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Panda Retail Company – Savola Group Job Purpose
To lead the design and delivery of scalable, cloud-native architectures and high-performing software engineering teams. This role is responsible for building customer-centric applications, with a strong focus on the retail and e-commerce sectors, by leveraging AWS services to develop resilient, secure, and highly available systems. The position combines engineering leadership with solution architecture, driving strategic decisions for cloud infrastructure, microservices, and mobile solutions to ensure innovative, reliable, and business-aligned technology outcomes. Job Description
Job Purpose
To lead the design and delivery of scalable, cloud-native architectures and high-performing software engineering teams. This role is responsible for building customer-centric applications, with a strong focus on the retail and e-commerce sectors, by leveraging AWS services to develop resilient, secure, and highly available systems. The position combines engineering leadership with solution architecture, driving strategic decisions for cloud infrastructure, microservices, and mobile solutions to ensure innovative, reliable, and business-aligned technology outcomes.
Key Responsibilities :
Software Development & Delivery
Lead end-to-end software development lifecycle for consumer-facing and internal platforms including mobile apps, APIs, and integrations. Manage a team of engineers and oversee the development, deployment, and release of apps on App Store and Google Play Store. Own the development roadmap and coordinate closely with crossfunctional teams (Product, QA, UX) to ensure timely and high-quality delivery. Implement and enforce engineering best practices (CI / CD, code reviews, Agile methodology).
Cloud & Solution Architecture
Design scalable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud infrastructure using AWS services such as EC2, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, RDS, and CloudWatch. Develop architectural blueprints and design documents for internal systems and customer-facing apps used by millions of users. Establish microservices and API-first architecture with high availability and failover strategies. Ensure seamless integration of third-party systems such as CRM, loyalty platforms, and payment gateways. Ensure real-time integration with retail ERP and other core enterprise systems through secure APIs and event-driven messaging, maintaining data consistency across the end-to-end commerce stack. Drive personalization and AI / ML initiatives by deploying recommendation engines and MLOps workflows on AWS to boost conversion and customer lifetime value.
DevOps & Infrastructure Management
Oversee infrastructure automation using Terraform or similar IaC tools. Monitor system health, logs, and metrics to proactively identify performance bottlenecks or anomalies. Design disaster recovery plans and scaling strategies to support peak load events in retail and e-commerce.
Stakeholder Communication & Leadership
Serve as the technical liaison between business leaders and engineering teams. Communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders, ensuring alignment on priorities and timelines. Coach and mentor engineers; drive career development and performance management within the team. Define and track KPIs related to delivery efficiency, system reliability, and user experience.
Cloud & Architecture Expertise (AWS-Focused )
Expertise in AWS ecosystem : EC2, Lambda, CloudFormation / Terraform, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, Route 53, IAM, VPC, Auto Scaling, SNS, SQS. Strong understanding of serverless architecture and event-driven systems. Experience with container orchestration (ECS, EKS, Docker). Ability to architect for scalability, security, and fault tolerance across distributed systems.
Security & Compliance
Ensure strict compliance with GDPR and PCI-DSS, and regional data-protection laws through privacy-by-design architecture, encryption, and continuous audit of all customer-data flows
Skills
Qualifications & Skills
10+ years of progressive experience in software development and architecture
roles.
Proven team leadership and project delivery experience. Strong background in Java, JavaScript, APIs, microservices, and mobile
development.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills. Agile / Scrum practitioner with hands-on DevOps experience.
Nice to Have
Experience in retail / e-commerce fulfillment systems (OMS, inventory, logistics). Working knowledge of Oracle or other CRM / Loyalty platforms. Familiarity with monitoring tools like CloudWatch, Sentry, Datadog, or equivalent
Seniority level
Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type
Employment type Full-time Job function
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