Shopify Technical Lead

Description
We are seeking a
Shopify Technical Lead
to own the architecture, integrations, and governance of our commerce applications. This role combines hands-on technical expertise with leadership, ensuring our Shopify ecosystem is secure, scalable, and seamlessly integrated with ERP, CRM, 3PL, finance, and marketing platforms.

The ideal candidate will bring a strong foundation in Shopify development, integration design, and data governance, while also having exposure to campaign tooling, personalization, and advanced automation.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and govern integrations between Shopify and enterprise systems (ERP, CRM, 3PL, payment providers).
• Define payload structures, middleware patterns, and error-handling frameworks for stability and scalability.
• Ensure data integrity with reconciliation routines and monitoring dashboards for orders, inventory, pricing, and taxes.
• Implement load testing and monitoring to support large transaction volumes and seasonal peaks.
• Lead security and compliance initiatives (PCI-DSS, GDPR, CCPA, secure API consumption).
• Oversee application lifecycle management, including source control, CI/CD pipelines, regression testing, and version upgrades.
• Serve as the technical counterpart to Marketing, Finance, Operations, and IT, translating requirements into scalable technical solutions.

Required Skills and Qualification:

• 7+ years of experience in technical architecture, application development, or enterprise integrations.
• Deep knowledge of the Shopify platform (APIs, Liquid, Hydrogen, app development).
• Strong experience with integration platforms (CPI, MuleSoft, Boomi, or similar) and API governance.
• Proven expertise in payload design, middleware orchestration, and data validation/reconciliation.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD, regression testing, and lifecycle governance for SaaS applications.
• Solid understanding of compliance frameworks (PCI-DSS, GDPR, CCPA).
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical initiatives with business impact.
• Travel requirements: 10-15% domestic

Preferred Skills & Qualifications

• Experience with campaign tooling and marketing integrations (Klaviyo, HubSpot, Optimizely, personalization engines).
• Exposure to high-volume commerce environments (flash sales, peak seasonal loads).
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools (Datadog, New Relic) for performance and API health.
• Understanding of AI/ML applications in commerce, such as personalization, chatbots, and dynamic pricing.
• Experience with finance/tax automation tools (Avalara, Vertex) integrated into commerce flows.

Why This Role Is Critical
This role ensures our commerce ecosystem is technically sound, scalable, and compliant, while enabling the flexibility to support growth initiatives. By owning integrations, data accuracy, and platform stability, the Shopify Technical Lead protects the business from failures and enables innovation in a controlled, reliable way.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
About US
Coleto Brands is a dynamic collective of brands united by a commitment to enhancing spaces through design and functionality. Headlined by its flagship brands, Kichler and Progress Lighting, Coleto Brands provides residential lighting fixtures across key categories, including interior and exterior decorative lighting, bath/vanity, architectural systems and downlights, ceiling fans and landscape. Visit

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Wünschenswerte Fähigkeiten

• Shopify

• Valais, Switzerland

Berufserfahrung

• Applications
• Solutions Architect
• Software Architect

Sprachkenntnisse

• English