Engineering Team Lead (E-commerce Platform)

TLDR

Lead a cross-functional product team to ensure technical direction, delivery, and stability across multi-stack applications in a fast-paced eCommerce environment.

At AutoDS, recently acquired by Fiverr, we're revolutionizing the eCommerce world by providing innovative tools that empower online sellers globally. As a fast-growing company, we’re looking for talented individuals who are passionate about technology, eCommerce, and making a real impact. If you're ready to join a dynamic team and thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, we’d love to hear from you!

Engineering Team Lead (E-commerce Platform)

 

As an Engineering Team Lead, you will lead a cross-functional product team and take responsibility for delivery, technical direction, and team effectiveness in a multi-stack environment.

This role requires proven people management experience, strong technical judgment, and the ability to lead a diverse engineering team with different skill sets and seniority levels.

The team includes:

  • Full-stack developers (WordPress / PHP / React)
  • Backend engineers (Python)
  • QA engineers

You will balance rapid feature delivery with product stability and long-term technical improvements.

Key Responsibilities

  • Full ownership of delivery for the product team across two products
  • Planning, prioritization, and execution to ensure predictable outcomes
  • Ownership of technical decisions and system evolution across Python, PHP, and React stacks
  • Maintaining and raising engineering standards, including testing and quality practices
  • Close collaboration with Product, Data, QA, and other stakeholders
  • Early identification and mitigation of delivery, quality, and technical risks
  • Coaching, mentoring, and performance management of team members
  • Pragmatic improvement of team structure, processes, and workflows

Leadership & Management Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience managing engineering teams
  • Experience leading teams in multi-stack environments (e.g., Python + PHP)
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional product teams
  • Strong execution focus: turning plans and commitments into shipped results
  • High level of autonomy in technical and tactical decision-making
  • Ability to enforce processes while improving them pragmatically
  • Experience with Agile methodologies, preferably Scrum

Technical Background

  • Strong backend engineering background, preferably PHP or Python (5+ years of commercial experience)
  • Experience building and maintaining APIs
  • Solid understanding of databases and data consistency (MySQL, MongoDB)
  • Experience with asynchronous processing and messaging systems (RabbitMQ, Celery)
  • Familiarity with distributed or service-oriented architectures
  • Practical experience with CI/CD, production support, and incident handling
  • Ability to assess architecture and code quality across backend and frontend stacks

Nice to have:

  • Experience with WordPress-based products
  • Exposure to React-based frontends
  • Experience scaling or stabilizing newly launched products

Soft Skills & Working Style

  • Strong sense of ownership and accountability
  • Structured, analytical thinking
  • Clear, direct communication

Language

  • Ukrainian or Russian: native
  • English: Intermediate or higher





Ready to take your career to the next level with AutoDS? Join us and be part of a global team that’s driving the future of eCommerce innovation. Apply today and help us create cutting-edge solutions for online sellers worldwide!

AutoDS is an eCommerce platform that automates and simplifies dropshipping for online sellers, enabling them to efficiently manage product sourcing, order fulfillment, and inventory tracking. By offering a robust all-in-one solution, AutoDS empowers entrepreneurs worldwide to scale their businesses with ease, combining agility with the stability of its recent acquisition by Fiverr.

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