Job Summary:
ServerMonkey is looking for a strategic and technical leader to own their e-commerce technology stack. The role involves leading the restructuring of the web team, optimizing the platform for speed and user experience, and building a scalable architecture that drives revenue growth.
Responsibilities:
• Technical Strategy & Platform Ownership
• The Configurator: Take full ownership of our custom server configuration tool. Lead initiatives to refactor legacy code, improve load times and enhance mobile usability
• The Roadmap: Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of our Magento 2 Commerce platform, balance hands-on development with high-level strategy
• Performance & Security: Maintain Core Web Vitals, ensure PCI compliance and manage regular security patching and data protection standards
• Standardization: Establish development standards, documentation and deployment processes to eliminate breaking changes in production
• Team Leadership & Restructuring
• Build the "Triad": Restructure the department into three functional pods
• Platform Pod: Internal and Agency Backend/Frontend developers
• Data Pod: Product specialists managing complex compatibility rules
• Growth Pod: Technical SEO and UX specialists
• Agency Management: Act as the primary stakeholder for external agencies, holding them accountable for code quality, budgets, and deadlines
• Mentorship: Hire, lead, and mentor technical talent to foster a forward-looking, solution-oriented culture
• Business & Marketing Alignment
• Technical SEO: Partner with marketing to solve faceted navigation issues, canonical tagging, and schema markup
• UX Excellence: Translate complex hardware compatibility rules into a simple, guided buying experience
• Integrations: Ensure data integrity between Magento, GA4, and our ERP (NetSuite) / Inventory systems
Qualifications:
Required:
• Deep Magento 2 Knowledge: You must understand the 'why' behind performance bottlenecks. Is it a database deadlock, poor Varnish caching, or inefficient request flows? You need the technical authority to overrule agencies who claim the platform can't run faster. Deep understanding of Magento 2 architecture (Cloud/On-prem), PHP 7/8, MySQL, and caching strategies (Varnish/Redis/Elasticsearch)
• Complex Logic Experience: Our configurator relies on deep dependencies. You should have experience with Rules Engines, ERP integrations or CPQ (configure, price, quote) tools
• DevOps Mindset: You care about CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and server-side performance (New Relic, Blackfire) to ensure sub-2-second load times
• Experience: 7+ years in Web Development/E-commerce, with 3+ years in a technical leadership role
• The 'Complex Product' Factor: Proven experience managing sites with massive catalogs or configurable products (50+ options) is critical
• Stack Proficiency: Familiarity with JavaScript (Knockout.js/React), REST APIs, Linux, and AWS/Azure infrastructure
Preferred:
• Industry Knowledge: Experience in IT Hardware, Servers, or Data Center industries
• Certifications: Adobe Certified Expert – Magento Commerce
• Systems: Previous experience with NetSuite or similar ERP migrations
• Modern Frontend: Experience with PWA Studio or Vue Storefront
Company:
Provides new and pre-owned IT hardware. Customers of all sizes utilize our trained engineers and technicians to conduct on-site services Founded in 2011, the company is headquartered in Houston, USA, with a team of 51-200 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.