Barrel is looking for an experienced Tech Lead to ensure technical project success, delivering technical solutions on time and under budget.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience both in frontend development (HTML, CSS, JS, LIQUID) and backend development (LAMP, MERN, JAM)
- Working knowledge of the Shopify ecosystem, including platform features, apps, and integrations, with the ability to translate this knowledge into actionable strategies for clients
- Hands-on code review and technical collaboration to support developers resourced on customer projects to remove blockers in the architecture or development process.
- Provide a strong point of view on technical approach for projects, including research and proof-of-concept prototyping
- Estimate and plan with leadership teams on tech strategy or red flags in pre-sales conversations
- Manage the delivery by staying on top of all project technical requirements, scope, specs, documentation, and assumptions and communicating gaps in expectations/agreements.
- 5+ years of software engineering for the web
Responsibilities
- architecting an approach
- working with the team to plan sprints
- writing tickets for engineers to execute
- reviewing and testing their code
- interfacing with QA team
- managing deployments
- Research and evaluate software technology options and weigh the cost/benefit analysis when relying on third-party platforms, apps, plugins, services, etc.
Other
- As a remote-first company, you may work from anywhere in the U.S.
- You’re a proactive problem solver, can leverage tools like AI to be more efficient, and have a strong sense of leadership amongst the team and clients.
- Ability to simplify complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences
- Be an articulate voice during internal and external presentations
- Excellent verbal, written, presentation and interpersonal communication, organizational, leadership and time-management skills
