PUMA

Lead Engineer (Web) - CONSUMER EXPERIENCE ENGINEERING

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2 hours ago
Pune, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Lead the architecture, design, development, and evolution of large-scale consumer-facing web applications.
  • Define frontend engineering standards, architectural principles, reusable patterns, and development practices.
  • Provide technical direction for solutions using ReactJS, TypeScript, Next.js, and GraphQL.
  • Design scalable, modular, maintainable, secure, and reliable frontend architectures.
  • Lead frontend system design and evaluate architectural trade-offs.
  • Define API-first and headless architecture patterns for commerce, content, and enterprise integrations.
  • Drive frontend performance through rendering strategies, code splitting, lazy loading, asset optimization, caching, bundle management, CDN, and edge technologies.
  • Ensure digital experiences meet WCAG accessibility standards and inclusive design principles.
  • Partner with UX and Design teams on reusable components and enterprise design systems.
  • Support feature flagging, experimentation, A/B testing, and data-driven optimization of consumer journeys.
  • Mentor frontend engineers and provide technical guidance on architecture, design, coding, testing, and troubleshooting.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience with significant frontend application development expertise.
  • 3+ years of experience leading a technical capability, project, or engineering team.
  • Strong hands-on expertise in ReactJS, TypeScript, JavaScript, Next.js, and GraphQL.
  • Deep understanding of browser fundamentals, rendering behavior, web standards, frontend lifecycles, and frontend system design.
  • Experience designing scalable, modular, reliable, secure, and maintainable frontend applications.
  • Knowledge of server-side, static, client-side, and hybrid rendering strategies.
  • Understanding of state management, data fetching, caching, synchronization, reusable components, shared libraries, and frontend platforms.
  • Knowledge of secure frontend development, authentication, authorization, consumer data protection, CDN, edge computing, browser caching, and content delivery.
  • Experience improving Core Web Vitals, page-load performance, responsiveness, and runtime efficiency.
  • Practical knowledge of WCAG, semantic HTML, keyboard accessibility, and assistive technology compatibility.
  • Experience with experimentation platforms, feature flags, A/B testing, design systems, responsive design, and UX engineering.
  • Ability to influence architecture and engineering practices across multiple teams without direct authority, make decisions, manage stakeholders, and mentor engineers.
  • Preferred experience designing or delivering headless and composable commerce solutions.
  • Experience with coding agents, LLMs, or AI-assisted engineering tools is preferred.
  • Experience in eCommerce, retail, or consumer digital products is strongly preferred.

Tech Stack

GraphQLHTMLJavaScriptNext.jsReactTypeScript

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