and delivery plans;
• Experienced in DevOps operating models, CI/CD practices, platform ownership, and cross-functional agile delivery environments;
• Familiar with AI-assisted software development, including coding copilots, code agents, shared engineering rules, and development accelerators;
• Knowledge of Salesforce Service Cloud, Salesforce OMS, Data Cloud/Data 360, or API integration platforms is considered a strong advantage;
• Comfortable managing technical risk, balancing technical debt with business priorities, and driving strategic decision-making;
• Excellent communication, collaboration, leadership, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to influence teams without direct hierarchical authority.

Why join us:

• Work on challenging projects for big clients;
• Learn more about emerging technologies;
• Possibility of working remotely;
• Design your career plan;
• Access to continuous training and certifications;
• Evolve through our internal mobility program;
• … and much more!