Technical Lead

Company Overview
Milestone Technologies is a global IT managed services firm that partners with organizations to scale their technology, infrastructure and services to drive specific business outcomes such as digital transformation, innovation, and operational agility. Milestone is focused on building an employee-first, performance-based culture and for over 25 years, we have a demonstrated history of supporting category-defining enterprise clients that are growing ahead of the market. The company specializes in providing solutions across Application Services and Consulting, Digital Product Engineering, Digital Workplace Services, Private Cloud Services, AI/Automation, and ServiceNow. Milestone culture is built to provide a collaborative, inclusive environment that supports employees and empowers them to reach their full potential.

Our seasoned professionals deliver services based on Milestone's best practices and service delivery framework. By leveraging our vast knowledge base to execute initiatives, we deliver both short-term and long-term value to our clients and apply continuous service improvement to deliver transformational benefits to IT. With Intelligent Automation, Milestone helps businesses further accelerate their IT transformation. The result is a sharper focus on business objectives and a dramatic improvement in employee productivity. Through our key technology partnerships and our people-first approach, Milestone continues to deliver industry-leading innovation to our clients. With more than 3,000 employees serving over 200 companies worldwide, we are following our mission of revolutionizing the way IT is deployed.

Job Overview About The Role
We're looking for a
seasoned Technical Lead
with a proven track record in leading large, cross-functional engineering teams and driving enterprise-grade applications. The ideal candidate is hands-on with
PHP (Laravel)
,
React
,
Python
, and
Java
, and has deep expertise in
code review processes
,
CI/CD automation
, and
scalable system design
.

This role is pivotal in shaping and scaling our
Warehouse Management System (WMS)
and
Shopify-integrated applications
, ensuring high availability, performance, and clean engineering governance.

*Key Responsibilities*

• Technical Leadership: Lead a multi-skilled engineering team (backend, frontend, and DevOps) across multiple parallel projects.
• Architecture & Development: Design, develop, and optimize full-stack solutions for WMS and Shopify-based systems.
• Code Governance: Conduct rigorous code reviews, enforce clean architecture, modular design, and adherence to secure coding practices.
• CI/CD & DevOps Ownership:Build and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployments.Collaborate with DevOps to implement containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) and infrastructure-as-code best practices.
• Integration Expertise: Manage and extend Shopify APIs, webhooks, and third-party logistics integrations.
• Team Management: Mentor, guide, and scale a large team of engineers — setting expectations, conducting performance reviews, and building succession depth.
• Technical Strategy: Work with product and delivery leaders to translate business needs into scalable technical roadmaps.
• Operational Excellence: Drive continuous improvement across performance, maintainability, and automation maturity.

*Core Technical Skills
Essential*

• Expert-level PHP 8+ / Laravel experience.
• Strong proficiency with and component-based front-end architecture.
• Practical working knowledge of Python and Java for integrations or microservices.
• Deep understanding of RESTful API design, Shopify integration models, and data flows in WMS environments.
• Proficiency in CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or equivalent).
• Strong database design and optimization (MySQL/PostgreSQL).
• Familiar with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

Preferred

• Experience managing distributed teams across time zones.
• Exposure to WMS/ERP integration or supply chain systems.
• Working knowledge of message queues (RabbitMQ/Kafka) and microservices communication patterns.
• Familiarity with Shopify Liquid, Headless Commerce, and GraphQL.

*Leadership & Behavioral Competencies*

• Strategic thinker who can balance hands-on coding with long-term system planning.
• Strong communicator, comfortable leading technical discussions with business stakeholders.
• Advocates for automation, continuous integration, and engineering rigor.
• Proven ability to motivate and manage 10+ member teams across disciplines.
• Highly accountable, data-driven, and quality-obsessed.

*Why Join*

• Lead large-scale eCommerce and logistics tech transformations.
• Work with modern technologies across PHP, React, Python, and Java.
• Define and implement engineering standards and delivery excellence at scale.
• Be part of a growth-oriented, high-performance tech culture.

Compensation
Estimated Pay Range:

Exact compensation and offers of employment are dependent on circumstances of each case and will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, licenses or certifications, and location.

*Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion*
At Milestone we strive to create a workplace that reflects the communities we serve and work with, where we all feel empowered to bring our full, authentic selves to work. We know creating a diverse and inclusive culture that champions equity and belonging is not only the right thing to do for our employees but is also critical to our continued success.

Milestone Technologies provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, national origin, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law, or local ordinance. Milestone also makes reasonable accommodations for disabled applicants and employees.

We welcome the unique background, culture, experiences, knowledge, innovation, self-expression and perspectives you can bring to our global community. Our recruitment team is looking forward to meeting you.