Engineering Lead
Role Overview
The Engineering Lead is a Functional Manager responsible for leading the Engineering Team through people leadership, technical contribution, and standardized best practices.
The role includes backend development, architecture, coding, quality, and long-term engineering craft direction.
Approximately 25% to 50% of the role is hands-on development for internal products, private apps, and utilities.
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About Teifi Digital
Teifi Digital is a Shopify Plus Platinum partner focused on complex e-commerce, catalog, data, legacy-system, unified-commerce, and B2B solutions.
The company deploys Shopify Plus for merchants in manufacturing, parts, distribution, retail, and B2B.
AI-Forward Workplace
- AI tools are regularly used to improve productivity, streamline processes, and deliver outcomes.
- Familiarity with AI tools is a plus, while willingness to learn and adapt is expected.
Role Overview
The Engineering Lead is a Functional Manager responsible for leading the Engineering Team through people leadership, technical contribution, and standardized best practices.
The role includes backend development, architecture, coding, quality, and long-term engineering craft direction.
Approximately 25% to 50% of the role is hands-on development for internal products, private apps, and utilities.
People and Team Operations
- Manage, mentor, and train backend engineers across Canada.
- Conduct one-to-one meetings, performance reviews, and career development planning.
- Lead hiring for senior and lead backend developers.
- Own resource planning, project staffing, workload balance, and operational process improvements.
Project Delivery
- Coordinate sprint planning and delivery timelines with Project Managers.
- Lead daily standups and sprint planning.
- Support backlog grooming, remove blockers, and collaborate on roadmap planning.
Technical Leadership
- Maintain backend engineering standards and code quality practices.
- Perform code reviews and approve technical solutions for complex integrations.
- Contribute to architecture and coding for challenging technical problems.
- Manage production escalations and critical bugs while coordinating with frontend teams and stakeholders.
Product and IP Development
- Develop internal products including Teifi Bridge, Teifi Parts, and private utilities.
- Identify and validate intellectual property opportunities for market-ready products.
- Work with product leadership to transition incubated projects to dedicated Teifi Labs teams.
Qualifications
- At least 5 years of full-stack development experience, including architectural leadership.
- Deep Shopify ecosystem knowledge and experience with Shopify themes and apps.
- Experience with Node.js, React, TypeScript, APIs, webhooks, Shopify Functions, and metafields.
- Experience with Remix, Hydrogen, React Server Components, CSS technologies, and backend frameworks.
- Familiarity with Git workflows, GitHub Actions, CI/CD, performance optimization, Core Web Vitals, and debugging.
- Strong stakeholder collaboration and English communication skills.
Benefits and Perks
- The company offers professional development through training, certifications, and peer mentorship.
- The role has a hybrid working environment and flexible full-time working hours.
- Benefits include health and dental coverage in Canada, team events, and profit sharing for eligible full-time employees after probation.
Compensation
- The pay range is CAD 130,000 to CAD 175,000 per year in Vancouver.
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