Lead eCommerce Engineer: React/Java, AI Tools

Vibehackers; Atlanta, Northern (GA, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Paid vacation & holidays

Job summary

Vibehackers leads a pod responsible for major areas of the flooranddecor.com platform, delivering full-stack work (React front-end, Java back-end) and providing hands-on engineering leadership. You will mentor engineers, drive platform decisions, and uphold best practices across CI/CD, testing, and observability.

The role requires strong React and Java expertise, experience guiding technical design, and a focus on reliable, scalable commerce solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of professional software development experience with demonstrated full-stack expertise.
• 1–3 years of technical or team leadership experience (lead/staff responsibilities).
• Expert-level proficiency with React and modern front-end architecture.
• Strong Java back-end development and architecture experience.
• Experience leading technical design discussions, code reviews, and Agile/Scrum delivery at the team level.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design, planning, and delivery of features for the pod, ensuring alignment with architecture and business priorities.
• Break down complex initiatives into well-scoped technical workstreams and guide the team through implementation.
• Serve as primary escalation for complex technical issues, production incidents, and cross-team dependencies.
• Remain hands-on across front-end, back-end services, and integrations, modeling best practices.
• Drive platform-level decisions for enterprise commerce platforms (e.g., Salesforce Commerce Cloud, WebSphere Commerce).
• Partner with the eCommerce Architect on integration patterns, service boundaries, and technical standards.
• Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching, and technical mentorship to engineers.
• Drive adoption of engineering best practices: code review standards, automated testing, CI/CD, and observability.
• Establish guidelines for responsible use of AI-assisted development tools and lead root cause analysis for production issues.
• Communicate technical progress, risks, and trade-offs to senior stakeholders.

Skills

Full-stack Development

Technical Leadership

System Design

Architecture

Mentoring

Code Reviews

Automated Testing

CI/CD

Observability

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder Collaboration

Performance Optimization

Incident Management

Communication

Leadership

Tools

Salesforce Commerce Cloud

WebSphere Commerce

GitHub Copilot

Cursor

Claude Code

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Vibehackers leads a pod responsible for major areas of the flooranddecor.com platform, delivering full-stack work (React front-end, Java back-end) and providing hands-on engineering leadership. You will mentor engineers, drive platform decisions, and uphold best practices across CI/CD, testing, and observability.

The role requires strong React and Java expertise, experience guiding technical design, and a focus on reliable, scalable commerce solutions in a fast-paced environment.