Tech Lead: Headless Shopify Frontend Architect

Suitsupply; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff discount

Job summary

Suitsupply in Amsterdam is seeking a Tech Lead Shopify to own the technical vision for the new global headless storefront. You’ll lead frontend engineers, set architectural standards, and partner with product managers and designers to deliver scalable, maintainable code.

You’ll work hands-on, make critical technology decisions, and drive performance, accessibility, and security across markets while shaping the platform for years to come.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building production web applications with React and TypeScript
• 2+ years as Tech Lead or in a similar leadership role
• Ability to design component architectures, integration patterns, and data flows at scale
• Experience with headless commerce and related tech: GraphQL, headless CMS integration, monorepo-scale development
• Proven ability to drive AI adoption in software development and improve developer workflows
• Strong focus on code quality, developer experience, and ownership culture
• Excellent communication across engineering and leadership to translate technical trade-offs into business terms

Responsibilities

• Define and own the technical architecture of the storefront across markets, languages, and devices
• Lead a team of frontend engineers through architectural decisions, code reviews, pairing, and hands‑on guidance
• Make the call on technology choices, patterns, and trade‑offs, and communicate the reasoning to the team and stakeholders
• Balance delivery velocity with technical health. Proactively manage technical debt and know when to invest in it
• Own the integration strategy, from Shopify’s APIs and UI Extensions to Sanity CMS and third‑party systems for payments and logistics
• Define the testing strategy alongside QA engineers, covering unit, integration, and end‑to‑end coverage
• Set and continuously raise the bar for performance, accessibility, security, and reliability
• Drive the frontend chapter, establishing shared standards for development practices, monitoring, and ways of working that extend beyond your own team

Skills

React

TypeScript

Next.js

Leadership

System design

Tools

Shopify Hydrogen

Sanity CMS

GraphQL

Job description

Suitsupply in Amsterdam is seeking a Tech Lead Shopify to own the technical vision for the new global headless storefront. You’ll lead frontend engineers, set architectural standards, and partner with product managers and designers to deliver scalable, maintainable code.

You’ll work hands-on, make critical technology decisions, and drive performance, accessibility, and security across markets while shaping the platform for years to come.