Queen Square Recruitment
HCL Commerce Engineer
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Specialised Engineer – HCL Commerce
Location: London - Hybrid – 2 days per week onsite
Start Day: ASAP
Contract Rate: £500–£540 per day inside IR35
Working Pattern: On-call shifts
Duration: 6 to 12 months initially
Role Overview
Our client is seeking a Specialised Engineer – HCL Commerce to play a key role in the stability, scalability, and continuous evolution of a large-scale digital commerce platform. This role is critical in supporting always-on customer journeys across a high-traffic, enterprise retail environment. You will work on mission-critical systems responsible for managing complex catalogues, pricing, and order management functions, while contributing to transformation initiatives including cloud adoption, platform modernisation, and ongoing digital enhancement.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain HCL Commerce / WebSphere Commerce components
- Build and enhance backend services using Java, J2EE, Spring / Spring Boot, and REST APIs
- Ensure high standards of performance, scalability, availability, and security
- Diagnose and resolve complex application, integration, and infrastructure issues
- Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and implement long-term fixes
- Monitor system performance using logs and metrics to proactively mitigate risks
- Support Azure-based deployments of HCL Commerce platforms
- Work with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Jenkins, Git, and Docker
- Collaborate closely with DevOps teams on environment provisioning, releases, and rollbacks
- Ensure adherence to ITIL practices including incident, problem, and change management
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Skills & Experience
Essential
- Strong hands-on experience with HCL Commerce / IBM WebSphere Commerce architecture
- Proficiency in Java, J2EE, and RESTful APIs
- Experience with Spring / Spring Boot development
- Solid understanding of relational databases (especially Oracle)
- Experience with development and monitoring tools such as Eclipse, RAD, Git, Splunk, Dynatrace, or New Relic
- Practical experience deploying commerce solutions in Azure
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
- Excellent communication and documentation skills
- Ability to take ownership and work independently across the full lifecycle
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Desirable
- Experience within retail or eCommerce environments
- Knowledge of MongoDB or other NoSQL databases
- Familiarity with Agile delivery frameworks (Scrum/Kanban)
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