Javascript Back-end Tech Lead - Fast paced & global E-commerce

Looking for a Technical Lead, based in Hong Kong, to own the architecture and delivery of the platforms behind subscription business, subscription engine, lifecycle marketing, ERP (Microsoft Dynamics 365), and 3PL integrations globally. You will set technical direction, lead a small, high-caliber team, and stay hands-on in the code that matters most.

What you'll do:

Technical Ownership & Architecture
• Own the reliability of order, subscription, and inventory data flows across Shopify, ERP, and fulfillment partners, including scaling, monitoring, alerting, and failure recovery.
• Own end-to-end architecture and delivery for one or more product lines across web, subscription, and data.
• Make pragmatic build-vs-buy and system-design decisions that balance speed today with maintainability tomorrow.
• Own reliability, performance, and security across your services.

Hands-On Delivery
• Stay in the code - review, unblock, and ship the hard parts yourself.
• Set and enforce the bar for code quality, testing, and CI/CD.
• Turn ambiguous product goals into shippable technical roadmaps.

Team & Leadership
• Lead and mentor a team of engineers; raise the standard through how you build, not just what you say.
• Partner daily with product, design, growth, and ops to sequence what gets built and why.
• Recruit and grow the team as the business scales.

Data, Reliability & Accountability
• Instrument what matters - uptime, latency, conversion, renewal - and use it to prioritise, not vibes.
• Partner with Growth on the marketing data foundation. Ensure clean, complete event and product data flows to ad platforms (server-side tracking, conversion APIs, catalog feeds).
• Own incident response, root cause analysis, and long-term prevention.
• Report clearly on delivery, risk, and technical health to leadership

What you bring:

5 to 12 years of experience as a Senior Software Engineer, Principal or Tech Lead
Full-stack depth. Strong across a modern web and cloud stack (e.g. TypeScript/Node, React, Python, AWS/GCP), with real system-design judgment
Communication. You align technical and non-technical stakeholders without friction

📍 Location: Hong Kong - Permanent role
💸 Salary budget: HKD 65 to 95k/month + bonus
⌛️ Interview process: 4 rounds
✏️ Start date: September/October 2026 (can buy-out)

🖥 Please send your CV to my email: paris.herard@robertwalters.com.hk