Alokai/ Vue Storefront Frontend Lead

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and guide a team of developers (onshore and offshore), providing technical and architectural guidance.
• Conduct

  code reviews

  to ensure high-quality, maintainable, and scalable code.
• Utilize

  Sonar

  for 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.
• Build

  Proofs-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 for

  SEO

  ,

  SSR

  , page performance, and accessibility (WCAG compliance).

Skills & Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of

  HTML5

  ,

  CSS

  (including preprocessors like LESS/SASS), and frameworks like

  Tailwind CSS

  .
• Proficiency in

  JavaScript

  and

  TypeScript

  , with advanced knowledge of frameworks such as

  React

  and

  Next.js

  .
• In-depth understanding of

  headless architecture

  and platform-specific implementations (e.g.,

  SFCC

  ,

  Magento

  ).
• Experience with

  headless CMS

  platforms like

  Builder.io

  or

  Contentful

  .
• Proficiency in

  code reviews

  , maintaining high standards of quality, and adherence to coding best practices.
• Familiarity with

  Sonar

  or 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 of

  command-line build utilities

  (e.g., npm, Webpack) and

  version control systems

  like Bitbucket.
• Expertise in delivering standard, compliant, and accessible solutions.
• Experience with

  SEO 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.