
KWAN
Lead Frontend-Platform Developer
Lisbon
June 23, 2026
Full-time
We are looking for a Lead Full Stack Developer in Lisbon who's eager to embark on an exciting new opportunity! Apply here https://form.typeform.com/to/PYqxT8NO?opportunity=Sara%20Norberto&channel=ITJobs
About KWAN
We connect IT professionals with projects that match their skills, professional experience, and goals, then we offer a career progression program, delivered by in-house specialists - our People Experience Partners - to guide them through our journey with us.
What is this challenge about:
- Lead the design, integration, and evolution of the Digital Experience Platform (DXP), ensuring seamless integration between frontend modules, CMS platforms, backend APIs, SSR capabilities, and caching layers.
- Define and enforce architectural standards, reusable package governance, versioning strategies, and module publishing lifecycles across multiple teams.
- Establish best practices for API integration, caching strategies, server-side rendering compatibility, and production deployment processes.
- Collaborate closely with Feature Teams, API teams, CMS stakeholders, and governance bodies to ensure reliable and scalable platform integration.
- Act as the technical lead for complex architectural challenges, including SSR compatibility, caching strategies for personalized content, and module integration conflicts.
- Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and coaching to development teams, promoting engineering excellence and adherence to architectural principles.
- Contribute to CI/CD processes, production readiness, and continuous improvement initiatives across the platform ecosystem.
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What we are looking for:
- +8 years of experience in Full Stack Development, Frontend Platform Engineering, or similar roles.
- Strong expertise in modern frontend architectures, including component-based development, routing, state management, data fetching, form handling, validation, and performance optimization.
- Extensive experience with server-side rendering (SSR), static site generation (SSG), hydration techniques, and Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) architectures.
- Proven experience with modern frontend frameworks such as React, Next.js, Vue.js, Angular, Svelte, Nuxt, Remix, or similar technologies.
- Solid knowledge of reusable package management and governance using tools such as npm, Yarn, pnpm, or Bun, including semantic versioning, dependency management, rollback strategies, and package publishing.
- Deep understanding of caching mechanisms, including cache-control policies, edge caching (Cloudflare, Akamai), TTL management, stale content strategies, and personalized content caching.
- Experience working with enterprise CMS and DXP platforms such as Optimizely, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), Contentful, Drupal, or similar solutions.
- Strong experience designing and integrating REST APIs, authentication mechanisms, OpenAPI specifications, error handling, retry logic, logging, and rate-limiting strategies.
- Experience overseeing CI/CD pipelines and managing production delivery processes in complex, multi-team environments.
- Living in Lisbon (hybrid role)
- Fluent level of English.
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What we offer
- A project that matches your skills and ambitions, as well as your preferences for working policies and culture.
- A competitive salary with awesome benefits and opportunities to leverage your knowledge and network to earn additional income.
- An empowering and respectful work culture enriched with social and learning events.
- A People Experience Partner specially assigned to you - your go-to career guide, responsible for supporting your growth, facilitating training, and ensuring your work-life balance at KWAN.
- A relocation package and visa sponsorship for all our international hires.
Some Words From Our Colleagues
“At KWAN, they make sure that I feel comfortable with the client I’m working for and that what I’m doing aligns with my career aspirations.” - Luis Caldeira, DevOps @ KWAN
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