Lead Engineer (Frontend Focus & eCommerce)

At Gradion, we consult businesses with Digital and Deep Tech.With over 23 years of experience and a global team of 300+ experts across 7 countries, we’ve delivered measurable technology solutions across E-commerce, retail, mobility, travel & logistics, and intralogistics.Powered by the AI-first foundation, our journey is defined by customer stories of bold transformations in Business, Technology and People. We have partnered with ambitious companies to shape the strategies, systems, and technologies that support their growth.From large-scale platforms to AI, data, cybersecurity, and robotics, Gradion delivers practical, future-ready solutions for the next generation of Billion Dollar Companies. Our key values:🔹 Fairness – We treat our colleagues, clients, shareholders, and the environment with integrity and respect.🔹 Entrepreneurship – We think like entrepreneurs, taking smart risks and turning ideas into real impact.🔹 Excellence – We go beyond expectations to deliver results that truly make a difference.We are looking for a Lead Software Engineer with a strong frontend background (and full-stack capability preferred) to join a high-impact, self-sufficient product development team. You will play a critical role in leading technical execution, architecture design, and engineering best practices, while collaborating closely with a client-driven Product Manager. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a “You build it, you run it” model and is passionate about delivering modern, scalable e-commerce platforms. In this role, you will:Lead the design and development of robust, scalable, and maintainable software systems using Next.js, CommerceTools, and Pimcore.Establish and enforce engineering best practices, coding standards, and DevOps principles.Drive architecture decisions and provide technical leadership across the team.Collaborate with the Project Manager from our client sideOwn the full software development lifecycle: from development to deployment, monitoring, and incident resolution.Guide the team in using OpenTelemetry and Grafana for observability, and ensure developers test their code.Support the team’s experimentation with AI tools like Cursor, Claude, and Copilot, with a direction toward standardization on Cursor.Promote a culture of continuous improvement, high ownership, and technical excellence.Mentor and support other engineers in their technical growth and career development.Tech StackFrontend: Next.jsBackend: CommerceTools, Pimcore (bonus if you can handle both FE and BE)DevOps: GitHub Actions, KubernetesObservability: OpenTelemetry, GrafanaAI Tooling: Cursor (preferred), Claude, CopilotWork Model: “You build it, you run it” – ownership includes on-call, bug fixing, and improvements