Alokai/ Vue Storefront Frontend Lead

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and guide a team of developers (onshore and offshore), providing technical and architectural guidance.
• Conductcode reviewsto ensure high-quality, maintainable, and scalable code.
• UtilizeSonarfor code quality analysis and maintain adherence to best practices.
• Deliver presentations, architectural blueprints, development policies, and documentation for technical solutions.
• Drive best practices for design, coding, environment setup, and data management.
• Translate business requirements into technical tasks, ensuring alignment with non-functional requirements like performance, security, and scalability.
• Partner with Product Managers, Business Stakeholders, and Analysts to understand and solutionize customer requirements and process flows.
• Oversee the technical delivery of custom development, integrations, and data migration.
• BuildProofs-of-Concept (POC)to demonstrate potential technical solutions.
• Establish development patterns, DevOps processes, and technical standards for teams.
• Manage application architecture artifacts and continuously rationalize and simplify the user experience.
• Troubleshoot and optimize forSEO,SSR, page performance, and accessibility (WCAG compliance).

Skills & Qualifications

• Expert knowledge ofHTML5,CSS(including preprocessors like LESS/SASS), and frameworks likeTailwind CSS.
• Proficiency inJavaScriptandTypeScript, with advanced knowledge of frameworks such asReactandNext.js.
• In-depth understanding ofheadless architectureand platform-specific implementations (e.g.,SFCC,Magento).
• Experience withheadless CMSplatforms likeBuilder.ioorContentful.
• Proficiency incode reviews, maintaining high standards of quality, and adherence to coding best practices.
• Familiarity withSonaror similar tools for code quality, static analysis, and technical debt management.
• Knowledge of API integrations, asynchronous requests, and debugging tools for partial page updates.
• Strong grasp ofcommand-line build utilities(e.g., npm, Webpack) andversion control systemslike Bitbucket.
• Expertise in delivering standard, compliant, and accessible solutions.
• Experience withSEO optimization,SSR, and page performance troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with common design patterns and development methodologies.
• Fluent in English with excellent communication and documentation skills.
• A strong eye for scope management, with sound judgment and a pragmatic approach to scope, budget, and timeline challenges.