About the Position

Manhattan OMS Lead Developer

Location: Bengaluru, India

About Valtech

Valtech is the experience innovation company - a trusted partner to the world’s most recognized brands. To our people we offer growth opportunities, a values-driven culture, international careers and the chance to shape the future of experience.

The Opportunity

At Valtech, you’ll find an environment designed for continuous learning, meaningful impact, and professional growth. Whether you're pioneering new digital solutions, challenging conventional thinking or building the next generation of customer experiences, your work will help transform industries.

The Role

As a Commercetool Backend Lead Developer, you are passionate about experience innovation and eager to push the boundaries of what’s possible. You bring 8+ years of experience, a growth mindset and a drive to make a lasting impact.

Responsibilities

Play a key role in defining and implementing backend services, integrations, and extensions, ensuring adherence to best practices, minimizing technical debt, and continuously improving platform quality and performance.
Handle L3 or L4 level support within a support account.
Design, develop, and maintain backend services, APIs, and integrations using the commercetools platform and microservices architecture.
Implement commercetools core components such as Product Catalog, Customers, Carts, Orders, Pricing, and Inventory.
Develop custom middleware, API integrations, commercetools extensions, and event-driven services.
Troubleshoot, debug, and enhance existing backend services and integrations.
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers and support their technical growth.
Participate in defining and enforcing backend development standards, coding practices, and technical guidelines.
Translate business and functional requirements into scalable and maintainable backend solutions.
Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code following best practices including design patterns, unit testing, and secure coding standards.
Collaborate with frontend developers, QA teams, DevOps, and solution architects to deliver high-quality composable commerce solutions.
Conduct code reviews and ensure development aligns with organizational and architectural standards.
Design and develop RESTful APIs and GraphQL services to integrate commercetools with frontend and enterprise systems.
Implement microservices and event-driven integrations using messaging systems such as Kafka, SNS/SQS, or Pub/Sub.
Integrate commercetools with enterprise platforms such as PIM (Akeneo), CMS (Contentful), ERP, OMS, and payment gateways.
Ensure backend services are scalable, secure, and optimized for performance.
Support CI/CD implementation, automation, and deployment processes.
Create and maintain technical documentation, including backend architecture, API specifications, and integration workflows.
Document implementation approaches, best practices, and development standards.
Ensure proper documentation to support maintainability, scalability, and knowledge sharing.
Contribute to reducing technical and documentation debt through continuous improvement.
Act as a technical role model by promoting best practices such as modular architecture, code maintainability, automated testing, and peer reviews.
Contribute to the backend architecture knowledge base and support adoption of new technologies and best practices.
Participate actively in design discussions, architecture reviews, and technical decision-making.
Collaborate with Solution Architects and DevOps teams to improve backend architecture, performance, and scalability.
Contribute to initiatives such as automated testing, code quality improvement, continuous integration, and continuous delivery.
Continuously identify opportunities to improve system stability, performance, and developer productivity.

Requirements

Must have:
- Education: A Bachelor's or Master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Experience in Node.js, Java, Typescript, and composable commerce architecture.
- Continuous optimization, maintainability, and reusability of backend services must be a core part of your mindset.
Nice to Have:
- Strong knowledge of solution design and architecture for composable and headless commerce platforms.
- Senior-level hands-on experience with the commercetools platform, including APIs, GraphQL, custom extensions, subscriptions, and integrations.
- Proven experience in developing, enhancing, and troubleshooting enterprise eCommerce solutions built on composable commerce architecture.
- Proficiency in backend development using Node.js (preferred), or Java / TypeScript, with strong experience in API-first and microservices-based systems.
- Strong experience with RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and event-driven integrations.
- Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.

We Offer

Flexibility, with remote and hybrid work options (country-dependent)
Career advancement, with international mobility and professional development programs
Learning and development, with access to cutting-edge tools, training, and industry experts

About the Company

Valtech is the experience innovation company that exists to unlock a better way to experience the world. By blending crafts, categories, and cultures, we help brands unlock new value in an increasingly digital world.

At the intersection of data, AI, creativity, and technology, we drive transformation for leading organizations, including L’Oréal, Mars, Audi, P&G, Volkswagen Dolby, and more.

At Valtech, we don’t just talk about transformation. We make it happen. Our people are the heart of our success, and we foster a workplace where everyone has the support to thrive, grow, and innovate.

Application Process

Once you apply, our Talent Acquisition team will review your application. Your CV should cover key information on relevant experiences and expertise. We do not require information such as age, gender, marital status, or a headshot in your application. We review all candidates based on skills, experience, and potential.

⚠️ Beware of recruitment fraud! Only engage with official Valtech email addresses ending in @valtech.com.

We are committed to inclusion and accessibility. If you need reasonable accommodations during the interview process, please either indicate it in your application or let your Talent Partner know.

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Manhattan OMS Lead Developer

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