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- Be the go-to technical expert for Shopify and BigCommerce technical capabilities as well as the broader ecosystem of eCommerce applications, including AI-powered tools and integrations that enhance store performance,
personalisation, and automation. - Keep up to date with industry trends, new platforms and technologies — with a particular focus on emerging AI tools and their practical application in eCommerce development — and actively share your knowledge with internal
teams. - Produce high-quality, maintainable, tested code using established frameworks and common design patterns, leveraging AI-assisted development tools (such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or equivalent) to accelerate delivery without compromising code quality.
- Manage code reviews and code quality, promoting maintainable and scalable code that adheres to best practice. Champion the responsible use of AI-generated code, including reviewing AI outputs critically and ensuring they
meet our standards. - Overseeing deployments and new releases.
- Contribute to the development and refinement of code standards, DevOps processes, and component productisation — including collaborating on team-wide guidelines for effective and consistent AI tool usage.
- Provide mentoring to other team members on both technical skills and AI adoption, helping the wider team build confidence in incorporating AI tools into their daily workflows.
- Help translate business requirements and communicate technical solutions, challenges, and limitations to the business and clients — including advising on where AI solutions can and cannot add value.
- Lead delivery for key projects or tasks that support the Technical Services program of work, identifying opportunities to use AI tooling to improve
- efficiency and output quality.
- Identify and remove bottlenecks and risks that impede progress and quality of delivery, including evaluating AI tools that could help streamline or automate repetitive development tasks.
- Developing an agency-first mentality in highlighting scope creep. Ensuring that any overages are addressed with Delivery Managers to resolve them in a
timely and appropriate manner - Build internal and external networks to gain insights into industry developments, with a focus on staying ahead of how AI is reshaping eCommerce development and agency delivery models.
- Review and contribute to sales proposals, solutions, and business requirements documents from a technical point of view
- Understand the core technical requirements of our clients and advise our Sales and Delivery teams on meeting those requirements
Requirements
● Tertiary qualifications in computer science, engineering, or a related field
● Significant industry experience working in an IT service or operations
environment, including lead responsibility on projects and delivery. (5+years)
● Detailed knowledge and understanding of Shopify and BigCommerce SaaS
platforms including building and launching stores, configuring third-party
apps and migrating data
● Thorough understanding and commercial experience with modern JavaScript
frameworks and demonstrable experience with Python, PHP or other high-level
languages such as Java, and C#.
● Deep understanding of and expertise in AWS or other cloud platforms, CI/CD
procedures, and contemporary development techniques.
● Demonstrated experience as an early AI adopter, with hands-on use of
AI-assisted development tools (e.g. Cursor, Claude, or similar) to meaningfully
improve the speed and quality of your work.
● Ability to critically evaluate AI-generated outputs — understanding the
limitations of AI tooling and applying sound judgement to ensure code quality,
security, and maintainability are never compromised.
● A genuine hunger to stay current with the AI landscape as it relates to
development and eCommerce, and the initiative to bring new tools and
approaches to the team.
● Demonstrated ability to successfully lead people, teams, or projects multiple
times in different contexts.
● Strong ability to analyse and interpret business needs and develop
appropriate solutions, including AI-augmented solutions where relevant.
● Ability to multitask and work under pressure
● Strong customer-centric and knowledge-sharing mindset.
● Thorough understanding of software delivery lifecycle and Agile methodology
● Excellent technical, diagnostic, and troubleshooting skills
● Proven ability to build and maintain sustainable relationships with people at
all levels through, forging useful partnerships across different business groups.
● Displays honesty, openness, fairness, transparency and integrity in line with
the Moutache Republic values
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