Senior Web Engineering Leader - AI-Driven Web Architect

Panera Bread; Saint Louis (LA); Hybrid; USD 127,000 - 153,000; Full time

Job summary

Panera in Saint Louis, MO, offers a senior leadership role overseeing a web engineering team. The position emphasizes ownership of performance, architecture, and delivery for customer-facing web apps, while guiding a team of 5+ developers and collaborating with product, design, and platform groups.

You will drive adoption of best practices, mentor engineers, and steer AI-assisted development initiatives in a hybrid work setting. Strong leadership and technical depth are required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of web development with leadership responsibility.
• Proven track record leading teams of 5+ developers.
• Strong foundation in scalable software design and architecture.
• Deep proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and TypeScript.
• Experience with React or similar framework and migrations.
• Experience with CSS preprocessors and modern build tooling.
• Proficiency with npm/yarn and Git.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools and AI APIs.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum delivery and Jira.
• Collaborates across product, design and platform teams.
• Experience building accessible and SEO-friendly web apps.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for the performance, delivery, and technical health of the web engineering team.
• Translates goals into team-level execution plans with measurable outcomes.
• Owns hiring, onboarding, coaching, and career progression.
• Provides architectural guidance for customer-facing web applications.
• Guides design discussions, trade-offs, and solution decisions.
• Ensures adoption of web engineering best practices and standards.
• Evaluates new tools and AI-assisted development approaches.
• Delivers high-quality web initiatives in a predictable manner.

Skills

Leadership experience

HTML5

CSS3

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

Vue

Angular

Web accessibility

SEO basics

AI-assisted development

Agile/Scrum

Architecture & design

Team mentorship

Tools

Jira

Webpack

Git

Node.js

Express

Claude Code

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Panera in Saint Louis, MO, offers a senior leadership role overseeing a web engineering team. The position emphasizes ownership of performance, architecture, and delivery for customer-facing web apps, while guiding a team of 5+ developers and collaborating with product, design, and platform groups.

You will drive adoption of best practices, mentor engineers, and steer AI-assisted development initiatives in a hybrid work setting. Strong leadership and technical depth are required.