Lead Full Stack Engineer — Agentic Engineering (Claude Code)

Company: 8Wines
Location: Remote (EU time zones preferred)
Type: Full-time
Compensation: $2,500–$3,500/month

About 8Wines
8Wines is a leading and fastest growing premium wine e-commerce platform serving customers across the EU. Our store today runs on Magento. We're now building beyond it: a custom, high-performance storefront that frees us from Magento's theme layer, plus native mobile apps and automation of our internal processes. We're a small, fast-moving team that leans heavily on AI-assisted engineering to ship far above our size.

The Role
We're hiring a Lead Full Stack Engineer to own and drive this next chapter. You'll set the technical direction and build hands-on across three fronts:

Custom high-performance storefront — a modern headless front end (React/Node.js/TypeScript) that talks to Magento via API, so we're no longer dependent on Magento themes for speed, design, or flexibility.
Native mobile apps (iOS & Android) — our store as mobile apps, powered by integration and a middleware layer over Magento.
Process automation — automating existing operational and engineering workflows.

All of this is built in Claude Code. You'll work as an agentic engineer — orchestrating AI to plan, build, test, and ship faster — while owning architecture, quality, and outcomes. As the lead, you'll set standards, make the key technical calls, and steer the work end to end.

What You'll Do
Architect and build a headless, high-performance storefront decoupled from Magento themes.
Design and build the middleware layer between Magento and our storefront and mobile apps.
Lead development of native iOS and Android apps integrated with Magento.
Identify and automate existing business and engineering processes.
Drive Claude Code effectively — decompose work, write clear specs, review AI-generated code critically, and keep the codebase clean and well-tested.
Own technical direction, architecture decisions, and delivery quality across the stack.

What We're Looking For
Passion to take ownership, innovation and measurable results.
Leadership — you can set direction, make architectural calls, and drive delivery independently in a remote, async team.
Proven Claude Code proficiency — you use Claude Code (or comparable agentic tools) daily and can show how it changes the way you build.
Strong full-stack skills with React and Node.js/TypeScript in production.
E-commerce (preferably Magento) experience.
Mobile experience — shipping iOS and/or Android apps (React Native, Flutter, or native).
Solid UI/UX sense — layout, responsiveness, accessibility, and what makes an interface feel fast and good to use.
Experience with REST/GraphQL APIs, relational databases (PostgreSQL or similar), and Git-based workflows.
Clear communication in English.

Nice to Have
Headless commerce experience (Magento PWA Studio, Vue Storefront, or custom headless builds).
Cloud deployment (AWS/GCP/Vercel) and CI/CD.
Payments, shipping, tax, and order-management integrations.
Interest in wine, food, or consumer marketplaces.

Why Join
Lead a greenfield rebuild — real ownership of storefront, mobile, and automation.
Work at the frontier of AI-assisted engineering; we invest in the tools and want someone to push them further.
Fully remote with flexible hours.

How to Apply (we will ignore applications that dont include the below)
Review 8Wines.com and outline top 5 things you would improve to gain performance, conversion rate or customer experience.
Short note on how you use Claude Code (or other LLM) in your workflow today.
Attach your CV along with links to relevant work (GitHub, live storefronts, or shipped mobile apps).