Lead Frontend Engineer - PIM & eCommerce (All Genders)

Schaeffler; Wrocław; Hybrid; PLN 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Medical and dental care

Life insurance

Mental Comfort Program

Cafeteria Platform with benefit points

CSR activities

Team events and Passion Clubs

Job summary

Schaeffler in Wroclaw is seeking a Senior Frontend Lead to own the frontend domain during a major move from a monolithic SAP Commerce storefront to a composable architecture. You will guide architecture, standards, and implementation across squads, ensuring quality and scalable frontend delivery.

You will mentor frontend engineers, drive best practices, collaborate with product, UX, QA, DevOps, and external partners, and shape event-driven, API-driven frontend solutions in a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• Completed studies in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Media Informatics, or a comparable field.
• 8+ years of professional frontend engineering experience, preferably in eCommerce or digital platforms.
• Several years in technical leadership of frontend engineers, including mentoring and governance.
• Fluent English communication (written and spoken).
• Experience with composable/headless architectures and API-driven frontend integration.
• Experience designing scalable, responsive frontend solutions and testing approaches.
• Knowledge of GitHub, Storybook, Figma, Jest/Vitest, Playwright is advantageous.
• Strong focus on performance, accessibility, SEO, maintainability, and quality practices.
• Experience with agile delivery and cross-functional teams; collaboration with external partners is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead frontend domain during the transformation from monolithic SAP Commerce to a composable architecture.
• Provide technical leadership and daily guidance to frontend engineers, promoting best practices.
• Define and evolve frontend architecture, principles, and implementation standards.
• Drive development of scalable, reusable frontend components and features with modern technologies.
• Ensure robust frontend integration with CMS, APIs, and backend services.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Solution Architects, UX/UI, QA, DevOps, and external partners.
• Translate requirements into frontend designs and implementation guidance.
• Establish frontend best practices for performance, accessibility, SEO, and security.
• Support implementation partners during transformation and build internal ownership.
• Lead architectural decisions, document standards, and enable knowledge transfer.
• Guide estimation, planning, dependencies, and delivery across lifecycles.
• Support testing and release readiness with unit, component, integration, and E2E tests.
• Contribute to production rollout, defect resolution, and operational readiness.
• Ensure internal team readiness for sustainable frontend ownership post-handover.
• Utilize Jira/Confluence for delivery management and documentation; partner collaboration.
• Provide 2nd- and 3rd-level frontend support after handover.

Skills

Frontend engineering leadership

Technical coaching

React/Angular/Vue

English communication

API-driven architectures

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

GitHub

Storybook

Figma

Jest/Vitest

Playwright

Job description

Your Key Responsibilities

• Leading the frontend domain for the media transformation from a monolithic SAP Commerce storefront to a composable architecture and the phase afterward
• Providing technical leadership and daily guidance to frontend engineers, promoting strong engineering practices, code quality, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning
• Defining and evolving frontend architecture, design principles, and implementation standards in line with enterprise architecture and target platform strategy
• Driving the development of scalable, reusable, and maintainable frontend components and features with modern frontend technologies
• Ensuring robust frontend integration with CMS, APIs, backend services, and other enterprise platforms
• Collaborating closely with Product Owners, Solution Architects, UX/UI experts, QA, Platform/DevOps, Backend/Integration teams, and external implementation partners
• Translating business, UX, non-functional, and technical requirements into clear frontend solution designs and implementation guidance
• Establishing and enforcing frontend best practices for performance, accessibility, SEO, responsive design, observability, maintainability, and security
• Supporting the implementation partner during the transformation phase while building internal knowledge and ownership within the team
• Leading frontend technical decisions, documenting architecture and implementation standards, and ensuring clear knowledge transfer and handover
• Guiding estimation, technical planning, dependency management, and delivery tracking for frontend work across the implementation lifecycle
• Supporting testing and release readiness by ensuring suitable unit, component, integration, and end-to-end test approaches for frontend solutions
• Contributing to production rollout preparation, defect resolution, and operational readiness for frontend topics
• Ensuring the internal team is ready to take over sustainable frontend ownership, enhancement, and support after handover
• Using Jira and Confluence for delivery management, technical documentation, decision logging, and collaboration across internal teams and implementation partners
• Providing 2nd- and 3rd-level support for frontend topics after handover

Your Qualifications

• Completed studies in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Media Informatics, or a comparable field
• Minimum 8 years of professional experience in frontend engineering, ideally in eCommerce or other customer-facing digital platforms
• Several years of experience in technical leadership of frontend engineers, including coaching, mentoring, code quality governance, and technical decision-making
• Fluent verbal and written communication skills in English (min. B2 level)
• Proficiency in frontend technologies and component-based web application development, such as React, Angular, Vue, or similar frameworks
• Professional experience in designing and building responsive, scalable, and maintainable frontend solutions in API-driven environments
• Good understanding of composable or headless architecture principles and frontend integration with CMS and backend services
• A proven experience with frontend testing approaches such as unit, component, integration, and end-to-end testing
• Familiarity with tools such as GitHub, Storybook, Figma, Jest, Vitest, Playwright, or similar tools is advantageous
• Strong understanding of frontend performance, accessibility, SEO, maintainability, and quality engineering practices
• Exposure to agile delivery models and collaboration with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, architects, and cross-functional engineering teams
• Experience working with external implementation partners and supporting structured knowledge transfer and handover is advantageous
• Knowledge of ITIL-based service management and operational support processes is beneficial
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and documentation skills

Our Offer

• Be a part of a global company & international team with a diverse variety of backgrounds, skills and views.
• As part of our IT team, you will actively shape the technology and solutions used by Schaeffler
• Grow with us! Get access to training platforms, internal & external trainings, supporting experts and the real-life challenges, where you will put all your skills in practice.
• We work in a hybrid working model (or a fully remote in a special cases) with flexible working hours. Our modern office is located in the center of Wroclaw.
• We offer attractive benefits package, such as medical and dental care, sports card, life insurance for you and your family. We are also providing access to our Mental Comfort Program.
• Our Cafeteria Platform allows you to choose from various benefit options with points monthly added to your account. Haven’t found what you are looking for? Our concierge will be happy to help!
• Join our CSR activities, such as tree planting, riverside cleanup, or participate in other charity events.
• Spend some time with your work colleagues during integrational events such as mountain trekking, city games and workshops. You can join also one of our many Passion Clubs like Foodies, Sports Team and Language Clubs as well!