Application Development Lead (Adobe Commerce / Magento 2)

DescriptionWe are seeking an experienced Application Development Team Lead to oversee and grow a global Adobe Commerce (Magento) development organization. This hands-on leadership role is responsible for the technical direction, delivery, scalability, and overall health of a high-volume eCommerce platform supporting critical business operations and significant online revenue. The ideal candidate combines strong Magento development expertise with proven leadership experience, including managing globally distributed teams, driving technical strategy, and partnering with business stakeholders to align technology initiatives with organizational objectives. Responsibilities: Team Leadership Lead, mentor, and develop a distributed team of Business Analysts, Adobe Commerce developers, QA professionals, and technical contributors across multiple regions. Conduct performance reviews, career development planning, capacity management, and regular one-on-one meetings. Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, code quality, and continuous improvement. Manage team coverage, support rotations, and cross-regional handoffs. Partner with recruiting and HR to permanent, onboard, and retain top technical talent. Technical Leadership Own the architecture, scalability, security, and reliability of the Adobe Commerce platform, including custom development, integrations, and storefront enhancements. Establish coding standards and best practices for PHP, MySQL, and Magento development. Lead technical design reviews, create technical specifications, and evaluate build-versus-buy solutions. Drive platform upgrades, security initiatives, performance optimization, and system reliability improvements. Troubleshoot complex production issues involving databases, integrations, caching, indexing, and application performance. Delivery & Agile Execution Lead Agile delivery processes, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, standups, and retrospectives using Jira. Collaborate with product and business teams to define requirements, user stories, and project estimates. Manage sprint commitments, monitor team velocity, identify risks, and remove delivery obstacles. Oversee release management processes, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment best practices. Business Partnership Serve as the primary technical liaison for cross-functional stakeholders. Support eCommerce processes including catalog management, pricing, promotions, checkout, payments, order management, shipping, returns, and tax integrations. Align engineering priorities with key business metrics such as conversion rates, performance, uptime, and customer experience.RequirementsRequired Qualifications 7+ years of software development experience, including 3+ years in a technical leadership or engineering management role. Strong hands-on experience with Adobe Commerce (Magento 2). Deep expertise in PHP, object-oriented programming, and software design principles. Advanced MySQL experience, including schema design, query optimization, indexing, and performance tuning. Experience managing Agile/Scrum development teams using Jira. Strong understanding of eCommerce systems, including payments, shipping, inventory, promotions, tax, and customer data management. Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Git, Composer, and Docker. Excellent verbal and written communication skills with experience collaborating across multiple time zones. Preferred Qualifications Adobe Commerce certification. Experience with Adobe Commerce Cloud and GraphQL APIs. Integration experience with ERP, OMS, PIM, CRM, tax, and payment platforms. Background supporting high-volume B2B or B2C eCommerce environments. Experience with cloud infrastructure, Fastly, Elasticsearch, or OpenSearch. Proven success managing offshore or globally distributed development teams. Experience operating in organizations utilizing structured asynchronous communication practices.Job typePerm