Frontend Architect – Next.js & AI-Driven Storefront

Temple and Webster; Inner West; Hybrid; AUD 210,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Employee discounts

Lunch three days a week

Birthday leave

Wellness room

Volunteer leave

Job summary

Temple & Webster, Australia’s leading online retailer of furniture and homewares, seeks a Principal Frontend Engineer to shape our Next.js storefront and own frontend architecture. You’ll lead technically across squads while remaining hands-on in the codebase, guiding standards and the technical roadmap.

You’ll drive performance, accessibility, and AI-assisted development practices, mentoring engineers and delivering greenfield initiatives from idea to production.

Qualifications

• Experience architecting large-scale Next.js/React apps in ecommerce.
• Expert TypeScript/JavaScript, Tailwind CSS, and integrating headless CMS/microservices.
• Strong performance and observability focus with monitoring tools like DataDog or Sentry.
• Hands-on with AI-assisted development workflows to improve velocity.
• Understanding of how technical decisions impact conversion and site speed.

Responsibilities

• Own frontend architecture and long-term technical health.
• Co-own storefront roadmap with emphasis on speed, SSR/SSG/ISR considerations.
• Mentor senior engineers to improve code quality and architecture decisions.
• Establish and enforce CI/CD, testing, linting, and WCAG accessibility standards.
• Collaborate across squads with product and design to deliver initiatives.

Skills

React/Next.js

TypeScript/JavaScript

Tailwind CSS

Performance monitoring

AI workflows

Commercial mindset

Tools

DataDog

Sentry

Job description

Temple & Webster, Australia’s leading online retailer of furniture and homewares, seeks a Principal Frontend Engineer to shape our Next.js storefront and own frontend architecture. You’ll lead technically across squads while remaining hands-on in the codebase, guiding standards and the technical roadmap.

You’ll drive performance, accessibility, and AI-assisted development practices, mentoring engineers and delivering greenfield initiatives from idea to production.