IBM Sterling OMS Lead Developer

Job Title: IBM Sterling OMS Lead Developer

Location: Raleigh, NC

Work Model: Hybrid / Onsite as required

Duration: 12 Months Contract

Supplier Comments / MSP Notes

• Interviews will be held in person

Must Haves

• Strong hands-on development experience with IBM Sterling Order Management System / Sterling OMS (Java-based customizations, configuration, and extensions)
• Experience as a Lead Developer, Technical Lead, or Senior Sterling OMS Developer on large-scale OMS implementations
• Strong understanding of the end-to-end order lifecycle from a technical/architecture standpoint
• Hands-on experience with: Order Capture, Order Orchestration, Distributed Order Management, Inventory Visibility, Sourcing and Scheduling, Order Fulfillment, Order Modification, Order Cancellation, Returns / Reverse Logistics
• Strong experience developing for retail and omnichannel fulfillment
• Hands-on experience implementing BOPIS / Buy Online Pick Up in Store
• Hands-on experience implementing Ship from Store / Ship to Store
• Strong technical understanding of inventory availability logic across stores, distribution centers, and fulfillment locations
• Deep experience with Sterling OMS core components: services, agents, events, business process modeling (BPML), rules, and user exits
• Experience leading a team of developers, conducting code reviews, and enforcing engineering best practices
• Strong Agile/Scrum experience, including sprint planning, estimation, and technical delivery ownership
• Experience working closely with Product Owners, architects, QA teams, and business stakeholders
• Strong technical communication and stakeholder management skills

Description / Responsibilities / Skills

Job Summary

• The Lead Developer will work closely with the Product Owner, architects, engineering teams, QA, store operations, supply chain, and eCommerce teams.
• Responsibilities include leading technical design and development, guiding a team of Sterling OMS developers, and driving enhancements across the IBM Sterling OMS platform.

Experience & Skill Set Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as Lead Developer for IBM Sterling OMS capabilities and enhancements.
• Own the technical design, architecture alignment, and implementation of Sterling OMS solutions.
• Lead and mentor a team of Sterling OMS developers, providing hands-on technical guidance and code review.
• Translate epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria from the Product Owner into detailed technical designs and development tasks.
• Design and implement functional and technical solutions for end-to-end order lifecycle processes.
• Partner with architects on Sterling OMS solution design, performance, and scalability.
• Design and build complex sourcing and fulfillment logic across stores and distribution centers.
• Develop and enhance functionality related to: Order Promising, Split Shipments, Backorders, Order Changes, Distribution Center Fulfillment
• Build and support omnichannel fulfillment capabilities including: Home Delivery, Drop Ship
• Lead integration development for Sterling OMS with eCommerce, ERP, WMS, inventory, payment, store, and fulfillment systems.
• Drive sprint execution: technical grooming, estimation, development, code reviews, and demos.
• Partner with QA teams on test scenarios, defect triage, root-cause analysis, and release readiness.
• Analyze and resolve production issues; prioritize and fix business-critical defects.
• Identify technical opportunities to improve order fulfillment performance, inventory utilization, and system reliability.
• Own deployment readiness, environment management, and release coordination for Sterling OMS changes.

Preferred Experience

• IBM Sterling OMS 9.x / 10.x development
• Java, J2EE, XML, XSLT in the context of Sterling OMS customization
• Retail, eCommerce, automotive aftermarket, or large-scale distribution experience
• Complex sourcing and scheduling rule development
• Inventory reservations
• Split Shipments
• Backorders
• Drop Ship
• Returns Management
• Sterling OMS APIs, services, agents, events, and integration frameworks
• Integration with ERP, WMS, eCommerce, payment, inventory, and POS platforms
• CI/CD and release management tooling
• Jira and Confluence

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Sterling OMS specialist with strong hands-on development and technical leadership experience, rather than a general development lead who has only worked around retail or eCommerce platforms
• Candidates should be able to clearly explain real-world Sterling OMS technical implementations
• OMS integrations
• Team leadership and code quality ownership