Lead Engineer

ShineOn; Lutz (FL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ShineOn, a leading print on-demand manufacturer in Lutz, Florida, seeks a Lead Engineer to oversee technical architecture from conception to deployment. In this senior role, you will lead development across the full stack, manage cloud infrastructure, and ensure system uptime. Key responsibilities include architecting full-stack applications, scaling AWS environments, and mentoring junior engineers. The ideal candidate has 5-8+ years in software engineering with expertise in AWS and the Shopify ecosystem, and a Bachelor's degree in a related field.

Qualifications

• 5-8+ years of professional software engineering experience required.
• Proven track record of building and managing infrastructure in AWS.
• Extensive experience with Shopify ecosystem and API-driven e-commerce.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and maintain full-stack applications utilizing Laravel, MySQL and Vue.
• Provision and scale cloud environments utilizing AWS infrastructure.
• Lead development of custom Shopify Stores and headless e-commerce solutions.
• Conduct routine server maintenance and ensure database optimization.

Skills

Full-stack applications

Cloud infrastructure

Shopify API

RESTful/GraphQL API integrations

Automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS Console & CLI

Docker

CI/CD Pipelines

GitHub/GitLab

Job description

As a Lead Engineer, you will drive the technical architecture from conception to deployment. This is a senior technical role responsible for managing cloud infrastructure, leading development across the full stack, and ensuring system uptime. You will work cross-functionally with product, marketing, support and manufacturing teams to align engineering execution with business goals and needs of our merchant community.

ShineOn is a leading print on-demand manufacturer offering a wide-range of personalized gifts; fulfilled across thousands of independent e-commerce stores. We're looking for an expert engineer to act as our technical lead to support growth in B2B fulfillment, improve speed of new product launches, and further integrate automation and AI into our product creation and manufacturing systems.

This role is on-site at our manufacturing facility in Lutz Florida. You will closely collaborate with manufacturing peers to build automation and software solutions for industrial printers and lasers, picking and fulfillment, and shipping systems.

Lead Engineer Duties and Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and maintain full-stack applications utilizing Laravel, MySQL and Vue
• Provision and scale cloud environments utilizing AWS infrastructure, heavily leveraging Lambdas for serverless execution
• Lead development of custom Shopify Stores and headless e-commerce solutions
• Design and execute complex third-party API integrations
• Conduct routine server maintenance, monitor performance bottlenecks and ensure database optimization
• Enforce code quality through comprehensive code reviews, automated testing, and CI/CD pipelines
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, acting as a technical leader
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a related field required
• 5-8+ years of professional software engineering experience required
• Proven track record of building and managing infrastructure in AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambdas)
• Extensive experience with Shopify ecosystem and API-driven e-commerce
• Strong understanding of RESTful/GraphQL API integrations and microservices architecture

Additional Qualifications

• Exceptional problem-solving and system design skills
• Ability to distill complex technical constraints into actionable business concepts
• Highly autonomous with a strong sense of urgency regarding system uptime and bug resolution
• Experience managing AI agents and AI CI/CD solutions desired

Lead Engineers Work Regularly with the Following Tools

• AWS Console & CLI, Docker, CI/CD Pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions)
• Code repositories (GitHub/GitLab)
• Linear and Outline for spring alignment and technical documentation