Principal eCommerce Engineer

WHO WE ARE

If you ask us, we’re the perfect mix of athletes, entrepreneurs, engineers, and creatives. Our diverse backgrounds and shared values are what help make Hydrow great. Our mission is not just to create an amazing fitness experience, but a beautiful human experience - one that’s honest, inclusive, and positive.. Hydrow is the Live Outdoor Reality (LOR)™ rowing machine that delivers on-water experiences at home with workouts led by world-class athletes. At Hydrow, you’ll have the chance to shape a company that is disrupting the fitness industry while creating engaging content unmatched in the marketplace today. Sound exciting? That’s because it is!

WHY WE NEED YOU

Join us as the Principal eCommerce Engineer who will drive the development of Hydrow’s cutting-edge, headless eCommerce platform. As the hands-on development lead of a collaborative team in a fast-paced environment, you will be responsible for the technical direction of Hydrow.com: designing and building solutions, leading the development team, and delivering high-impact projects that enhance the purchasing experience and elevate our direct-to-consumer sales channel.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…

· Work with leading edge eCommerce web technologies including headless, serverless architectures to design and build beautiful, immersive, lightning-fast ecommerce experiences

· Contribute to the eCommerce architectural direction for a leading consumer brand

· Engage in a culture of continuous learning and innovation, where you can sharpen your skills, explore new technologies, and take on challenges that contribute to your professional growth and leadership in the field

WHAT YOU'LL ACCOMPLISH

First Thirty Days

· Learn the eCommerce architecture and codebase by participating in technical design and execution of site development, including hands-on development of components and site functionality

· Acquaint yourself with Hydrow and broader system landscape, including architecture, processes, tools and incident response framework

· Build strong relationships with leaders and key stakeholders in the Marketing and Digital Platforms teams

· Establish yourself as a credible thought leader in modern web technology

· Transition into our support rotation for website related incident response and escalation

First Three Months

· Transition into leadership of site development including React component development, API integration and tag management.

· Collaborate with product managers, designers, and developers to design, prioritize, and implement best-fit solutions for Hydrow.com

· Contribute to Hydrow’s ecommerce development standards, operational processes, and collaborative feature development and delivery

· Contribute to the management of site technical metrics and monitoring such as availability, performance and technical SEO. Oversee performance metrics, and make recommendations to optimize stability, page performance, conversion and positive customer experiences

· Drive delivery of key digital initiatives, demonstrating strong architectural principles with a shared sense of ownership of the experience product backlog

· Partner with cross-functional product teams to design and launch site experiments

First Six Months

· Drive roadmap development priorities in the leadup to the holiday sales season

· Maintain and enhance resiliency and our observability stack

· Drive improvements to development processes including collaboration, quality and velocity

WHO YOU ARE

Technical Expertise

Minimum Qualifications

· Deep experience building eCommerce applications with Shopify or similar backend services in a headless environment (required)

· Professional experience building and running high-traffic, full-stack web applications (4+ years minimum)

· Professional experience with React web frameworks, such as Next.js, Remix, Vue (2+ years minimum)

· Expertise in modern frontend development practices, including crafting responsive, accessible, and visually engaging user interfaces using component-based CSS frameworks and design systems

· Expertise with analytics and tag management tools (such as GTM), data layer events, and an understanding of SEO principles

· Clear understanding and experience around applying design patterns and modeling data and content

· Familiarity with key architectural elements such as browser behavior, consuming web services, serverless functions, middleware, web-analytics and server-side JS principles

Strongly-Preferred Qualifications

· Familiarity with Contentful (or similar) headless CMS platforms and content modeling

· Practical experience designing and executing experiments and supporting techniques

· Experience designing for operations, partnering with operational staff to instrument observability best practices

· A keen focus on building for performance, optimizing for core web vitals and understanding key drivers

Passion: You love to code. You have a natural curiosity and drive to learn new tech, and are always on top of trends in frontend architecture. You have a passion for building great customer experiences, and an ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to business partners and teams.

Flexibility/Adaptability: You thrive on autonomy, tackling complex challenges, and driving solutions independently while collaborating effectively in a team.. You adjust quickly to changing priorities and conditions and cope effectively with complexity and change, while maintaining organization and control.

Technical Leadership and Planning: You are adept at breaking down complex technical requirements into actionable plans, estimating effort and cost, and proactively identifying risks. Your experience enables you to guide the team and stakeholders through technical tradeoffs, ensuring project goals are met efficiently and effectively.

Project Management: You have job-related experience with planning, prioritization, and keeping project goals on time and on budget while bringing others along; specifically experience working on agile cross-functional projects with a variety of stakeholders.

We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting exceptional candidates, for that reason if you don't meet 100% of the job description, that's okay! Please don’t hesitate to apply — we’d love to hear from you.

We are currently not accepting resumes or any other contact from external recruiters.

HOW WE WORK

Authentic and Inclusive: We embrace each and every one of our differences and celebrate our diversity. We commit to fostering a space where everyone belongs and is heard.

Nimble with Purpose: We are a fleet of speedy boats, instead of a barge. As pathfinders of positive change, we adapt our focus with ease when our purpose points us in a new direction

Resilient Teammates: We support our Hydrow teammates and members through challenges: technical, personal, or unexpected waves. We overcome the present obstacle and persevere together. 

Hydrow is a community of innovators, risk-takers, and trailblazers who celebrate individual differences and recognize that unique perspectives make us stronger, smarter, and more successful. Hydrow actively seeks applicants who can bring a variety of experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds to the team. Hydrow provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, sex, pregnancy, pregnancy-related condition, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, qualified handicap, gender identity, results of genetic testing, military status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Our team values diversity in experience and backgrounds—we do our best work when we create space for different voices and perspectives. Whatever unique experiences or skill sets you bring, we look forward to learning from each other.

BENEFITS AND PERKS (Full Time Permanent Hydrownauts)

🩺 Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance Premiums 100% Paid For By Hydrow

👶 6 Months Fully Paid Primary and Secondary Parental Leave

🏖 Unlimited PTO Policy

📚 $150/week Reimbursable for Childcare

🏦 401k

🚣 Free Membership to the Hydrow App and access to a free Hydrow

➕ MORE!

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