Insight Global is seeking a Staff Engineer for a leading retail and eCommerce client. This individual will serve as a senior technical leader responsible for driving frontend architecture, engineering excellence, and cross-team coordination across critical customer-facing experiences. The role focuses on lower-funnel eCommerce platforms, including checkout, post-purchase journeys, returns, and exchanges. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in React, Next.js, GraphQL, and AWS while possessing the leadership skills necessary to mentor engineers, influence architectural decisions, and coordinate development efforts across multiple teams. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on technical leader who thrives in fast-paced, high-volume environments and enjoys solving complex scalability and customer experience challenges.

Day-to-Day:

Provide technical leadership and coordination across multiple frontend engineering teams

Support lower-funnel eCommerce experiences including: Cart and checkout, Post-purchase workflows, Returns and exchanges

Collaborate with North America and international development teams

Drive frontend architecture and design decisions

Ensure optimal website performance, scalability, and reliability

Oversee build, deployment, and testing processes

Support CI/CD pipelines and configuration management initiatives





Mentor developers and establish engineering best practices

Coordinate cross-team initiatives with both internal and external stakeholders

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Must-Haves:

8-12 years of Frontend Development experience

Robust expertise with: Next.js, React, GraphQL, AWS deployment services

Architecture and application design experience

4-6+ years of technical leadership experience

Experience mentoring and leading developers across multiple teams

Experience overseeing: Web performance, Reliability, Maintainability

Strong understanding of: Build, deployment, and testing processes, CI/CD pipelines, Configuration management

Experience with: Webpack, GitLab, AWS EKS, AWS Lambda deployments

Retail or eCommerce industry experience (Huge Value Add)

Experience supporting high-volume consumer-facing websites

NICE TO HAVE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Plusses:

Experience working on checkout, post-purchase, returns, or exchange platforms

Experience coordinating initiatives across multiple engineering teams and stakeholders

Experience supporting globally distributed teams

Pay range starting at $100/hour.

Please Note: We may use artificial intelligence tools to assist with the screening, assessment, or selection of potential applicants for this position.

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📌 Staff Engineer (British Columbia)
🏢 Insight Global
📍 British Columbia