Lead Engineer

Must live in the Midwest! But, it’s remote. Must have Order Management / Retail experience. Lead engineer Submittal Requirements 3-5 Must Haves (need to be highlighted in sizzle & present on resume) • Must have strong, technical, experience with Java • Kubernettes • Azure RedHat OpenShift • Web Flux experience • Kafka is a must • Must have Order Management Systems experience Job Description Lead Engineer (Technical Leadership) Key Responsibilities: • Own and evolve the end‑to‑end OMS technical architecture across Yantra, digital services, Hybris/SAP Commerce, and Mirakl 3P integrations. • Define and enforce service boundaries, API contracts, event schemas, and system dependencies for COP, SOP, preorder, post‑order, and fulfillment flows. • Lead architectural decision making via ADRs, design reviews, and cross‑team governance. • Champion multi‑cloud active/active patterns for OMS • Distributed Systems & Event‑Driven Design • Architect and optimize event‑driven workflows using Kafka, service bus queues, asynchronous handlers, and durable orchestrations. • Ensure robust retry, idempotency, sequencing, compensation, and error‑recovery patterns. • Drive message taxonomy and standards across dozens of OMS microservices. Cloud, Infrastructure & Operations • Lead OMS cloud modernization across Azure (AKS, ARO, APIM, Cosmos, Azure SQL) and Google Cloud (GKE, Cloud SQL/AlloyDB). • Define failover, scaling, traffic routing, and resiliency patterns for business‑critical flows • Enable deep observability through OTEL, Dynatrace, structured logging, synthetic testing, and distributed tracing. • CI/CD, Dev Productivity & Engineering Excellence • Oversee modernization of pipeline templates, GitHub migration, build governance, and quality gates (SonarQube, Veracode, JaCoCo). • Establish standards for versioning, artifact management, manifest repos, and multi‑service release coordination. • Champion zero‑downtime deployment strategies and environment reliability. • Integration Leadership • Serve as OMS integration authority for Hybris, AEM, Mirakl, Instacart, Shipt, Buncha, and other enterprise platforms. • Guide LaunchDarkly feature‑flag strategy • Ensure consistent API semantics, forward/backward compatibility, and smooth partner onboarding. Data & Platform Engineering • Provide architectural direction for CosmosDB, Azure SQL, Liquibase migrations, and high‑scale ETL via Azure Data Factory. • Lead strategies for catalog merge logic, inventory feeds, pricing flows, and partner data delivery modernization. Testing & Quality • Define test strategies across performance, integration, E2E order creation → pickup flows, and environment isolation. • Partner with SDET and EQE to build robust automation and reduce dependency on shared environments. • Ensure high service coverage, testability, and strict contract enforcement.