1137 | Lead/Principal Front-End Architect

Intetics Inc., a leading American technology company specializing in custom software application development, distributed professional teams creation, software product quality assessment, and “all-things-digital” solutions, is on the lookout for a Lead/Principal Front-End Architect to join our team and provide exceptional customer support.
Responsibilities

- Design and own front-end architecture using Next.js, React, and TypeScript for enterprise commerce solutions

- Lead architectural decisions around rendering strategies, including SSR, edge, and serverless

- Define approaches for state management, caching, and Core Web Vitals optimization

- Document key architectural decisions in ADRs

- Break down epics into clear, implementable user stories with acceptance criteria

- Estimate technical complexity and help resolve ambiguity before sprint execution

- Define coding standards, conventions, and engineering workflows optimized for both engineers and AI agents

- Collaborate directly with clients during discovery sessions

- Translate business requirements into technical architecture roadmaps

- Unblock distributed engineering teams and support delivery across multiple workstreams

- Clearly explain technical decisions and tradeoffs to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Requirements

- 3+ years of experience leading front-end architecture decisions for distributed engineering teams of 3+ people

- Deep proficiency in React, Next.js, and TypeScript

- Strong experience with Next.js App Router and React Server Components

- Proven experience architecting enterprise commerce platforms such as Shopify Plus, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, BigCommerce , or similar

- Strong expertise in performance engineering and Core Web Vitals optimization, including LCP, CLS, INP, caching, and CDN

- Experience structuring specifications, documentation, and tasks for AI agent execution, such as Cursor, Claude Code , or similar tools

- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills

- Strong client-facing communication skills

- Ability to explain architectural decisions, risks, and tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders

- Experience working with distributed engineering teams
Nice to Have

- Experience with headless CMS platforms such as Contentful, Sanity, or Contentstack

- Experience architecting headless commerce or composable storefronts

- Experience with Shopify Storefront API or Salesforce Commerce Cloud Composable Storefront

- Familiarity with testing frameworks such as Jest, Cypress, or Playwright

- Experience with SCAYLE

- Experience working across async-first distributed teams in multiple time zones