Remote Talent LATAM is hiring an Associate Director of Engineering. In this dual role, you will architect and maintain critical infrastructure for multi-platform commerce integrations, analytics, and automated reporting. You'll serve as the bridge between clients and the engineering team, acting as a trusted technical advisor who leads discovery, architects solutions, and guides the team to deliver results.

What You'll Do

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.
Design, oversee, build and own integrations and extensions between Shopify Plus and enterprise systems (OMS, ERP, CRM, PIM, payment gateways, etc.).
Build analytics and reporting features that process large-scale order, product, and customer 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 support business growth.
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.

What We're Looking For

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.
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.
Reside in a Latin American (LATAM) country.
Submit resume in English.