Staff Frontend Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION: Insight Global is seeking a Staff Engineer for a leading retail and eCommerce client. This individual will serve as a senior technical leader responsible for driving frontend architecture, engineering excellence, and cross-team coordination across critical customer-facing experiences. The role focuses on lower-funnel eCommerce platforms, including checkout, post-purchase journeys, returns, and exchanges. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in React, Next.js, GraphQL, and AWS while possessing the leadership skills necessary to mentor engineers, influence architectural decisions, and coordinate development efforts across multiple teams. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on technical leader who thrives in fast-paced, high-volume environments and enjoys solving complex scalability and customer experience challenges. Day-to-Day: Provide technical leadership and coordination across multiple frontend engineering teamsSupport lower-funnel eCommerce experiences including:Cart and checkoutPost-purchase workflowsReturns and exchangesCollaborate with North America and international development teamsDrive frontend architecture and design decisionsEnsure optimal website performance, scalability, and reliabilityOversee build, deployment, and testing processesSupport CI/CD pipelines and configuration management initiativesMentor developers and establish engineering best practicesCoordinate cross-team initiatives with both internal and external stakeholders REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE 8–12 years of Frontend Development experienceStrong expertise with:Next.jsReactGraphQLAWS deployment servicesArchitecture and application design experience4–6+ years of technical leadership experienceExperience mentoring and leading developers across multiple teamsExperience overseeing:Web performanceReliabilityMaintainability Strong understanding of:Build, deployment, and testing processesCI/CD pipelinesConfiguration managementExperience with:WebpackGitLabAWS EKSAWS Lambda deployments - Retail or eCommerce industry experience (Huge Value Add)Experience supporting high-volume consumer-facing websites NICE TO HAVE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE Experience working on checkout, post-purchase, returns, or exchange platformsExperience coordinating initiatives across multiple engineering teams and stakeholdersExperience supporting globally distributed teams