Lead Frontend Engineer

What awaits you

• You are responsible for the frontend architecture across multiple teams and domains - from the storefront to checkout and search to account and loyalty flows.
• You establish and develop our standards for React, TypeScript, and Server-Side Rendering (SSR) as well as for micro-frontend integration, design systems, and shared component foundations.
• You drive web performance and Core Web Vitals as direct conversion levers: rendering strategies (SSR / Streaming / Edge), bundle budgets, caching, and frontend observability (Real User Monitoring).
• You remove blockers that slow down the entire engineering organization - from productive local development through tooling and build pipelines to architectural misalignments.
• You ensure that security, accessibility (a11y), and privacy by default are lived throughout the entire frontend landscape.
• You represent our technical direction externally - in the tech community and towards leadership and budget holders.

You identify strongly with a culture in which

• Technical full-stack thinking, pair programming, whiteboard sessions, code reviews, automated testing, and CI/CD with multiple productive releases per day are normal. Teams take on real end-to-end responsibility in the sense of "You build it, you run it".
• Servant leadership, benevolent feedback, and the targeted development of people and organization go together.
• Product engineering works with engineering, wants to understand problems in depth, lives true agility, focuses on MVPs, short iterations, and fast learning, and makes decisions consistently from a user and business perspective.

What you bring with you

• You bring deep expertise in modern frontend: React and TypeScript at production level, sound experience with SSR (Server-Side Rendering, e.g., with Next.js, Remix, or a comparable setup), micro-frontends / self-contained systems, as well as a sharp sense for web performance, Core Web Vitals, and accessibility.
• You bring experience in domains such as account, product data, checkout, or user-generated content, or you are generally well-versed in the e-commerce environment.
• You do not just know the described culture, but live it, coach it, and anchor it in the organization, contributing to a strong team culture with appreciative communication, warmth, and a good dose of humor.
• You are a great coach and role model for engineers, team leads, and the organization - without formal authority, but with technical authority and personal connection.
• You approach complex topics with perseverance and resilience and are perceived as a motivating lighthouse even in demanding situations.
• You define the AI tooling strategy for the frontend, create the architectural prerequisites, and establish best software practices, for example through automated code reviews. Tools like Claude Code are used effectively in the daily work of the teams - and you ensure that AI-generated code respects design system boundaries.
• You use frontend-specific patterns confidently - component-driven development, design systems, state management, and edge/server rendering - and establish them structurally across teams.
• You decide based on data: Core Web Vitals, conversion, flaky tests, and technical debt are signals for you, not goals. You understand OKRs as a tool to target your influence across teams.
• You bring at least 10 years of experience in modern software development with a heavy focus on frontend, of which at least 2 years in a technical leadership or architecture role.
• You speak German and/or English.

We probably are not a good fit if you

• Prefer frameworks like SAFe or think in classic project structures and requirement specifications (Lastenhefte)
• Have worked predominantly in highly regulated environments and bring little experience in fast, product-oriented organizations with large distributed systems
• Feel more comfortable in role models where infrastructure, backend, frontend, testing, and product thinking are strictly separated from each other
• Prefer to receive finished requirements rather than sharpening them together with product management and truly understanding customers
• Do not have an infinite hunger for knowledge to continuously learn new things
• Are more frustrated than motivated by imperfect systems - spoiler: we are not there yet
• Strictly separate work and a good mood

Benefits

• Discounts: Attractive discounts in the Brack online shop as well as lunch discounts and staff restaurants in Mägenwil and Willisau.
• Recovery: At least 5 weeks of vacation; additionally, there is the possibility of purchasing vacation and taking unpaid leave.
• Development: Internal training in our own Academy as well as financial participation in external further education.
• Family: 18 weeks of paid maternity leave with the possibility of extension and 4 weeks of paid paternity leave.
• Insurance: Beyond the mandatory requirements - 100% continued payment of wages and full financing of daily sickness insurance by the employer.
• Mobility: Free parking spaces, financial participation in public transport, and pool vehicles for business appointments.

Are you interested or do you have further questions?

Sercan Ugur is happy to assist you with any questions.

About us

"Together we shape the trade of tomorrow" Brack.Alltron employs around 1300 employees and generates over a billion in turnover. The company exists because one person had the courage to find new ways and walk them. Our success story shows that through every individual, something great is created together, and we love our uniqueness. We set ambitious goals, and it is very important to us that we act responsibly, support and challenge each other, and find joy in what we do every day.

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