Spreetail propels brands to increase their ecommerce market share across the globe while improving their operational costs. Learn how we are building one of the fastest-growing ecommerce companies in history: www.spreetail.com.
Spreetail is becoming a third-party logistics provider, taking on warehousing and fulfillment for external merchants and brands. As the SD3 Tech Lead, you will provide technical leadership for a key workstream within this platform — inventory management, order routing, warehouse operations, or client integrations — guiding design decisions and the engineers working within it, while reporting into and aligning with the Staff engineer(s) setting overall platform architecture.
This is a technical leadership role without formal people-management responsibility: you won't have direct reports, but you will set technical direction for your workstream, review designs and code, unblock engineers, and be the person others look to for judgment calls within your area.
This platform is being built AI-native from the start, so you'll help shape how forecasting, automated exception handling, and anomaly detection are integrated into production fulfillment workflows within your workstream — not just build individual features, but guide your team in building them.
Success in this role looks like:
A well-architected, reliable set of services within your workstream (inventory, order, warehouse ops, or client-integration domain)Engineers on your workstream shipping confidently because designs and technical direction are clearReduced manual intervention in exception handling within your area through automation and, where relevant, AI-assisted detectionDesign docs and technical decisions that Staff engineers can review quickly and trustFaster onboarding of new 3PL clients through well-built, reusable components in your workstreamEngineers around you leveling up through your code reviews, design guidance, and mentorshipKey ResponsibilitiesLead Technical Direction for Your Workstream
Own the technical design and quality of services within your workstream, such as:
Multi-client inventory management and warehouse allocationOrder intake, routing, and fulfillment orchestrationShipment tracking and carrier integrationsClient onboarding and data integration (APIs, EDI, flat-file)Returns and exception-handling workflowsBreak down ambiguous problems into clear technical plans for the engineers on your workstreamEnsure designs align with overall platform architecture set by Staff engineersGuide AI-Native Platform Capabilities Within Your Area
Lead the integration of forecasting, ETA prediction, or anomaly-detection signals into your workstream's fulfillment workflowsPartner with Staff engineers and data/ML engineers to translate model outputs into reliable operational logicSet the standard for how exceptions and anomalies get detected and actioned automatically within your areaLead Without Direct Reports
Act as the go-to technical decision-maker for engineers working in your workstream, without formal people-management authorityRun or contribute heavily to design reviews, unblocking technical debates with sound judgmentMentor engineers through code review, pairing, and technical guidanceFlag people or delivery risks to the Engineering Manager, while staying focused on technical leadership yourselfBring E-commerce & Logistics Domain Expertise
Apply strong knowledge of order-to-fulfillment flows to guide design decisions and catch edge cases early (backorders, split shipments, peak-volume spikes)Guide the team on tradeoffs specific to multi-tenant clients with different fulfillment rulesRaise the Bar on Quality & Reliability
Set and enforce standards for testing, observability, and reliability within your workstreamProactively identify and drive down technical debt as the platform scalesEnsure your workstream's services are well-documented and easy for others to build onCollaborate Across the Team
Work closely with Staff engineers, product, and operations stakeholders to clarify requirements and prioritiesRepresent your workstream in cross-team architecture discussionsCommunicate technical tradeoffs and risks clearly to both engineers and stakeholders
Experience
6–8+ years of experience building and shipping production backend systemsExperience informally or formally leading the technical direction of a team or workstream (design reviews, mentorship, setting standards)Experience with e-commerce order management, inventory, warehouse, or logistics systems is a strong plusComfortable working in a fast-moving, still-being-defined 0-to-1 environmentTechnical Skills
Strong fundamentals in backend engineering: APIs, data modeling, databases, and distributed systemsExperience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and cloud-native service designFamiliarity with event-driven architectures (queues, streams, async processing)Strong testing, debugging, and production-support practicesTechnical Leadership
Ability to set technical direction and make sound judgment calls without direct authorityStrong code review and mentorship instinctsComfort representing a workstream in broader architecture discussionsDomain & AI Exposure (Nice to Have)
Exposure to EDI standards or 3PL/WMS integration patternsExperience integrating ML model outputs (forecasts, predictions, anomaly scores) into application logicInterest in growing domain expertise in ecommerce logistics and fulfillmentCollaboration & Communication
Ability to influence and align engineers without formal authority over themClear written and verbal communication, especially in async, distributed team settingsComfort balancing hands-on technical work with guiding othersThis is a remote position and requires candidates to have an available work-from-home setup
Desktop/Laptop system requirements:
- 4th generation or higher, at least Intel i3 or equivalent processor;
- at least 4GB RAM;
- Windows 10 and above or MAC OSX operating system
- You are required to provide your own dual monitors
A strong and stable internet connection (A DSL, cable or fiber wired internet service with 10 Mbps plan or higher for primary connection)
PC Headset
A high-definition (HD) external or integrated webcam with at least 720p resolution.
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