Lead Developer

Job Purpose

Burberry is a recognized leader in engaging customers through digital experiences, both online and offline in our retail stores. This role is for an Enterprise Architect who can research, design, and lead the introduction and adoption of new Digital-related technologies within Burberry, as well as other areas of the business. The candidate will be expected to be passionate about technology, with an understanding of Luxury Retail trends and how these can be brought together in new and exciting ways.

This role will include, working closely with the global IT team(including cross tower communication) to drive our consumer's brand experiences across various channels within the business. Co-operate in developing associated technology platforms and application capabilities to unlock China's Digital ambitions. It will require close business engagement and interaction with our delivery project teams, product owners, and our IT Solution Architecture team for Customer & Commerce together with the wider IT Architecture Community

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The candidate will be expected to work across multiple customer-facing channels, bringing together solutions and driving the business forward in an ever-changing digital landscap

e.

The ideal candidate has a recognized background in agile, product-centric technology development, digitally focused solution architecture experience, and customer-centric functions as well as a good understanding of these capabilities and associated applications. This remains an evolving area for us and will require you to adapt and be creative as changing business demands continue to introduce new capabilities and applicatio

ns.

This role will be responsible for future development management, engineering, test, IT BAU operation support and manage cross-vendor development te

**ams.

KEY Responsibili**

1. ties Technical Leadership & Develo

2. pmentLead the development, and deploymen
   t of customer-facing (e.g., WeChat Mini program, website) and internal (Commerce, OMS, ERP, PIM, CMS, Clienteling) sy
   s

3. tems.Architect scalable solutions aligned
   with luxury brand stan
   dards (performance, security,
4. UX).Manage vendors to deliver the development work and support BAU IT opera

**tion.

2.Team & Agile Mana**

• gementMan
  age a vendors
  ' team of developers, QA engineers, and DevOps specia
• lists.Drive Agile/Scrum rituals (sprint planning, retrospectives) and CI/CD pipe
• lines.Mentor engineers, foster innovation, and uphold best practices (code reviews,

**TDD).

3.Testing & Quality As**

• suranceOversee test automation (Selenium, Cypress) and QA processes to
  ensure zero-defect r
  e
• leases.Collaborate with Product Owners to define acceptance criteria a

**nd UAT.

4.BAU & Operational Ex**

• cell
  enceOwn production s
  tability (monitoring, incident response, root-cause an
• alysis).Optimize backend operations (order management, inventory sync, CRM integr
• ations).Partner with Infosec to ensure compliance (PCI-DSS

**, GDPR).

5.Stakeholder Coll**

• aborationW
  ork with architect, BA, prod
• uct ownerLiaise with vendors (e.g., Salesforce, SAP…) for system inte

**grations.

ROLE REQ**

• UIREMENTS E
  xperience: 10+ years in software development, including 3+ years leading
  teams in eCommerce, retail, or luxu
  r
• y/fashion.T
  ech Stack: Proficiency in modern frameworks (e.g., React, , Java Spring) and cloud (AWS/Aliba
• ba cloud).L
  eadership: Proven ability to manage hybrid teams (onshore/offshore) and sta
• keholders.Luxury/Fas
  hion Edge: Understanding of OMS, Commerce, SAP, Sa
  lesforce, PIM, DAM, omnichann
  el systems, and luxury customer exp
• ectations.So
  ft Skills: Agile mindset, problem-solving, and a passion for bridging fashio

n and tech