As a Frontend Developer Lead, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and overseeing the architecture of scalable, secure, and high-performance eCommerce storefronts. You will work closely with product managers, business stakeholders, designers, backend engineers, and DevOps teams to deliver seamless and engaging digital customer experiences.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and maintain the frontend architecture for enterprise-grade eCommerce platforms built with React, Next.js, or other modern frameworks.
- Lead the technical evaluation and implementation of eCommerce platforms such as Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Commercetools, SAP Commerce, or similar.
- Collaborate with backend teams to design and build scalable RESTful APIs and microservices integrations (ERP, CMS, OMS, Payment Gateways).
- Manage and mentor frontend teams, fostering collaboration and driving coding excellence, performance optimization, and accessibility standards.
- Engage with Product Managers, UX/UI Designers, QA Engineers, and Business Stakeholders to translate business goals into digital solutions.
- Enforce security best practices and performance tuning for production-grade web applications.
- Ensure solutions are modular, maintainable, and scalable across multiple geographies and brands
Required Skills & Qualifications
- 8–10 years of experience in frontend development with at least 3+ years in architectural or lead roles.
- Hands-on experience with React.js, Next.js, TypeScript, GraphQL, and modern build pipelines (Webpack, Vite, etc.).
- Deep understanding of eCommerce business workflows, shopping carts, product catalogs, checkout flows, promotions, and customer accounts.
- Proven track record in implementing or integrating with Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Commercetools, or other headless commerce platforms.
- Strong knowledge of API development and consumption, including RESTful and GraphQL APIs.
- Experience working in agile environments and collaborating across cross-functional teams.
- Solid understanding of CI/CD, DevOps practices, Cloud hosting (AWS/GCP/Azure), and Monitoring/Alerting for frontend applications.
- Passion for performance tuning, accessibility, responsive design, and UX best practices.
- Familiarity with JAMstack architectures and edge delivery/CDN strategies (e.g., Alokai, Vercel, Netlify).
- Exposure to CMS integrations like Builder.io, Contentful, or Sanity.
Understanding of SEO, analytics tagging, and A/B testing frameworks
Movado Group, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. It prohibits discrimination based on age, color, disability, marital or parental status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status or any other legally protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
