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React Frontend Lead

PhotonDallas, TX🇺🇸United StatesPosted 9 Aug 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

As a React Frontend Lead at Photon, you'll drive innovation in headless e-commerce development, building sophisticated user interfaces with advanced React patterns and Next.js optimization. This hybrid role is perfect for experienced frontend engineers eager to mentor teams, influence technical direction, and contribute to a reputable company while enjoying a flexible work environment.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Dallas, TX, United States
Posted
2 weeks ago
Next.jsSQLStorybookFigmaOAuthCypressGoogle CloudGraphQLJWTJestPrismaReactReduxTesting LibraryZustand

Job Description

Job Title: React Frontend Lead
Location: Dallas TX/Chicago IL/NYC NY/Piscataway, NJ
Job Description:
  • Build responsive, accessible, and highly interactive user interfaces using React and Next.js.
  • Maximize page speeds and Core Web Vitals using Next.js optimization features (SSR, SSG, image optimization, dynamic imports, and caching).
  • Connect front-end components with internal and third-party services using RESTful APIs or GraphQL.
  • Implement clean and efficient client-side state handling using Context API, Redux Toolkit, Zustand, or React Query.
  • Write modular, reusable, and well-documented code with unit and integration tests (Jest, React Testing Library, or Cypress).
  • Partner with UI/UX designers, backend engineers, and product managers to translate technical requirements and Figma wireframes into functional code.
  • Familiarity with Cloud hosting (preferably Google Cloud Platform Cloud Run) and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience with headless CMS platforms (Contentful, Strapi, Sanity), database systems (SQL/NoSQL), and ORMs like Prisma.
  • Understanding of modern web security best practices (Next-Auth/Auth.js, JWT, CORS) and monorepos (Nx, Turborepo).
  • Experience with identity providers using OAuth and OIDC.
  • Build and maintain a highly configurable, reusable library of e-commerce React components to ensure UI consistency across brands using tools like Storybook, Radix UI, or Tailwind UI.
  • Mastery of advanced React patterns (compound components, render props, slots) for deeply configurable components
  • Develop and optimize headless e-commerce storefronts using React and Next.js
  • Connect the frontend UI securely to a BFF layer/SAP Commerce Cloud using the Storefront API (GraphQL) and handle complex cart/checkout workflows.
  • Experience implementing identity provider integration using OIDC with SAP Commerce Cloud.
  • Manage deployments and CI/CD pipelines to edge platforms like SAP Commerce Cloud
  • Strong understanding of the Storefront API, product catalogs, collections, customer accounts, and metafields.

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