Web Applications Developer

About The Company At Daniel Defense, Only the Best Build the Best

Daniel Defense engineers and manufactures the world’s finest weapon systems and accessories. Our mission, Honor God. Defend Freedom, is accomplished by serving customers and providing top-quality solutions to our military, law enforcement, and civilian customers seeking premium firearms for home defense, hunting, and sport shooting.

About The Role As the Web Applications Developer, you will serve as the primary technical authority for the ecommerce platform. Reporting to the Director of Digital Commerce, you will be responsible for platform development, administration, infrastructure health, integrations, and site performance across the Magento Open Source storefront. This role requires a hands-on approach, combining front-end and back-end development, platform administration, and technical leadership of external development partners. Your expertise will ensure the ecommerce platform operates efficiently, securely, and aligns with business goals, supporting Daniel Defense’s commitment to quality and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2+ years of experience building and operating ecommerce websites, with significant hands-on experience on a mature commerce platform, preferably Magento Open Source.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3/SCSS, with proven ability to write and ship reliable, production-ready front-end code.
• Experience administering ecommerce platforms, including managing promotions, user permissions, integrations, and checkout configurations.
• Comfortable working from the Linux command line in a cloud environment; AWS experience is required.
• Experience integrating SaaS platforms via REST APIs, GraphQL, and webhooks, including managing API credentials and platform-side configurations.
• Hands-on experience managing CDN and edge platforms such as Cloudflare, CloudFront, or equivalent services.
• Proficiency in analytics implementation, including tag management and ecommerce event tracking.
• Experience with Git-based workflows, CI/CD pipelines, branching, merging, and code review processes.
• Ability to investigate and troubleshoot production issues using logs, server data, and diagnostic tools.
• Server-side development experience, preferably with PHP; skills in Node, Python, Ruby, or C# are transferable.
• Self-motivated working style with the ability to prioritize effectively in a remote team environment.
• Willingness to work within the regulatory and technical complexities of firearms ecommerce, including compliance with relevant laws and standards.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience and training.
• Demonstrated commitment to company values, safety, integrity, and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the customer-facing Magento Open Source storefront, including theme and template development, layout XML, RequireJS, Knockout.js, and React components.
• Enhance and extend the Three.js 3D product experience while maintaining performance standards for ecommerce environment.
• Serve as the primary Magento administrator, managing platform configurations, promotions, user roles, and permissions.
• Configure and troubleshoot shipping, payment, tax, and checkout settings in collaboration with business and technical teams.
• Manage platform infrastructure, including deployments, cache and index management, security patching, and staging environments.
• Oversee Linux-based server environments, including Nginx/Apache, PHP-FPM, MySQL, Redis, Varnish, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Composer, and scripting.
• Manage edge and delivery infrastructure such as Cloudflare, CloudFront, S3, DNS, and SSL/TLS configurations.
• Monitor platform health, security, and performance; maintain incident response, disaster recovery, and rollback procedures.
• Optimize site performance by managing Core Web Vitals, caching strategies, CDN configurations, and third-party scripts.
• Build, maintain, and troubleshoot integrations with email, customer service, ERP, shipping, tax, fraud prevention, and other business systems using REST APIs, GraphQL, and webhooks.
• Coordinate with external Magento development partners, scope projects, review code, and ensure quality standards are met before deployment.
• Implement and maintain analytics tracking, including Google Tag Manager, GA4, Microsoft Clarity, and server-sid…