Staff Engineer

Insight Global; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 114,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead frontend architecture for a major retail/eCommerce client. You will mentor engineers, drive performance, and coordinate across multiple teams.

You should bring deep React/Next.js, GraphQL, and AWS experience, a track record of shipping scalable customer-facing experiences, and the ability to influence technical decisions.

This hands-on role thrives in fast-paced environments and requires strong collaboration with cross-functional partners.

Qualifications

• 8–12 years of frontend development experience.
• Expertise in Next.js, React, GraphQL, and AWS deployments.
• 4–6+ years of technical leadership with mentoring responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across multiple frontend teams.
• Drive frontend architecture and design decisions.
• Ensure performance, scalability, reliability of experiences.
• Oversee build, deployment, and testing processes.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and configuration management.
• Mentor developers and establish engineering best practices.
• Coordinate cross-team initiatives with stakeholders.
• Collaborate with North America and international teams.

Skills

Frontend development

Next.js

React

GraphQL

AWS deployments

Architectural design

Technical leadership

Mentoring

CI/CD pipelines

Build & test

Webpack

GitLab

AWS EKS

AWS Lambda

Retail/eCommerce

High-volume sites

Tools

Webpack

GitLab

AWS EKS

AWS Lambda

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 teams
• Support lower-funnel eCommerce experiences including: Cart and checkout, Post-purchase workflows, Returns and exchanges
• Collaborate with North America and international development teams
• Drive frontend architecture and design decisions
• Ensure optimal website performance, scalability, and reliability
• Oversee build, deployment, and testing processes
• Support CI/CD pipelines and configuration management initiatives
• Mentor developers and establish engineering best practices
• Coordinate cross-team initiatives with both internal and external stakeholders

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Must-Haves:

• 8-12 years of Frontend Development experience
• Strong expertise with: Next.js, React, GraphQL, AWS deployment services
• Architecture and application design experience
• 4-6+ years of technical leadership experience
• Experience mentoring and leading developers across multiple teams
• Experience overseeing: Web performance, Reliability, Maintainability
• Strong understanding of: Build, deployment, and testing processes, CI/CD pipelines, Configuration management
• Experience with: Webpack, GitLab, AWS EKS, AWS Lambda deployments
• Retail or eCommerce industry experience (Huge Value Add)
• Experience supporting high-volume consumer-facing websites

NICE TO HAVE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Plusses:

• Experience working on checkout, post-purchase, returns, or exchange platforms
• Experience coordinating initiatives across multiple engineering teams and stakeholders
• Experience supporting globally distributed teams

Pay range starting at $100/hour.

Please Note: We may use artificial intelligence tools to assist with the screening, assessment, or selection of potential applicants for this position.