Lead front end developer

Merkle, a dentsu company, powers the experience economy. For more than 35 years, the company has put people at the heart of its approach to digital business transformation. As the only integrated experience consultancy in the world with a heritage in data science and business performance, Merkle delivers holistic, end-to-end experiences that drive growth, engagement, and loyalty. Merkle’s expertise has earned recognition as a “Leader” by top industry analyst firms, in categories such as digital transformation and commerce, experience design, engineering and technology integration, digital marketing, data science, CRM and loyalty, and customer data management. With more than 16,000 employees, Merkle operates in 30+ countries throughout the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. For more information, visit www.merkle.com.

We are looking for a Lead front end developer to join our Commerce & Content Business Unit in Milan. The profile will be responsible to: integrate designs into scalable user interfaces in commerce and content solutions; 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.

Key Responsibilities: 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 discover and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency as well as customer satisfaction. provide input and mentoring for other engineers ontinuously monitor frontend performance, identify, and address bottlenecks, and suggest optimizations

Qualifications: At least 6 years of relevant experience in front-end development, with at least 2 years in a leadersh role. 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. Experience with Lean / Agile development methodologies. Experience developing CMS-based and e-commerce solutions based on headless architectures. 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 Good sense of User Experience and Design as a whole. 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.

Key Skills

• Angular
• CSS
• Frontend
• JavaScript