Lead Full Stack (ReactJS, Node.js) Developer IRC284099

Description

Founded in 1981, our client is a leading global omnichannel retailer of sports fashion and outdoor brands, operating over 4,500 stores across 36 countries with a strong presence in the UK, Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific.

Guided by a vision to connect globally, inspire locally, and empower individuals, the company engages a new generation of consumers through the universal culture of sport, music, and fashion, while continuously setting global standards for retail excellence.

Our team supports this international growth by designing, building, and evolving a custom eCommerce platform that underpins the client’s core e-commerce and retail systems within a global omnichannel ecosystem.

Requirements

We are looking for a skilled Full Stack Developer who can take ownership of designing, building, and evolving scalable web applications. This role combines strong hands-on development with technical leadership, decision-making, and team mentorship across the full development lifecycle.

• Strong hands-on experience with ReactJS and Next.js for building modern, scalable web applications
• Solid backend experience with Node.js
• Advanced proficiency in TypeScript and modern JavaScript (ES6+)
• Experience designing and integrating GraphQL and REST APIs
• Practical knowledge of unit and integration testing (e.g., Jest)
• Ability to drive technical decisions, enforce best practices, and review code
• Advanced English, sufficient for daily communication with international stakeholders
  Nice-to-have
• Experience with serverless and event-driven architectures
• Familiarity with Agile / Scrum development processes
• Understanding of performance optimization and security best practices
• Exposure to Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation)

• Previous experience mentoring developers or acting in a technical leadership role

   

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of complex, scalable, and high-performance applications.
• Define and enforce coding standards, best practices, and architectural guidelines.
• Collaborate with architects, product managers, and business stakeholders to design system solutions.
• Development & Technical Leadership:
• Build end-to-end features using ReactJS/Next.js (frontend) and Node.js (backend).
• Design and implement APIs using GraphQL and REST where appropriate.
• Ensure test coverage and reliability through unit/integration testing with Jest.Mentorship & Team Collaboration:
• Mentor and guide engineers, ensuring continuous technical growth within the team.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including UX/UI, QA, and DevOps.
• Lead technical discussions, proof of concepts, and design reviews.

Job responsibilities

• Work with team to ensure that the initiatives are lead and delivered to closure
• Collaborate with the product managers , challenge them in terms of features and keep the delivery time line intact
• Ensure that the solution is technically robust and scalable to meet all the fascia needs
• Have Unit tests, integration tests, mocks as part of the solution
• Direct the teams in terms of development, testing and integration
• Be hands-on and write code, review code of the team before it goes to the client
• Zero tolerance towards bad coding practices and lack of tests
• Look at the features to be indedependtly deployable and release independently
• Look at the cost optimization and scale optimization for the features deployed
• Guide the team with the implementation in terms of tech, design and be accountable for the work package delivery