Lead Frontend Engineer - PIM & eCommerce (All Genders)

Your Key Responsibilities

• Leading the frontend domain for the media transformation from a monolithic SAP Commerce storefront to a composable architecture and the phase afterward
• Providing technical leadership and daily guidance to frontend engineers, promoting strong engineering practices, code quality, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning
• Defining and evolving frontend architecture, design principles, and implementation standards in line with enterprise architecture and target platform strategy
• Driving the development of scalable, reusable, and maintainable frontend components and features with modern frontend technologies
• Ensuring robust frontend integration with CMS, APIs, backend services, and other enterprise platforms
• Collaborating closely with Product Owners, Solution Architects, UX/UI experts, QA, Platform/DevOps, Backend/Integration teams, and external implementation partners
• Translating business, UX, non-functional, and technical requirements into clear frontend solution designs and implementation guidance
• Establishing and enforcing frontend best practices for performance, accessibility, SEO, responsive design, observability, maintainability, and security
• Supporting the implementation partner during the transformation phase while building internal knowledge and ownership within the team
• Leading frontend technical decisions, documenting architecture and implementation standards, and ensuring clear knowledge transfer and handover
• Guiding estimation, technical planning, dependency management, and delivery tracking for frontend work across the implementation lifecycle
• Supporting testing and release readiness by ensuring suitable unit, component, integration, and end-to-end test approaches for frontend solutions
• Contributing to production rollout preparation, defect resolution, and operational readiness for frontend topics
• Ensuring the internal team is ready to take over sustainable frontend ownership, enhancement, and support after handover
• Using Jira and Confluence for delivery management, technical documentation, decision logging, and collaboration across internal teams and implementation partners
• Providing 2nd- and 3rd-level support for frontend topics after handover
  
  

Your Qualifications

• Completed studies in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Media Informatics, or a comparable field
• Minimum 8 years of professional experience in frontend engineering, ideally in eCommerce or other customer-facing digital platforms
• Several years of experience in technical leadership of frontend engineers, including coaching, mentoring, code quality governance, and technical decision-making
• Fluent verbal and written communication skills in English (min. B2 level)
• Proficiency in frontend technologies and component-based web application development, such as React, Angular, Vue, or similar frameworks
• Professional experience in designing and building responsive, scalable, and maintainable frontend solutions in API-driven environments
• Good understanding of composable or headless architecture principles and frontend integration with CMS and backend services
• A proven experience with frontend testing approaches such as unit, component, integration, and end-to-end testing
• Familiarity with tools such as GitHub, Storybook, Figma, Jest, Vitest, Playwright, or similar tools is advantageous
• Strong understanding of frontend performance, accessibility, SEO, maintainability, and quality engineering practices
• Exposure to agile delivery models and collaboration with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, architects, and cross-functional engineering teams
• Experience working with external implementation partners and supporting structured knowledge transfer and handover is advantageous
• Knowledge of ITIL-based service management and operational support processes is beneficial
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and documentation skills

Our Offer

• Be a part of a global company & international team with a diverse variety of backgrounds, skills and views.
• As part of our IT team, you will actively shape the technology and solutions used by Schaeffler
• Grow with us! Get access to training platforms, internal & external trainings, supporting experts and the real-life challenges, where you will put all your skills in practice.
• We work in a hybrid working model (or a fully remote in a special cases) with flexible working hours. Our modern office is located in the center of Wroclaw.
• We offer attractive benefits package, such as medical and dental care, sports card, life insurance for you and your family. We are also providing access to our Mental Comfort Program.
• Our Cafeteria Platform allows you to choose from various benefit options with points monthly added to your account. Haven’t found what you are looking for? Our concierge will be happy to help!
• Join our CSR activities, such as tree planting, riverside cleanup, or participate in other charity events.
• Spend some time with your work colleagues during integrational events such as mountain trekking, city games and workshops. You can join also one of our many Passion Clubs like Foodies, Sports Team and Language Clubs as well!