About the role
JOB DESCRIPTION
Insight Global is seeking a Staff Engineer for a leading retail and eCommerce client. This individual will serve as a senior technical leader responsible for driving frontend architecture, engineering excellence, and cross-team coordination across critical customer-facing experiences. The role focuses on lower-funnel eCommerce platforms, including checkout, post-purchase journeys, returns, and exchanges. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in React, Next.js, GraphQL, and AWS while possessing the leadership skills necessary to mentor engineers, influence architectural decisions, and coordinate development efforts across multiple teams. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on technical leader who thrives in fast-paced, high-volume environments and enjoys solving complex scalability and customer experience challenges.
Day-to-Day
Provide technical leadership and coordination across multiple frontend engineering teams Support lower-funnel eCommerce experiences including: Cart and checkout Post-purchase workflows Returns and exchanges Collaborate with North America and international development teams Drive frontend architecture and design decisions Ensure optimal website performance, scalability, and reliability Oversee build, deployment, and testing processes Support CI/CD pipelines and configuration management initiatives Mentor developers and establish engineering best practices Coordinate cross-team initiatives with both internal and external stakeholders
REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
8–12 years of Frontend Development experience Strong expertise with: Next.js React GraphQL AWS deployment services Architecture and application design experience 4–6+ years of technical leadership experience Experience mentoring and leading developers across multiple teams Experience overseeing: Web performance Reliability Maintainability Strong understanding of: Build, deployment, and testing processes CI/CD pipelines Configuration management Experience with: Webpack GitLab AWS EKS AWS Lambda deployments - Retail or eCommerce industry experience (Huge Value Add) Experience supporting high-volume consumer-facing websites
NICE TO HAVE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Experience working on checkout, post-purchase, returns, or exchange platforms
Experience coordinating initiatives across multiple engineering teams and stakeholders Experience supporting globally distributed teams
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About Insight Global
Insight Global is an international professional services and staffing company specializing in delivering talent and technical solutions to Fortune 1000 companies across the IT, Non-IT, Healthcare, and Engineering industries. Fueled by staffing and talent experts, Evergreen, our professional services brand, brings technical advisors and culture consultants to help customers tackle their biggest challenges. With over 70 locations across North America, Europe, and Asia, and global staffing capabilities in 50+ countries, our teams of tech-enabled recruiters are dedicated to finding the right talent and technical solutions to help our customers thrive. At our core, we are dedicated to empowering people to do great things. That’s why we’re passionate about developing our people personally, professionally, and financially so they can be the light to the world around them. n, Evergreen. To find out more, visit www.insightglobal.com
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About the role
JOB DESCRIPTION
Insight Global is seeking a Staff Engineer for a leading retail and eCommerce client. This individual will serve as a senior technical leader responsible for driving frontend architecture, engineering excellence, and cross-team coordination across critical customer-facing experiences. The role focuses on lower-funnel eCommerce platforms, including checkout, post-purchase journeys, returns, and exchanges. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in React, Next.js, GraphQL, and AWS while possessing the leadership skills necessary to mentor engineers, influence architectural decisions, and coordinate development efforts across multiple teams. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on technical leader who thrives in fast-paced, high-volume environments and enjoys solving complex scalability and customer experience challenges.
Day-to-Day
Provide technical leadership and coordination across multiple frontend engineering teams Support lower-funnel eCommerce experiences including: Cart and checkout Post-purchase workflows Returns and exchanges Collaborate with North America and international development teams Drive frontend architecture and design decisions Ensure optimal website performance, scalability, and reliability Oversee build, deployment, and testing processes Support CI/CD pipelines and configuration management initiatives Mentor developers and establish engineering best practices Coordinate cross-team initiatives with both internal and external stakeholders
REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
8–12 years of Frontend Development experience Strong expertise with: Next.js React GraphQL AWS deployment services Architecture and application design experience 4–6+ years of technical leadership experience Experience mentoring and leading developers across multiple teams Experience overseeing: Web performance Reliability Maintainability Strong understanding of: Build, deployment, and testing processes CI/CD pipelines Configuration management Experience with: Webpack GitLab AWS EKS AWS Lambda deployments - Retail or eCommerce industry experience (Huge Value Add) Experience supporting high-volume consumer-facing websites
NICE TO HAVE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Experience working on checkout, post-purchase, returns, or exchange platforms
Experience coordinating initiatives across multiple engineering teams and stakeholders Experience supporting globally distributed teams
Not the right fit? Search for Engineer jobs in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
About Insight Global
Insight Global is an international professional services and staffing company specializing in delivering talent and technical solutions to Fortune 1000 companies across the IT, Non-IT, Healthcare, and Engineering industries. Fueled by staffing and talent experts, Evergreen, our professional services brand, brings technical advisors and culture consultants to help customers tackle their biggest challenges. With over 70 locations across North America, Europe, and Asia, and global staffing capabilities in 50+ countries, our teams of tech-enabled recruiters are dedicated to finding the right talent and technical solutions to help our customers thrive. At our core, we are dedicated to empowering people to do great things. That’s why we’re passionate about developing our people personally, professionally, and financially so they can be the light to the world around them. n, Evergreen. To find out more, visit www.insightglobal.com