Lead Full Stack Engineer

Company Description SCAYLE is one of the fastest-growing enterprise commerce platforms in the world, enabling brands and retailers to realize their D2C ambitions. SCAYLE stands for innovation, international collaboration, and a strong focus on data. We believe that stepping outside of our comfort zone and making bold decisions is key to growing both professionally and personally. Instead of seeing problems as obstacles, we approach them as opportunities to find better solutions. We work in an environment that encourages flexibility, creativity, and continuous development. What drives us is the shared motivation to make an impact and actively shape the future of eCommerce. As part of SCAYLE’s Add-on Unit, we build modular, plug-and-play e-commerce solutions that extend the SCAYLE commerce engine and enable additional capabilities for our tenants. As a Lead Fullstack Developer, you take full technical ownership of the unit’s output. You architect, build, release, and operate scalable add-ons across the entire stack using Laravel and Vue.js 3. You ensure performance, security, and maintainability while guiding the team through complex technical decisions. You champion the use of AI and agentic coding tools across the team, continuously exploring how they can raise both productivity and quality. Job Description Own the end-to-end architecture of modular add-ons (backend, frontend, integrations) and ensure scalability, security, and maintainabilityDesign and implement advanced backend logic (Laravel, queues, events) and complex database schemas optimized for high-traffic e-commerce environmentsOversee frontend integration within a micro-frontend setup (SingleSpa), ensuring seamless performance and UX consistencyLead CI/CD, semantic versioning, Docker-based environments, and release processes with stable rolloutsEnsure production reliability through monitoring, alerting, and proactive incident response (e.g., DataDog, AWS environments)Act as technical lead and final reviewer, mentoring engineers, enforcing high code quality standards, and driving architectural consistencyDrive the adoption of AI-assisted and agentic coding workflows within the team, establishing best practices, guardrails, and quality standards for their use in production development Qualifications 8+ years of experience building, scaling, and operating complex fullstack web applications in production environments, ideally within e-commerce or SaaS ecosystemsExpert proficiency in PHP (8.x) and Laravel (including Middleware, Queues, Events, Gates/Policies), along with strong experience in frontend developmentExpertise in Vue.js 3, TypeScript, and modern state management (e.g., Pinia) are a great plusDeep architectural expertise in designing secure, multi-tenant, and distributed systems, with strong understanding of SOLID/DRY principles and long-term maintainabilityAdvanced database and performance engineering skills (MySQL/RDS, complex schema design, indexing strategies, Redis caching) in high-traffic environmentsProven ownership of DevOps-adjacent responsibilities, including Docker-based environments, CI/CD pipelines, semantic versioning, AWS infrastructure awareness, and production monitoring/alertingStrong technical leadership skills: mentoring senior engineers, conducting high-quality code reviews, decomposing complex problems, and translating technical decisions into clear business impactHands-on experience with AI-assisted and agentic coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor), with a clear point of view on where they add value and where they don'tGenuinely curious about the AI space, you stay current with new tools, models and methodologies, and you're keen to test what can measurably improve developer productivity and code quality Additional Information Your perks at a glance: Visit our benefits page. Simply apply online via our career page - we will get back to you as soon as possible! (Please note that benefits may vary depending on the location) A Place Where You Can Be You We take it as our responsibility to create an environment where everyone feels welcome, exactly as they are. Different backgrounds and perspectives make us stronger and shape our culture in ways that matter. What we stand for internally, we stand for as a brand: acceptance, inclusion, and fairness.