Frontend Technical Architect

Frontend Technical Architect

Whitehall Resources are currently looking for a Frontend Technical Architect on a remote basis for an initial 6 month contract.

Our client are looking for a Frontend technical architect for Digital Commerce Development.
As a Frontend Technical Architect, you will establish the framework for migrating the clients global B2B Product Store built on SAP Commerce Cloud from a legacy JSP storefront to a modern, headless React/Next.js storefront hosted in Azure.
You will report to the Digital Commerce Development Manager and work closely with backend architects, product owners, DevOps, UX and QA.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architecture & Design
• Define scalable and performable React/Next.js storefront architecture, integration layers, and BFF.
• Where suitable, propose and architect micro frontends to be reused across other streams
• Analyze the frontend architecture of existing React/Next.js applications and identify reusable components and practices to optimize development efforts.
• Technology Leadership
• Champion best practices for testing (unit, integration, E2E) and define testing strategy and frameworks
• In collaboration with performance engineer, design a performance-testing strategy (load, stress, SSR benchmarks). Define and establish best practices during development to achieve best performance.
• Address SSR challenges
• Internationalization & Multisite
• Architect solution for multi-language, multi-brand, and multi-country storefront requirements
• Cloud & CI/CD
• Based on existing setup for other React applications,
• Design deployment architecture in Azure: app services, CDN, storage accounts, and infrastructure-as-code.
• Define CI/CD pipelines covering build, test, security scans, and blue-green or canary releases.
• State & Session Management
• Specify strategies for client-side state (Redux/Context) vs. SSR, and secure session management (token renewal, cookie policies).
• Observability & Analytics
• Integrate logging and monitoring (Application Insights or equivalent).
• Architect analytics tracking (Google Analytics) to capture page views, performance timings, and business events.
• Accessibility & SEO
• Define an accessibility testing strategy integrated into CI pipelines.
• Ensure robust server-side rendering for SEO (meta tags, sitemaps, hreflang).
• Composable Integrations
• Lead integration with SAP Commerce CMS and propose a future headless CMS architecture (Contentstack).
• Architect microfrontend boundaries and dynamic composition, managing version conflicts across micro-apps.
• Feature Management & Security
• Design feature-toggle patterns (Split.io and SAP Commerce backend capabilities) for phased rollouts.
• Specify authentication/authorization flows for customer login and secure API calls.
• Governance & Mentorship
• Establish coding standards, code-review processes, and Architectural Decision Records
• Mentor frontend developers and run architecture workshops.
• Short term engagement: could be e.g. 3 months full time, and then 3-6 months part time, we’ll have to evaluate depending on the rate and candidate experience

Key Skills:

• A successful candidate will have over seven years of architectural experience in eCommerce – preferably having led a large-scale SAP Commerce Cloud accelerator migration to a headless frontend.
• Should be highly proficient in React/Next.js, Node.js, with deep understanding of BFF patterns, microfrontend architectures, and composable-commerce principles.
• Frameworks & Languages: React, Next.js, Mosaic
• Cloud & DevOps: Azure (App Services, Functions, CDN), Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions CI/CD
• Testing & Performance: Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress
• Architecture Patterns: BFF design, microfrontends, composable commerce concepts
• Accessibility & SEO: WCAG 2.1 compliance, SEO best practices for headless apps

Must have experience:

• React/Next, Mosaic frameworks
• TOGAF Certified
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert. Frontend-Specific Certifications e.g. OpenJS Node.js Application Developer (JSNAD)

Nice to have:

• SAP Commerce cloud headless migration experience

All of our opportunities require that applicants are eligible to work in the specified country/location, unless otherwise stated in the job description.

Whitehall Resources are an equal opportunities employer who value a diverse and inclusive working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics.