Magento Developer

Are you ready to take complete ownership of a high-volume e-commerce platform?

Are you wanting to lead the E-comm Tech strategy, delivering new projects, a new e-commerce website, and being integral to the growth plans for 2026

Are you a Magento expert, worthy of a high salary and a results-driven bonus scheme? Able to be influential in e-commerce growth planning.

They operate with a fast-moving, no-nonsense culture. Decisions are made quickly, ownership is encouraged, and results matter more than red tape. If you enjoy solving real problems and seeing your work directly impact the business, you’ll feel at home here.

The Opportunity

We’re looking for an experienced Magento 2 Developer to take technical ownership of our e-commerce platform and supporting infrastructure.

This is a hands-on, senior role offering absolute autonomy. You’ll own the platform end-to-end — from Magento development and integrations to infrastructure, performance, security and data flows. You’ll work closely with e-commerce, marketing, data teams and external partners to continuously improve how our platform performs and scales.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys responsibility, influence and variety, rather than being boxed into a narrow development function.

What You’ll Be Doing - Magento Platform Ownership

Own the stability, performance and evolution of our Magento 2 (Open Source) platform.

Design, build and maintain custom Magento modules and backend functionality.

Diagnose and resolve production issues quickly and effectively

Plan and deliver platform upgrades, new features and additional EU storefronts

Ensure the platform is secure, scalable, monitored and well-documented

Take ownership of the hosting, databases and core web services supporting Magento

Integrations & Backend Systems

Own data flows between Magento, ERP, middleware, marketplaces and analytics tools.

Maintain and improve APIs, webhooks, imports/exports and cron jobs

Support time-critical automation and backend workflows

Ensure accuracy across stock, pricing, orders and customer data

Marketplaces, Feeds & Data

Support integrations with eBay, Amazon and Google Merchant Centre

Maintain catalogue and inventory consistency across all sales channels

Support SQL queries and data feeds for Power BI and internal reporting

Quality, Delivery & Leadership

Maintain clean code, strong Git workflows and structured deployments

Own CI/CD and deployment processes

Document systems, decisions and workflows

Act as a technical point of contact for the wider business

Mentor and upskill e-commerce team members to reduce single-point dependency.

What We’re Looking For

Essential Experience

  • Strong commercial experience with Magento 2 (Open Source)

  • Excellent PHP and MySQL skills

  • Deep understanding of Magento architecture, APIs and ORM

  • Experience integrating Magento with ERP systems (NAV / Business Central ideal)

  • Confident with Git / Bitbucket and structured deployment workflows

  • Proven experience supporting live e-commerce platforms

  • Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving ability

  • Comfortable explaining technical decisions to non-technical stakeholders

  • Solid understanding of web security, data privacy and compliance

  • Experience owning ecommerce platforms and their supporting infrastructure

Desirable Experience

Integration-heavy or middleware-focused background

Experience with Varnish, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch

Magento certification

Familiarity with AWS and/or Cloudflare

Experience with Hyvä

Exposure to headless or composable commerce architectures

Leadership or project ownership experience in fast-paced environments

What We offer:

  • Full ownership of a complex, high-impact ecommerce platform

Real autonomy to improve architecture, performance and processes

Uncapped bonus (£2 - 5k+) linked to platform performance and delivery

A growing UK/EU ecommerce business with genuine technical challenges

Hybrid working in a pragmatic, low-ego environment

The opportunity to shape the future of our e-commerce and technical function

Job Details

Company
GK Recruitment
Location
Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Hybrid / Remote Options
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£50000 - £60000/annum Hybrid + loads of bens
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