Head of Commerce Technology & Growth

At tarte, our technology team moves as quickly as our business does. We’re looking for a hands-on, experienced engineer who is excited to spend time in the code, collaborate closely with our cross-functional teams, and help shape the technology behind our growing global ecommerce business. Tarte is a founder-led brand that moves fast, stays close to our customers, and adapts when new opportunities arise. Our engineering team supports a Shopify Plus platform powering a global DTC business across 50 active markets, with an ecommerce experience that is constantly evolving through product launches, influencer activations, OMS integrations, and new AI-powered capabilities. In this role, you’ll be a key technical partner across our commerce ecosystem: writing code, defining architecture, solving complex technical challenges, and bringing thoughtful solutions to the table. You’ll work directly with Product, Merchandising, Marketing, and other cross-functional partners on technical decisions that support the customer experience and drive the business forward.

Responsibilities

Contribute to Shopify Plus custom apps using Liquid, Node.js, and React; own and extend AWS Lambda functions that connect OMS to the broader commerce stack; and partner with the OMS team on backend integrations across order management, fulfillment, and downstream systems; Help evaluate options, identify the right path forward, and explain the why behind technical decisions when complex technical challenges arise; Bring strong technical judgment to architecture and development decisions, review technical approaches, identify potential risks early, share best practices, and help build scalable solutions; Be a resource for other engineers through technical discussions, code reviews, and collaborative problem solving; Work closely with Marketing, Merchandising, Product, and other teams to understand upcoming launches, initiatives, and opportunities, and help translate those needs into thoughtful technical solutions; Own technical vendor evaluations, from defining criteria and conducting assessments to providing clear, thoughtful recommendations; Stay ahead of the Shopify Plus roadmap and broader ecommerce landscape, identifying platform changes, new capabilities, and opportunities that could benefit tarte; Contribute to AI-enabled deployment workflows, GEO and LLM product discovery, automated quality gates, and other emerging applications of AI across the commerce stack

Requirements

7+ years of ecommerce engineering experience with strong, hands-on Shopify Plus experience, including Liquid, Shopify APIs, custom apps, Checkout Extensibility, Shopify Flow, metafields, and multi-market configuration; Hands-on experience with AWS Lambda or equivalent serverless technologies, including building, troubleshooting, and maintaining functions; Experience architecting integrations across the commerce ecosystem, including ERP, OMS, CRM, payments, and fulfillment; Ability to clearly communicate technical architecture and decisions to both technical and non-technical partners; Experience mentoring and collaborating with other engineers and sharing technical knowledge across a team; Comfortable owning vendor evaluations, including setting criteria, assessing technical capabilities, and providing recommendations; Flexible and adaptable in your approach, with the ability to respond to changing priorities and feedback; A solutions-oriented mindset: when the original request isn't technically feasible, you look for creative and practical alternatives; JavaScript / TypeScript, React, and Node.js; GraphQL, REST APIs, and webhook-based integrations; CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and automated testing; Web performance fundamentals, including Core Web Vitals, page speed, and third-party script management; Hands-on experience using Postman to troubleshoot, validate, and diagnose API behavior, including authentication, request/response payloads, environment configuration, and error handling

Nice to have

Experience with GEO, LLM-based product discovery, or AI tooling within an ecommerce environment; Experience working within founder-led, DTC, beauty, fashion, or lifestyle brands; An understanding of what it takes to succeed in a fast-moving consumer brand where priorities can evolve quickly; Curiosity about emerging ecommerce technologies and a desire to continuously test, learn, and improve; The ability to balance technical depth with a strong understanding of the customer and the business

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, 401K plan & access to health & wellness programs; Paid vacation, holidays, summer Fridays, birthdays off, volunteer time & more; Makeup gratis, employee discount on tarte.com, team give back initiatives; Friendly, fun, creative & collaborative work environment