Apex Wheels

Apex Wheels

Apex Wheels is a California-based company founded in 2007 by CEO Eddy Pintacsi. The company specializes in designing, engineering, and manufacturing high-performance, lightweight wheels for motorsports, track days, and street driving enthusiasts. Headquartered in Pleasanton, California, Apex Wheels operates with a focus on delivering genuine performance products and educating customers about their options. The flagship model, ARC-8, gained popularity among BMW enthusiasts for its competitive pricing and quality. Apex Wheels emphasizes "Real Performance" and addresses market confusion through rigorous engineering and testing. Their manufacturing process includes advanced techniques like flow-forming and forging, ensuring lightweight strength and durability. Apex Wheels has expanded its offerings to include forged wheels, competing with premium brands at lower prices. The company serves various automotive aftermarket sectors, distributing products directly to customers and prioritizing customer education to match products with specific driving needs.

automotive
11-50
Founded 2007

Description

  • Own the technical direction, quality, uptime, and architectural decisions for the ecommerce platform and its integrations.
  • Lead backend work on the Magento 2 platform through substantive code review, quality gates, and direct implementation when needed.
  • Write, review, and ship frontend code for the storefront using Vue 3, Nuxt, and Sanity content workflows.
  • Own and troubleshoot integrations across ERP, payments, OMS, PIM, CMS, search, and related commerce systems.
  • Investigate and resolve production issues, including checkout friction, returns workflows, performance bottlenecks, and data consistency problems.
  • Improve monitoring, deployment, and reliability practices over time.
  • Review code from internal contributors and external agencies, identify defects and edge cases, and provide actionable feedback.
  • Refactor and reduce technical debt by replacing weak patterns and improving code quality, documentation, and workflows.
  • Collaborate with the CIO and eCommerce Director to prioritize work and align technical decisions with business needs.
  • Help establish engineering standards and, over time, contribute to hiring and people management.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • At least 3 years building and operating complex ecommerce platforms at scale.
  • Experience with Magento 2, Shopify Plus, BigCommerce, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, commercetools, or an equivalent platform.
  • Strong JavaScript and TypeScript experience.
  • Hands-on production experience with Vue 3 and Nuxt, or a comparable framework such as Next.js and React.
  • Production experience with a headless CMS, ideally Sanity.
  • Experience with headless or decoupled frontend architecture integrated with a commerce backend.
  • Experience integrating ecommerce platforms with ERP systems such as NetSuite, SAP, Dynamics, or Salesforce.
  • Track record of owning multi-system integrations across payments, OMS, PIM, search, and CDP.
  • Hands-on experience with platform-level caching such as Varnish or Redis.
  • Solid practical experience with CI/CD, code review, monitoring, and incident response.
  • Strong understanding of UI and UX principles.
  • Experience working with external agencies and vendors, including scoping work and reviewing deliverables.
  • Familiarity with PHP and Magento 2 is a plus.
  • Early technical leadership experience, such as tech lead work, mentoring, or building code review culture, is a plus.
  • Magento 2 frontend modernization experience such as Hyvä or PWA Studio is a plus.
  • Experience with Elasticsearch or Algolia is a plus.

Benefits

  • Compensation of $35-$48 USD per hour.
  • Long-term independent contractor engagement.
  • Open to candidates located throughout Europe, with preference for Poland, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Czechia, and neighboring countries.
  • Opportunity to work with a distributed team in English.
  • Occasional international travel opportunities.
  • Ability to work as a self-employed contractor or through a registered business entity.

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