Warehouse Engineering & Automation Lead

18 years

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House of Shipping provides business consultancy and advisory services for Shipping & Logistics companies. House of Shipping's commitment to their customers begins with developing an understanding of their business fundamentals. We are hiring on behalf of one of our key US based client - a globally recognized service provider of flexible and scalable outsourced warehousing solutions, designed to adapt to the evolving demands of today’s supply chains.


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Background and experience:

  • 15–18 years in software engineering roles with at least 5 years in leadership roles managing cross-functional delivery teams
  • Experience in designing and scaling platforms for logistics, warehouse automation, or e-commerce
  • Proven success in leading large product or platform teams through architecture modernization and tech transformation


Job purpose:

To lead the architecture, development, and delivery of enterprise-grade platforms and applications supporting warehouse, logistics, and supply chain operations. This role drives engineering standards, delivery velocity, team growth, and cross-functional alignment with business strategy.


Main tasks and responsibilities:

  • Own engineering strategy, delivery planning, and execution of large-scale, mission-critical systems across WMS, TMS, and supply chain orchestration platforms
  • Define and implement best practices in system design, scalability, observability, and modularity
  • Guide the technical direction of microservices architecture, cloud-native deployments (AWS/GCP), and DevSecOps pipelines
  • Build engineering roadmaps in collaboration with product, operations, and infrastructure teams
  • Mentor architects, engineering managers, and tech leads on design decisions, sprint execution, and long-term maintainability
  • Review and approve solution architectures, integration patterns (REST, EDI, streaming), and platform-wide decisions
  • Oversee budgeting, licensing, tooling decisions, and vendor evaluation
  • Champion a culture of code quality, automated testing, release velocity, and incident-free deployment
  • Ensure compliance with global security, audit, and data privacy standards (SOC2, ISO 27001, GDPR where applicable)
  • Serve as escalation point for cross-platform technical blockers and engineering productivity challenges


Education requirements:

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field

Preferred: Certifications in Cloud Architecture (AWS/GCP), TOGAF, or Scaled Agile Leadership


Competencies and skills:

  • Technical: Distributed systems, Microservices, DevOps, Cloud-native development, Event-driven architecture
  • Leadership: Strategic planning, team scaling, stakeholder communication, delivery governance
  • Tools: Java/Python/Node.js, Kubernetes, Kafka, Git, Terraform, CI/CD (Jenkins/Azure DevOps), Logging/Monitoring stacks
  • Strong business acumen in supply chain/logistics workflows and SLAs

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