RETAIL APPLICATION LEAD
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- Sep 30, 2026
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- Retail Application Lead | Long Contract | San Ramon, CA [Regular 5 days Onsite]
"Overview
- We’re seeking an experienced Lead Engineer to design, build, and deliver core Retail Store systems that power Alo’s in-store and omnichannel experiences.
- This role will be hands-on and technical, owning the design and delivery of store-facing applications including POS, OMNI order fulfillment by stores, and inventory receiving.
- International store expansion will be a key responsibility, alongside ongoing enhancements and reliability of domestic and global store systems.
- Work closely with Product, Retail Operations, ERP, and external partners to deliver scalable, reliable, and pragmatic solutions for real-world store environments.
- Requires deep technical expertise, strong system design skills, and ownership mindset for store-critical platforms.
- Lead the technical design and implementation of store systems including POS, OMNI fulfillment (ship-from-store, BOPIS, cancellations, returns), and inventory receiving.
- Act as a hands-on technical lead, setting architecture, coding standards, and best practices across the team.
- Translate business and operational requirements into scalable, resilient, and maintainable technical solutions.
- Contribute directly to development using Java, Python, NodeJS, and React across backend and frontend systems.
- Design and build integrations with Shopify, ERP, OMS, loyalty platforms, and third-party vendors.
- Support international store expansion by deep diving into localization, regional compliance, taxation, and operational requirements for new countries.
- Ensure systems work effectively in physical retail environments, including POS hardware, peripherals, and unreliable network conditions.
- Collaborate closely with store managers and store teams to understand operational pain points and deliver pragmatic, easy-to-adopt solutions.
- Partner with Retail Operations and Product on rollout planning, training support, and adoption of new store-facing features.
- Design and operate event-driven and distributed systems using Kafka, ensuring idempotency, retries, and eventual consistency.
- Own service reliability for store systems by defining SLOs, improving error rates, and reducing MTTR.
- Build and maintain monitoring, alerting, and observability using tools such as Splunk and New Relic.
- Participate in on-call rotations, incident response, root-cause analysis, and post-incident improvements.
- Plan and execute for peak retail events (promotions, holidays, store launches) and support change discipline during critical windows.
- Drive best practices for testing, CI/CD, release management, and infrastructure-as-code.
- Ensure data accuracy, auditability, and reconciliation across inventory, order, and financial systems.
- Maintain strong security, access controls, and compliance standards for systems used in physically accessible store environments.
- Mentor junior engineers through technical guidance, code reviews, and design discussions.
- 7+ years of software engineering experience, with experience leading technical design and delivery for complex systems.
- Strong domain experience in Retail systems, store operations, and omnichannel commerce.
- Experience delivering store-facing systems such as POS, inventory receiving, and order fulfillment.
- Proficiency in Java, Python, and NodeJS; experience building backend services using Spring.
- Experience with frontend development using React.
- Hands-on experience integrating with Shopify and other retail platforms.
- Strong experience with relational and NoSQL databases including Oracle DB, MySQL, and DynamoDB.
- Experience designing and operating event-driven architectures using Kafka.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems concepts including retries, idempotency, eventual consistency, and transactional patterns.
- Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting using tools such as Splunk and New Relic.
- Experience owning production reliability, incident response, and operational metrics.
- Proficiency with build and configuration tools such as Maven, Ant, and YAML.
- Experience with source control and collaboration using GitHub.
- Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience deploying and operating systems in AWS, including SAM and Terraform.
- Understanding of payment processing, settlement, taxation, and country-specific compliance considerations.
- Experience with omnichannel retail workflows including store fulfillment, ship-from-store, BOPIS, split shipments, cancellations, and returns.
- Strong ownership mindset with accountability for technical quality and business outcomes.
- Data-driven problem solver with pragmatic engineering judgment.
- Excellent cross-functional collaboration and communication skills.
- Comfortable operating in fast-paced, imperfect retail environments where store impact is critical."