Senior Frontend Engineer

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 Orchid

Brand:

Merkle

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent