Senior Frontend Software Engineer

About Vintage.com

About the Team

What success looks like

• Ship polished, accessible and high-performing customer experiences built on strong React and TypeScript foundations.
• Deliver features end to end, including the Cloudflare Workers, APIs and integrations behind the interface.
• Use AI tooling as a genuine development partner while checking, testing and improving every output before it ships.
• Build quality in from the start through testable code, unit and component coverage, and close partnership with our Software Engineer in Test.
• Raise the technical bar for front-end craft, edge architecture and full-stack judgement across the web team.
• Turn customer and business insight into better product decisions, not just completed tickets.
  
  

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain customer-facing experiences. We currently use Astro and React, but prioritise selecting the right tool for each challenge over adherence to any single framework.
• Turn design intent into polished, resilient interfaces, partnering closely with Product and Design.
• Own responsive layouts, cross-browser compatibility and progressive enhancement across our brand portfolio.
• Build accessibility (WCAG), Core Web Vitals, component quality and sensible front-end caching into everyday engineering decisions.
  
  

• Deliver features end to end across our Cloudflare Workers stack—API routes, edge logic, integrations—using Wrangler, D1, KV and R2.
• Build and maintain integrations with forms, CRM and marketing tools such as HubSpot, and headless CMS platforms such as Storyblok.
• Make sound architectural decisions on the edge platform, leveraging Cloudflare's caching, KV and CDN to keep our infrastructure lean.
• Consider internationalisation and localisation as our products and edge logic adapt for different markets.
  
  

• Use agentic AI tooling, including Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor or similar, for scaffolding, refactoring, debugging and documentation.
• Treat AI output as a starting point: run type-checks and tests, verify API and library claims against official documentation, and keep human judgement around any meaningful risk.
• Write your own unit and component tests with Vitest, React Testing Library or similar, and partner with our Software Engineer in Test on end-to-end, visual regression and accessibility automation.
• Integrate work cleanly through Git, GitHub Actions and our Jira-based Agile workflow, contributing thoughtfully to planning, stand-ups and retrospectives.
  
  

• Shape front-end and edge architecture through high-quality code, constructive reviews and mentoring by example, working with the Lead Frontend Engineer on strategic decisions.
• Improve the codebase and team workflows, staying current with the front-end and AI landscape and bringing back credible, proven ideas.
• Write clear, structured code and documentation that both people and AI agents can understand and work with.

Essential

• Substantial hands-on experience as a front-end-focused full-stack engineer, with a track record of senior-level ownership. This is often built over five or more years, but depth and judgement matter more than an exact number.
• Strong, idiomatic React and confidence across the modern JavaScript and TypeScript ecosystem.
• A strong grasp of front-end craft, including UI and UX sensibility, responsive design, cross-browser compatibility, progressive enhancement and maintainable component architecture.
• Confidence extending into backend development through Cloudflare Workers or an equivalent edge or serverless platform, plus Node-based API services.
• Practical, regular use of AI coding assistants such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot or Cursor, with good judgement about when to trust, verify or reject their output.
• Experience with a headless CMS such as Storyblok and third-party integrations, including forms and CRM or marketing platforms such as HubSpot.
• A working understanding of accessibility, Core Web Vitals and caching across the browser, CDN and edge as everyday engineering concerns.
• A habit of writing your own unit and component tests using Vitest, React Testing Library or similar, alongside effective collaboration with a dedicated quality function.
• Confidence with Git, Agile delivery and CI/CD pipelines such as GitHub Actions.
• Sound architectural judgement, clear communication and the confidence to shape technical direction without formal authority.
• A proactive mindset: you investigate, ask why and propose better options rather than waiting for a ticket to define every next step.
  
  

Helpful

• Experience with internationalisation or localisation in front-end or edge applications.
• Exposure to agentic AI workflows or MCP-based tooling, such as Playwright MCP or Storyblok MCP.
• Experience partnering with a QA or SDET function on end-to-end, visual regression or accessibility automation.
• Familiarity with performance testing tools such as Lighthouse or similar..
• A background in e-commerce or re-commerce platforms.
  
  

Qualifications