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Job Summary:
Rural King is America’s Farm and Home Store, providing essentials to the communities we serve. The Lead Developer will be responsible for the technical design, development, and optimization of Rural King’s headless HCL Commerce v9.1 platform, overseeing back-end commerce services and integrations to enhance the e-commerce experience.
Responsibilities:
• Lead the design, development, and enhancement of solutions within HCL Commerce v9.1 (headless) to support e-commerce, order management, and customer experience goals.
• Partner with the Project Management team to ensure alignment of technical milestones with project timelines and deliverables.
• Provide technical oversight and code review for vendor-led HCL Commerce development, ensuring adherence to best practices and Rural King standards.
• Collaborate with front-end development teams using React and js to integrate headless APIs and ensure smooth end-to-end functionality.
• Support development and optimization of REST APIs and data models that connect HCL Commerce with other enterprise systems.
• Work with integration teams leveraging tools such as Oracle Integration Cloud and IBM Sterling OMS on Cloud to ensure data synchronization across systems.
• Participate in architecture and design discussions to guide decisions on scalability, performance, and extensibility.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues related to commerce services, APIs, and integrations.
• Develop and maintain detailed technical documentation, including integration specifications, deployment notes, and architecture diagrams.
• Mentor vendor developers and internal technical partners to ensure consistent code quality and platform understanding.
• Use discretion and independent judgment in daily decisions while maintaining a high level of confidentiality and professionalism.
• Actively participate in learning initiatives offered such as training programs, workshops, and webinars. Leverage these opportunities to acquire new knowledge, refine existing skills, and stay current on the latest developments.
• Provide friendly, proactive, and professional internal and external support to others, assisting with inquiries, concerns, and issues promptly and effectively.
• Demonstrate behaviors that exemplify Rural King’s Values: People First, Integrity, Attitude, Initiative, Teamwork, Accountability, and Continuous Improvement.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Required:
• 5–7 years of experience developing and supporting HCL Commerce (v9.x) or similar enterprise e-commerce platforms.
• Proven experience working with headless commerce architecture, microservices, and API-driven integrations.
• Hands-on experience with React and js front-end integrations, or strong familiarity with their interactions in a headless setup.
• Solid understanding of e-commerce data flows including catalog, pricing, promotions, cart, and checkout processes.
• Experience integrating with enterprise systems such as IBM Sterling OMS on Cloud and Oracle Integration Cloud.
• Strong collaboration skills with both internal stakeholders and external vendor teams.
• Proficiency in Agile methodologies and experience using Jira or similar tools for tracking and documentation.
• Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and performance optimization skills.
• Effective communicator capable of bridging technical and non-technical discussions.
• Self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, multi-system, omni-channel retail environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to convey ideas, instructions, and information clearly and concisely.
• Demonstrated ability to actively listen, ask relevant questions, and provide thorough and articulate responses.
Company:
Rural King is America's farm and home store that provides essentials to the communities they serve. Founded in 1960, the company is headquartered in Mattoon, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.