Job Description:
Senior Frontend Engineer
Job Description
As a Senior Web Stack Engineer, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality frontend solutions across diverse headless architectures. This role requires both technical expertise and a strong focus on performance, accessibility, usability, and security, ensuring consistent quality, maintainability, and scalability.
You will work in a AEM (Adobe Experience Manager) / Vue3 setup. Communication skills are key in your role: you will partner with a distributed team in the Philippines and Denmark, ensuring smooth collaboration, knowledge sharing, and reliable delivery.
Responsibilities
- Take ownership of complex frontend features, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery.
- Develop and optimize performant, headless frontend applications using modern frameworks.
- Collaborate closely with frontend engineers, backend engineers, project managers, design, and UX teams.
- Ensure accessibility, security, and SEO best practices are embedded in development workflows.
- Apply performance optimization techniques across frontend projects.
- Mentor developers and contribute to knowledge sharing within the team.
- Use AI-assisted development tools to improve coding, testing, and documentation efficiency.
- Identify and drive improvements in development, testing, and release processes.
- Understand client needs and business context to recommend improvements and ensure solutions support long-term goals.
Experience
- Minimum 5 years of full-time professional experience in frontend development.
- Several years of experience with headless frontend architectures.
- Demonstrated success delivering performance-focused web applications.
- Background working in agile (SCRUM) environments.
- Experience collaborating in distributed and cross-cultural teams.
Mandatory Skills
- Strong communication skills in English.
- Vue.
- TypeScript and SCSS.
- Headless development principles.
- Performance optimization for modern web applications.
- Accessibility guidelines (WCAG).
- Security best practices (OWASP).
- SEO optimization techniques.
- Automated testing and modern frontend tooling.
- AI-assisted coding workflows.
Bonus Skills
- Storybook or similar component libraries.
- Experience integrating with AEM
- Familiarity with Shopify Liquid or Hydrogen
Personal Traits
- Self-driven and proactive, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
- Able to work independently while keeping a holistic project perspective.
- Detail-oriented with a passion for performance and code quality.
- Comfortable working in distributed teams and managing asynchronous communication.
- Enthusiastic about learning and adopting new technologies and tools.
Location:
DGS India - Pune - Indiqube OrchidBrand:
MerkleTime Type:
Full timeContract Type:
PermanentSkills Required
- At least 5 years of full-time professional frontend development experience
- Several years of experience with headless frontend architectures
- Experience delivering performance-focused web applications
- Experience working in Agile Scrum environments
- Experience collaborating in distributed and cross-cultural teams
- Strong English communication skills
- Vue experience
- TypeScript experience
- SCSS experience
- Knowledge of headless development principles
- Frontend performance optimization experience
- Knowledge of WCAG accessibility guidelines
- Knowledge of OWASP security best practices
- Knowledge of SEO optimization techniques
- Experience with automated testing and modern frontend tooling
- Experience with AI-assisted coding workflows
- Storybook or similar component library experience
- Experience integrating with Adobe Experience Manager
- Familiarity with Shopify Liquid or Hydrogen
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Retirement Support — A large, established 401(k) plan with employer matching is clearly documented. Feedback suggests retirement benefits feel competitive and straightforward.
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