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Lead SWE - Retail Systems
- Location: San Ramon, California 94583
- Work model: On-site
- Posted August 7, 2026
- Job ID: JPC - 207520
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Job Description
Lead SWE - Retail Systems
San Ramon, CA, 94583 (Remote flexibility) | C2C
About the Role
Join a high-impact engineering team building the core retail store systems that drive seamless in-store and omnichannel experiences for a leading retail client. As Lead SWE - Retail Systems, you'll architect, build, and deliver mission-critical platforms like POS, OMNI order fulfillment, and inventory receiving-directly influencing both domestic and international store operations. This is a hands-on leadership role with direct ownership of technical design, delivery, and reliability for retail environments. Collaborate cross-functionally, drive real-world innovation, and mentor top-tier engineers while shaping the future of global retail technology.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end technical design and development for store-facing retail systems (POS, OMNI fulfillment, inventory receiving)
- Architect scalable, resilient solutions using Java, Spring Boot, NodeJS, Python, and React
- Drive international store expansion-manage localization, compliance, and operational requirements for new countries
- Integrate with Shopify, ERP, OMS, loyalty platforms, and third-party vendors
- Ensure high reliability in physical store environments, including POS hardware and network resilience
- Collaborate with store managers, retail operations, and product teams to address operational pain points and deliver easy-to-adopt solutions
- Design and operate distributed, event-driven systems using Kafka and ensure system consistency and reliability
- Own system observability, SLOs, and incident management with Splunk and New Relic
- Champion best practices for CI/CD, testing, infrastructure-as-code, and release management
- Mentor and guide junior engineers through code reviews and technical leadership
Required Skills and Experience
- 7+ years of software engineering experience with technical leadership in complex system builds
- Proven expertise in Retail Systems: POS, OMNI commerce, inventory, order fulfillment
- Advanced proficiency with Java, Spring Boot, AWS, and Microservices
- Hands-on experience with NodeJS, Python, React for backend and frontend development
- Strong background in distributed systems, Kafka, transactional patterns, and database technologies (Oracle DB, MySQL, DynamoDB)
- Experience integrating with Shopify and retail platforms
- Deep understanding of payment processing, retail compliance, and omnichannel workflows
- Demonstrated reliability ownership: monitoring, incident response, operational metrics
- Working knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub, SAM, and Terraform
Preferred Skills
- Experience with international retail expansion and regional compliance
- Familiarity with event-driven architectures and advanced observability tooling
- Experience supporting peak retail events (promotions, holidays, launches)
Benefits
- High-impact, hands-on leadership role with direct influence on global retail technology
- Opportunities for career advancement and mentorship
- Collaborate with cross-functional experts in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment
- Exposure to international expansion and leading-edge retail solutions
How to Apply
Ready to drive the future of retail technology? Submit your resume through our job board. Qualified candidates will be contacted for a face-to-face interview.
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Job details
Job ID JPC - 207520
Location San Ramon, California, United States
Work Model On-site
Job Type C2C
Posted August 7, 2026
Skills Java Spring Boot AWS Microservices Retail Systems are needed (OMNI POS etc)
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