Technical Lead

KWI provides cloud-based unified commerce technology for retailers. The Technical Lead will guide engineering teams and platform architecture while leading development of scalable software and AI-driven applications, proof-of-concept workflows, and technical roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of software projects from inception to deployment
• Deep experience in distributed systems, AI development, and software architecture to help us build and scale intelligent, autonomous systems using Spec Driven Development or Agentic Development
• You’ll lead the design and development of next-generation AI-driven applications powered by agent frameworks, ensuring performance, safety, and interoperability across our platforms
• Lead proof-of-concept development to validate new AI agent workflows, APIs, and interfaces
• Evaluate emerging AI agent technologies and contribute to long-term architectural roadmaps
• Be a creative problem solver who can draw on an array of expertise and technology to design and implement reliable, scalable, and maintainable solutions to challenging problems
• Work closely with multiple teams to deliver transformational changes to our processes and technologies
• Lead the technical specification, development, integration, testing and release of software components
• Identify and address technical challenges, optimize code for performance, and participate in ongoing code refactoring
• Design and implement scalable software systems aligned with organizational architecture and security best practices

Benefits

• Full Medical, Dental and Vision
• Annual bonus eligible
• Free gym in the building
• Generous PTO policy
• Summer Fridays....all year round
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Discount from building café
• 401(K) with a 50% company match (up to 6% of employee contribution)
• Employee Referral Program
• (1) Volunteer day each year
• Hybrid schedule: in-office Monday, Tuesday and Thursday; remote Wednesdays and Friday
• Monthly events
• Bagels every Thursday
• A state-of-the-art coffee machine
• A full snack pantry
• Many more surprise and delight moments throughout the year

Company

• Omnichannel retail platform for POS, eCommerce, and CRM
• Melville, New York, USA
• https://www.kwi.com/
• Founded in 1985
• 51-200 employees

Qualifications

• Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
• Operating effectively, even when things are not certain or the way forward is not clear
• Takes full ownership over the decisions, actions, and failures
• BS Degree in Computer Science/Engineering related degree or equivalent work experience
• Hands-on experience with AI Coding tool. Agent OS, Claude Code, Cursor or similar frameworks
• 6+ Years of enterprise level experience
• Expertise in Service-oriented architectures, microservices, advanced database schemas, relational and nonrelational databases, highly scalable and available web services
• The ability to context shift and manage multiple priorities at the same time
• Hands-on experience in building RESTful Web Services
• Experienced with microservices
• Prior experience using SQL, Hibernate, and one or more DB (MySQL, Oracle, Postgres, etc)
• Prior experience using NoSQL. (Redis, MongoDB, DynamoDB, etc)
• Experience with automated testing frameworks (TDD, Mocking, Unit/Functional/Integration, Playwright)
• Experience with development and CI tools: maven, git, Jenkins, Puppet, Crucible, Jira
• Experience working with messaging systems. (RabbitMQ, Kafka)
• Experience with Docker/Containerization
• Experience with Javascript, React Component Libraries
• Extensive experience with Agile methodologies such as Kanban, Scrum or SAFE

Required skills

• AI Coding Tools Agent OS, AI Coding Tools Claude Code, AI Coding Tools Cursor, Agile Methodologies Kanban, Agile Methodologies SAFe, Agile Methodologies Scrum, Automated Testing, Automated Testing Functional, Automated Testing Integration Testing, Automated Testing Mocking, Automated Testing Playwright, Automated Testing TDD, Automated Testing Unit, Development and CI Tools Crucible, Development and CI Tools Git, Development and CI Tools Jenkins, Development and CI Tools Jira, Development and CI Tools Maven, Development and CI Tools Puppet, Docker and Containerization, JavaScript and React Component Libraries, Messaging Systems Kafka, Messaging Systems RabbitMQ, NoSQL Databases DynamoDB, NoSQL Databases MongoDB, NoSQL Databases Redis, RESTful Web Services, Relational and NoSQL Database Schemas, SQL and Hibernate, Service-Oriented Architecture and Microservices

Experience

• 6+ years