Senior Magento Developer

Preston

2 weeks ago

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Are you an experienced Magento Developer looking for real ownership, technical autonomy, and the opportunity to shape a high-performing e-commerce platform?

We’re working with a growing UK/EU e-commerce business that’s investing heavily in its digital capability. They’re now hiring a Senior Magento Developer to take end-to-end ownership of their Magento 2 platform and supporting infrastructure. This is a hands-on, senior position where your work will directly influence platform stability, performance, and business growth.

If you enjoy solving complex e-commerce challenges, working across integrations and marketplaces, and being trusted to lead technical decisions — this role offers genuine impact and long-term progression.

The Opportunity

You’ll become the technical owner of a multi-store Magento 2 environment, responsible for architecture, integrations, platform performance, and continuous improvement. Working closely with internal teams and external partners, you’ll deliver a secure, scalable and resilient platform supporting customers across the UK and Europe.

This role suits someone who enjoys responsibility, variety, and having the freedom to improve systems rather than simply maintain them.

Key Responsibilities

Own the stability, performance and development of the Magento 2 platform, including custom module development, upgrades and optimisation
Lead production issue resolution while maintaining strong security, monitoring and resilience standards
Manage critical integrations and data flows across ERP, middleware, marketplaces and analytics platforms
Maintain APIs, automation workflows, cron jobs and backend processes ensuring data accuracy across stock, pricing, orders and customers
Support multichannel operations including eBay, Amazon and Google Merchant Centre
Maintain clean, scalable code with strong Git and CI/CD practices
Act as the technical lead for e-commerce systems, owning documentation, deployments and knowledge sharing

Must-Have Experience
Strong commercial experience developing Magento 2 (Open Source) platforms
Proven track record supporting live, revenue-generating e-commerce websites
Deep understanding of Magento architecture, APIs and ORM
Solid web stack knowledge: PHP, MySQL, Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Experience owning integrations and complex data flows (ERP, feeds, marketplaces)
Confident using Git/Bitbucket and structured deployment workflows
Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
Ability to communicate technical decisions clearly to non-technical stakeholders
Strong awareness of security, compliance and data privacy best practices

Nice-to-Have Skills
ERP integrations (NAV / Business Central)
Middleware or integration-heavy environments
Varnish, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch
Magento certifications
AWS or Cloudflare experience
Hyvä theme development
Headless or composable commerce exposure
Experience leading technical delivery in fast-paced e-commerce environments

Why Join?
Genuine platform ownership and technical autonomy
Freedom to improve architecture, tooling and processes
Uncapped performance bonus linked to delivery and platform success
Hybrid working
Exposure to complex, multi-channel e-commerce challenges
Opportunity to shape the future of the company’s technology roadmap

For more information please contact Marianne Rossiter at Elite Recruitment

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