The Role
The Technical Lead will oversee design and execution in a headless e-commerce environment, ensuring high-quality user experiences and guiding the engineering team in coding standards and processes.
Summary Generated by Built In
Blueland is reimagining everyday cleaning essentials with safe, products that are free from single-use plastic and eliminate the need to choose between what’s safe for your family, good for the planet, and proven to work. With 45 patents granted & 39 patents pending worldwide, Blueland’s innovative products have diverted over 1 billion single-use plastic bottles from landfills and oceans and 7.5 million pounds of CO2 from the atmosphere since 2019. While traditional cleaners are packaged in plastic and may contain up to 95% water, all Blueland products utilize tablet or powder formats, designed to be used directly or mixed with household tap water, and come in compostable or recyclable packaging. From the kitchen sink to the laundry room, we create products families can trust and afford to use over and over (and over) again. Available on Blueland.com and nationwide at Target, Costco, Whole Foods and select local retailers.
In a world where half of the planet’s carbon emissions come from just 36 companies, we believe that business should be a force for good and that mission and profit are not mutually exclusive—in fact, we’re proof of it. We’re committed to holding ourselves to the highest parental and environmental standards—which includes ongoing and unbiased certifications from trusted third-party organizations like Cradle to Cradle, EPA Safer Choice, USDA BioPreferred, Leaping Bunny, and EWG Verified. We’re also a Certified Climate Neutral business and certified B Corp “Best for the World.”
Blueland was featured on the Season 11 premiere of Shark Tank and successfully secured an investment. We’re also well-funded by top tier venture capital firms as well as notable investors including Gwyneth Paltrow, Justin Timberlake and founders of Sweetgreen, Thrive Market, Honest Company, Rent the Runway, and Bonobos. Our products have been featured across top tier outlets including the New York Times, Fast Company, TechCrunch, VOGUE, Wall Street Journal, Inc., and more.TechCrunch, VOGUE, Wall Street Journal, Inc., and more.
The Role:
As a Technical Lead, you will be responsible for leading the technical design and execution of key features and initiatives. You will partner with our Digital Product Manager and Senior UX Designer to translate strategic objectives into robust, scalable solutions, and guide our team of engineers on execution. You will play a key role in determining and implementing the best approach for solving customer problems within a Shopify/Remix headless e-commerce space. In addition to technical decision-making, you will help shape engineering processes and workflows, ensuring consistency and high code-quality across our contractor engineering team, including reviewing pull requests. This role is ideal for an engaged, hands-on tech lead who is passionate about creating and maintaining amazing user experiences and making a significant impact in a fast-growing company. This role reports to the Director of Digital Product.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate closely with product, design, and marketing teams to define, architect, and build new features and enhancements for our platform, with a specific focus on best-in-class user experiences
- Define platform architecture and strategy to scale while maintaining high performance
- Maintain high code quality standards on the team with a focus on clean, maintainable, and scalable code
- Oversee and guide the technical work of contractor engineers, ensuring adherence to best practices and engineering standards
- Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and provide mentorship where appropriate
- Help establish and refine engineering processes, tools, and workflows to improve team effectiveness and efficiency
- Evaluate third-party solution options and contribute to build-vs-buy decisions
- Act as the technical owner for key areas of the platform, monitoring platform analytics and performance and proactively identifying potential issues and areas for improvement
- Stay current with emerging technologies, particularly with Shopify, and contribute ideas for continuous improvement
Qualifications:
- 5+ years hands on development experience with a focus on React
- 2+ years in an engineering team lead role
- Strong understanding of headless e-commerce and its applications; Shopify experience is a must
- Experience in a fast-paced, highly iterative product development process
- Ability to deliver high quality software in a team environment utilizing a scrum process
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Is able to self-manage, but can collaborate effectively
- Doesn't feel comfortable committing code without tests
- Strong front-end/JavaScript knowledge, React in particular
- Exhibits leadership qualities, including strong communications skills
- Located in the US (strong preference for East Coast), with the ability to work effectively in a remote environment
The salary range for this position is $140,000 - $180,000 per year.
We prioritize our planet and our people. In addition to salary compensation, we offer various other benefits to ensure our team members can be their best self, both in and outside of work. Benefits for full time roles include: health benefits, stock options, generous paid time off, paid holidays, paid civic engagement days, paid parental leave, 401k (employee contribution), professional development stipends, remote work reimbursements, various discounts to like-minded companies and more.
At Blueland we believe in order to build a better future and planet, we must advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion. We are proud to have assembled a diverse team and strongly encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every qualification.
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Top Skills
React
Shopify
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The Company
What We Do
Blueland is revolutionizing conventional cleaning and personal care products to eliminate the need for single-use plastic packaging, with our reusable, refillable products. We believe that we should be able to have a clean home without sacrificing a clean planet and that sustainable choices can be convenient, effective and affordable. We are a science-driven company with a pipeline of proprietary products that started with our cleaning sprays and hand soap. To date, we’ve already helped divert more than 1 billion single-use plastic bottles from landfills and waterways.
We were the 2nd fastest growing direct-to-consumer in 2020, and have over 350K Instagram followers. We’re proud to be B Corporation Certified, recognized for meeting the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability. Blueland was featured on the Season 11 premiere of Shark Tank, securing an investment by Kevin O’Leary. Blueland is well-funded by top tier venture capital firms as well as notable investors including Gwyneth Paltrow, Justin Timberlake and founders of Sweetgreen, Thrive Market, Honest Company, Rent the Runway, and Bonobos. We’ve been featured across top tier outlets such as the New York Times, Fast Company, TechCrunch, VOGUE, Wall Street Journal, Inc., and more.
