About us :
At Remote Talent LATAM, we connect top Latin American talent with leading U.S. marketing agencies. We guide businesses and candidates through every step of the hiring process, ensuring the perfect match in skills, culture, and goals. While weโre not direct employers, we act as a trusted partner, bridging the gap between exceptional talent and growing opportunities
Our Client :
They provide expertise in e-commerce and performance marketing. As a leading NYC-based agency, they deliver best-in-breed services to their partners, tailored to their unique needs. They offer services such as web design, digital marketing, Amazon and marketplace management, platform migration, creative asset development, cross-border selling, logistics, and more.
About the Role :
As the Associated Director of Engineering, you'll architect and maintain the critical infrastructure that powers multi-platform commerce integrations, analytics, and automated reporting for businesses worldwide. Youโll serve as the bridge between our clients and engineering team. In this role, you'll be the trusted technical advisor who can walk into any client meeting, understand their challenges, architect elegant solutions, and lead our team to deliver outstanding results. This isn't just a management role or just a technical roleโit's both. You'll need to be equally comfortable designing integration architecture, leading development teams, and building strong client relationships.
What You'll Build
Platform Integrations : Design, develop and maintain robust integrations with Shopify Plus and key enterprise systems including ERP, OMS, CRM, PIM, fulfillment, and marketing automation platforms. Manage authentication flows, webhooks, data synchronization, and ensure scalable, reliable API communication across multiple environments. Stay ahead of Shopify API version changes, performance optimizations, and enterprise-grade security and compliance requirements.
Key Responsibilities :
Client Partnership & Solutioning :
- Serve as the primary technical point of contact for key clients.
- Lead discovery sessions and gather detailed requirements.
- Develop and present multiple solution options with tradeoff analysis.
- Recommend optimal approaches based on technical feasibility, cost, and timeline.
- Build and maintain strong, trust-based client relationships.
- Translate business needs into actionable technical solutions.
System Integration & Architecture :
Design, oversee, build and own integrations and extensions between Shopify Plus andenterprise systems (OMS, ERP, CRM, PIM, payment gateways, etc.).Build analytics and reporting features that process large-scale order, product, andcustomer data.Implement robust background job systems for data synchronization, inventory updates,and workflow automation.Define integration patterns, API strategies, and data synchronization approaches.Evaluate third-party platforms and recommend the best fit for client needs.Ensure data integrity, security, and performance across integrated systems.Troubleshoot complex integration issues and implement robust error handling.Design scalable, maintainable and performant integration architectures that supportbusiness growth.Technical Leadership :
Make critical technical decisions and provide guidance on complex problems.Conduct code reviews and ensure engineering best practices.Stay current with ecommerce and integration technology trends.Evaluate new tools, platforms, and integration approaches.Requirements
Technical Foundation
5+ years developing production-grade backend systems in Node.js and TypeScript, with a focus on Shopify Plus and enterprise eCommerce integrations.3+ years in a technical leadership or architect role.Strong experience with both relational (MySQL / PostgreSQL) and document (MongoDB) databases for managing large-scale product, order, and customer data.Proven track record building and maintaining Shopify API and third-party integrations, including handling API rate limits, retries, and error recovery.Hands-on experience with background job and queue processing (BullMQ, Bull, or similar) for synchronization, fulfillment, and automation workflows.Deep TypeScript expertise with a strong commitment to type safety and maintainable architecture.Solid experience with REST and GraphQL APIs for eCommerce and enterprise applications.Engineering Practices
Strong testing discipline : unit, integration, and end-to-end approaches.Experience with code quality tooling and Git workflows.Ability to write maintainable, well-documented code.Understanding of database migrations and schema evolution.Production debugging and error handling experience.Benefits
Full-Time Position M-F from 9 : 00am to 6 : 00pm Eastern TimeSalary : $8,000 USD - $13,000USD Based on experience.100 % Remote work environmentUnlimited PTOContract : Independent ContractorThis position is only open to candidates residing in Latin American (LATAM) countries, such as : ๐ฆ๐ท ๐ง๐ท ๐จ๐ฑ ๐จ๐ด ๐จ๐ท ๐ฉ๐ด ๐ช๐จ ๐ธ๐ป ๐ฌ๐น ๐ญ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐พ ๐ต๐ช ๐บ๐พ ๐ป๐ช
โ Applications from candidates outside LATAM (including the U.S. and other regions) will not be considered.
๐ Resumes must be submitted in English.
๐ซ Applications that do not meet these criteria will be automatically rejected