Lead Product Software Engineer, DevOps/Web Dev

What you'll do

• Build and own guest-facing web applications from the React frontend through backend APIs and identity integrations.
• Define and execute a long-term technical strategy to standardize web stacks and improve reliability across all brand sites.
• Lead the migration of legacy stacks onto current platforms while managing live traffic and preventing regressions.
• Research and drive the adoption of paved-path architecture patterns and engineering standards across the organization.
• Develop tooling, debugging interfaces, and automation to reduce engineering friction and increase shipping speed.
• Establish standards and validation gates for AI-assisted engineering practices across the development teams.
• Configure and manage edge delivery layers including DNS, Route 53, WAF, Varnish, and CloudFront.
• Provide technical mentorship to senior engineers and conduct design reviews to ensure system integrity.

What we're looking for

• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience as a software engineer or architect.
• Production experience building guest-facing web applications using React, TypeScript, and server-side rendering.
• Strong command of web architecture principles including HTTP, DNS, caching strategy, and REST or GraphQL APIs.
• Hands-on experience developing and maintaining high-volume distributed services on Amazon Web Services.
• Demonstrated experience leading a legacy platform migration or large-scale standardization effort to completion.
• Ability to drive technical decisions beyond your own team and communicate complex tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Production configuration of Varnish, HAProxy, or CloudFront, including cache policy design (preferred).