Sporting Fashion & Goods
Lead Engineer (Web) - CONSUMER EXPERIENCE ENGINEERING
Mid Level
Pune, India
hybrid
Full time
Job description
About the Role
The Lead Engineer (Web) is part of the Consumer Experience Engineering organisation at PUMA. The organisation is responsible for building fast, intuitive, accessible and premium digital experiences across web and mobile, and owns the web and mobile platforms, engineering delivery for consumer-facing journeys, shared design systems, performance, accessibility and AI-native engineering practices. The role is responsible for defining frontend architecture, providing technical leadership, and delivering scalable, reliable, accessible, and high-performing consumer-facing digital experiences.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture, design, development, and evolution of large-scale consumer-facing web applications.
- Define frontend engineering standards, architectural principles, reusable patterns, and development best practices.
- Provide technical direction for solutions built using ReactJS, TypeScript, Next.js, and GraphQL.
- Design scalable, modular, maintainable, secure, and reliable frontend application architectures; lead frontend system design and evaluate architectural trade-offs aligned with business and engineering goals.
- Define API-first and headless architecture patterns for integrating commerce, content, and enterprise platforms.
- Partner with Product, Design, Architecture, Quality Engineering, and Platform teams to deliver optimised consumer journeys.
- Drive frontend performance engineering with a strong focus on Core Web Vitals and real-user experience; define strategies for rendering, code splitting, lazy loading, asset optimisation, caching, and bundle management.
- Apply CDN and edge technologies to improve application performance, scalability, and global availability.
- Ensure digital experiences meet WCAG accessibility standards and inclusive design principles.
- Partner with UX and Design teams to develop reusable components and evolve enterprise design systems.
- Support feature flagging, experimentation, A/B testing, and data-driven optimisation of consumer journeys.
- Mentor frontend engineers and provide technical guidance on architecture, design, coding, testing, and troubleshooting.
Required Experience & Qualifications
- 10+ years of software engineering experience with significant expertise in frontend application development.
- 3+ years of experience leading a technical capability, project or engineering team.
- Strong hands-on expertise in ReactJS, TypeScript, JavaScript, Next.js, and GraphQL.
- Deep understanding of browser fundamentals, rendering behaviour, web standards, and frontend application lifecycles.
- Proven expertise in frontend system design, application architecture, and modern engineering patterns.
- Experience designing scalable, modular, reliable, secure, and maintainable frontend applications.
- Strong knowledge of server-side rendering, static generation, client-side rendering, and hybrid rendering strategies.
- Strong understanding of application state management, data-fetching, caching, and synchronisation patterns.
- Experience designing reusable components, shared libraries, and scalable frontend platforms.
- Strong understanding of secure frontend development, authentication, authorisation, and consumer data protection.
- Proven experience improving Core Web Vitals, page-load performance, responsiveness, and runtime efficiency.
- Strong knowledge of CDN, edge computing, browser caching, asset optimisation, and content delivery strategies.
- Strong understanding of consumer journeys, conversion optimisation, personalisation, and digital experience quality.
- Practical knowledge of WCAG standards, semantic HTML, keyboard accessibility, and assistive technology compatibility.
- Experience with experimentation platforms, feature flags and A/B testing.
Preferred Skills
- Experience designing or delivering headless and composable commerce solutions.
- Experience in eCommerce, retail, or consumer digital products.
The Application Process
Applications are submitted through PUMA's online application process. PUMA states that every application is reviewed by real people committed to fairness, transparency and equal opportunity; no automated systems or AI tools are used to make hiring decisions. AI may be used for isolated organisational steps such as scheduling interviews, but has no influence on decisions.
- Apply online and follow the steps to upload the application.
About the Company
PUMA is a global sports brand creating footwear, apparel, and accessories that inspire athletes and everyday movers. The PUMA Group owns PUMA, Cobra Golf, and stichd, operates in 120+ countries, and has around 22,000 employees worldwide. PUMA looks for candidates with SPEED & SPIRIT, defined by values including BE DRIVEN, BE VIBRANT, BE TOGETHER, and letting individual talent and experience shine.
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