Engineering Manager / Lead Software Engineer - Shopify (m/f/d)

At momox, Europe’s leading re-commerce company, we’re committed to extending the lifecycle of books, media, and fashion — and with your leadership, we’ll take our platform to the next level.

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager / Lead Software Engineer (m/f/d) to lead our team of engineers and drive the migration of our in-house developed webshop for medimops (our platform for buying second-hand books and media) to Shopify. In this role, you’ll shape the technical direction, ensure high-quality implementation, and foster a strong engineering culture in a dynamic, impact-driven environment.

• Lead and develop a group of up to 10 software engineers, both professionally and disciplinarily

• Lead the replatforming of our medimops webshop to Shopify, ensuring maintainability and extendability of all customizations

• Contribute hands-on to the design and implementation of the new platform, with focus on performance, resilience, and great user experience

• Lead towards a new era of our medimops shop in close collaboration with product teams, tech leads, and POs — ensuring alignment across cross-functional teams

• Drive the technical vision and strategy together with other tech leads

• Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and self-organization within and across teams

• Continuously improve our CI/CD pipelines and development processes

• Hands-on experience with the Shopify Plus ecosystem, including:

  • Liquid templating and Remix app development,

  • Building and integrating custom Shopify apps and webhooks,

  • Resilient consumption, error handling, and monitoring of external integrations

• Solid knowledge of frontend technologies like React, Remix, and Typescript

• Proven leadership experience with engineering teams in agile environments, including disciplinary responsibility

• Experience in building and maintaining large-scale, high-traffic platforms with strong uptime requirements

• Enthusiasm for building reliable, scalable systems that combine strong engineering with great user experience

• Strong communication and business fluent English language skills (German is a plus)

Nice to have

• Familiarity with end-to-end testing using frameworks like Playwright

• Understanding of modern frontend performance, observability, and monitoring best practices

• Experience with Typescript, Python, and MySQL or PostgreSQL

• Knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

• Experience applying Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and Clean Architecture principles to keep complex systems maintainable