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Lead Front End Developer

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Via Arese, Milan
Via Arese, Milan

Reporting to the Director for the Commerce & Content Business Unit you will be responsible to integrate designs into scalable user interfaces in e-commerce and content solutions. During the delivery, you will be responsible for the front-end architectural creation, activities estimations, technical design validation, and identifying and resolving technical issues in relation to the implementation of web content management solutions (CMS).

Job Description:

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that all solutions are optimized for usability, accessibility, and performance. You will act as a technical leader for our front-end team and be responsible for driving innovation and best practices in front-end engineering.

You will use and implement features such as multi-site and multi-language delivery, personalization, templates, and user interface components.

Internally you will help provide assets and knowledge transfer to ensure the growth and scalability of our offerings as part of the frontend practice. You will provide support to team members and help develop their careers in alignment with Merkle Italy's service offering.

In your role as a Lead Frontend Developer, you will:

  • Design, develop and maintain robust user interfaces using React/VueJS and Node
  • Participate in requirements gathering, design, development, and QA support
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the front-end is optimized for usability, accessibility, and performance
  • Build reusable components and front-end libraries
  • Optimize code for performance and SEO
  • Discover and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency as well as customer satisfaction.
  • Provide input and mentoring for other engineers
  • Continuously monitor frontend performance, identify, and address bottlenecks, and suggest optimizations
  • Manage and prioritize the frontend team's backlog, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality work
  • Mentor and upskill team members with modern technologies and best practices.

Qualifications:

  • At least 6 years of relevant experience in front-end development, with at least 2 years in a leadership role
  • Must have experience developing CMS-based and e-commerce solutions based on headless architectures
  • At least 4 years of experience with the React or Vue ecosystem
  • Strong Knowledge of State Management and relevant workflows
  • In-depth knowledge of TypeScript, CSS, and HTML
  • Strong proficiency in Vanilla JavaScript and browser API
  • Experience with integration of RESTful APIs and GraphQL
  • Knowledge and experience with full SDLC lifecycle
  • Good sense of User Experience and Design as a whole.
  • Experience with Lean / Agile development methodologies
  • Good experience with unit, integration and e2e testing and relevant workflows
  • Good experience with CI/CD paradigms and relevant workflows (GitHub actions, GitLab pipelines or similar)
  • Experience with git
  • Experience with Design Systems principles
  • English proficiency

Optional/Nice to have.

  • Familiarity with other frameworks such as Angular, Solid, and Svelte
  • Experience in Next.js and Vercel is a big plus
  • Familiarity with accessibility principles and patterns
  • Familiarity with E2E testing and relevant workflows
  • Familiarity with modern frontend tooling such as Webpack, Vite similar
  • Overview of current commerce and content management systems in the market
  • Keen eye on User Experience and Design as a whole 

Location:

Milan

Brand:

Merkle

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent

dentsu London, England Office

10 Triton Street, Regents Place, London, United Kingdom, NW1 3BF

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