Staff Web Engineer & Technical Leader

Papa Johns; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Papa Johns is seeking a Staff Engineer for Store/Digital to lead cross-team software initiatives and set technical direction. The role emphasizes system-level thinking, architecture, and collaboration with engineers, architects, vendors, and the open-source community to deliver customer-focused digital solutions.

This position requires deep expertise in web frameworks, eCommerce, and scalable software practices to elevate engineering effectiveness at scale.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on software development experience in React or Next.js or similar web frameworks.
• Mastery of JavaScript and TypeScript programming languages.
• 4+ years of experience mentoring and giving work direction to Developers.
• 4+ years of experience designing, developing, and architecting customer-facing eCommerce applications.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across multiple teams, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Apply system-level thinking to identify and resolve architectural challenges, ensuring scalable and resilient solutions.
• Proactively assess and mitigate technical risks, supporting reliable products and services.
• Champion engineering effectiveness by implementing best practices, optimizing workflows, and mentoring engineers to enhance productivity and quality.
• Build rapid prototypes to explore viability of solutions aligned with product strategy and scale after stakeholder alignment.

Skills

React/Next.js

JavaScript

TypeScript

Mentoring

Ecommerce design

Tools

Next.js

Job description

Papa Johns is seeking a Staff Engineer for Store/Digital to lead cross-team software initiatives and set technical direction. The role emphasizes system-level thinking, architecture, and collaboration with engineers, architects, vendors, and the open-source community to deliver customer-focused digital solutions.

This position requires deep expertise in web frameworks, eCommerce, and scalable software practices to elevate engineering effectiveness at scale.