Engineering Team Lead (E-commerce Platform)

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!