{"id":2034609,"url":"https://alion.io/job/hm-group-senior-software-engineer-frontend-web-foundation","title":"Senior Software Engineer, Frontend – Web Foundation","company":{"id":3700,"name":"H&M Group","domain":"hmgroup.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/hmgroup","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"SmartRecruiters","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":80,"open_postings":94,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":13,"computed_at":"2026-10-12T06:55:09Z"}},"role":"Frontend","role_family":"Frontend","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["Stockholm, Sweden"],"countries":["SE"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"CI/CD","optional":false},{"name":"esbuild","optional":false},{"name":"Jest","optional":false},{"name":"Next.js","optional":false},{"name":"Node JS","optional":false},{"name":"React.js","optional":false},{"name":"Rollup","optional":false},{"name":"TypeScript","optional":false},{"name":"Webpack","optional":false},{"name":"Azure","optional":true},{"name":"JavaScript","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-07T13:29:13Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-07","last_verified_at":"2026-10-12T07:45:48Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":5,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":5},"description":"WHAT YOU'LL DO\nWe are seeking a seasoned Senior Software Engineer who will play a tech lead role in the Web Foundation team. You'll have deep expertise in frontend and web architecture holistically, with strong depth in React, TypeScript, Next.js, and Node.js.\nWeb Foundation is the core architecture team for H&M's web channel. As H&M's strategy shifts toward personalization and modernization, architecture decisions matter more than ever. You'll partner with the Engineering Manager and the team to define what's next for our architecture, enable new capabilities, and build patterns that let teams move independently at scale. You'll have autonomy to lead technically while staying aligned on business and team strategy.\nIn this role, you will:\nLead technical initiatives and strategy. Partner with the Engineering Manager and team to define technical priorities aligned with business needs (personalization, modernization, performance). Guide architectural decisions and technical challenges. \nOwn technical direction and architecture decisions. Set direction on React/Next.js strategy, build system evolution, performance optimization, and design system patterns. Make decisions about middleware layers, component architecture, and performance trade-offs. \nConduct rigorous code reviews and mentor through feedback. Review code carefully, provide feedback that helps engineers learn and improve. Set the bar for quality and help the team think architecturally. \nExplore and validate emerging technologies. Lead prototypes and proof-of-concepts (App Router, Suspense, RSCs, Server Components, new tooling). Evaluate and help the team adopt new approaches critically. \nWork hands-on with code. You prototype, debug, validate architectural ideas, and document decisions. You stay grounded in reality. \nFacilitate alignment across teams. Work with backend, platform, and security architects on middleware design, API contracts, and cross-team concerns. Communicate technical direction clearly and navigate trade-offs. \nABOUT THE TEAM\nWe're a team of senior engineers who solve complex problems together. We discuss architecture, technology, and design patterns-and listen to each other's perspectives. We build Web Foundation's internal tools and architecture, which means we're both enabling product teams and evolving how we work. We value diverse perspectives and backgrounds. What unites us is a shared commitment: solving problems for H&M's customers on hm.com.\nYour team: 7-10 senior engineers and consultants.\nWHO YOU'LL WORK WITH\nEngineering Manager - You partner on technical strategy, business alignment, and team direction. \nSenior engineers - You mentor them and shape their growth. \nProduct and backend teams - You partner on requirements and architectural approaches. \nPlatform team - They implement your architectural designs and own tooling. \nEngineers across H&M - You influence architectural direction across the organization. \n WHO YOU ARE\nMust-have:\n8-10+ years as a Software Engineer, with proven experience leading teams and making architectural decisions. \nExperience leading initiatives and playing a tech lead role. You've stepped up, owned initiatives, and guided technical direction. \nSubstantial experience building or refactoring large-scale web platforms (ecommerce, SaaS, fintech, or similar). \nDeep expertise in frontend and web architecture. You understand component composition, state management, performance optimization, bundler configuration (Webpack, Rollup, esbuild), and code splitting. \nExcellent communication and stakeholder management. You explain technical concepts clearly to engineers, product, and leadership. \nTeam collaboration. You work well across organizational boundaries and navigate cross-team dynamics. \nWillingness to explore and learn. You're curious about new technologies, evaluate them critically, and drive exploration through prototypes. \nDeep proficiency in React.js, Next.js, TypeScript, and Node.js. You've shipped production code in all four. \nShipped code that optimizes for performance. You've debugged performance issues across the stack-bundle size, Core Web Vitals, network waterfalls, rendering. \nLed or influenced architectural decisions. You've written RFCs, design docs, or architectural decision records. \nDeep knowledge of how SEO, accessibility (a11y), and performance impact user experience. \nExperience with CI/CD pipelines and modern testing frameworks (Jest, React Testing Library). \nNice-to-have:\nExperience designing and shipping middleware layers. You understand API contracts, caching strategies, and error handling. \nAzure or similar cloud platform experience. \nExperience building AI-assisted tools or agents. \nShipped security-sensitive code and understand backend authentication/authorization patterns. \nTechnical working style:\nYou conduct code reviews and mentor through feedback. Your reviews set the bar for quality and help engineers learn. \nYou diagnose before designing. You identify root causes before proposing solutions. \nYou explain trade-offs clearly. You explain technical decisions to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders. \nYou document decisions that matter. You write RFCs, design docs, and architectural decision records. \nYou validate your ideas. You prototype and test assumptions before committing to decisions. \nYou focus on performance. You understand optimization, help teams prioritize it, and drive improvements. \nYou help with prioritization and unblocking. You support the team in making trade-off decisions and removing blockers. \nYou share what you learn. You document explorations and help the team level up. \nYou lead by example. You write code, follow the standards you set, and take accountability for outcomes. \nYou communicate proactively. You document decisions and flag risks early. \nYou balance shipping with sustainability. You know when to move fast and when to build right for long-term health. \nAnd people who are:\nCurious. You get excited about architecture and solving hard problems. You want to understand how things work. \nWilling to go deep. You're not satisfied with surface-level answers. You investigate until you understand. \nDriven to learn and share. You love exploring new technologies and helping your team learn too. \nAn excellent team player. You collaborate well with others, listen actively, and contribute to a positive team dynamic. \nRespectful and collaborative. You value diverse perspectives and backgrounds. You're united with your team around solving for H&M's customers. \n WHY YOU'LL LOVE WORKING HERE\nThe work:\nSolve continuous architectural challenges at scale. How do teams ship independently on a complex platform? How do we enable personalization without chaos? How do we modernize systems while maintaining momentum? \nLead exploration and learning. You'll evaluate emerging technologies, run proof-of-concepts, and help the team adopt new approaches. You're evolving the system, not maintaining a fixed one. \nPartnership on strategy. You work with the Engineering Manager on technical and business alignment. Your technical input shapes what you build. \nLearn at scale. 50M+ monthly users, 60+ markets, 200+ engineers. Scale problems you solve here won't exist at smaller companies. \nBuild for real customers. Personalization, modernization, performance-these matter to H&M's customers. Your work directly enables them. \nBenefits & Perks:\nStaff discount on all H&M Group brands (in-store and online) \nH&M Incentive Program (HIP) with competitive benefits \nCollective Agreement and ITP pensions (Swedish market competitive) \n30 days' vacation, health care allowance, strong work-life balance \nBenify partner discounts and other perks \nWHO WE ARE\nH&M Group is a global fashion company committed to exceptional design, affordability, and sustainability. Our goal is to liberate fashion for the many.\nThe Web Foundation team is the technical backbone of H&M's web platform, working to enable fast, scalable, and reliable product delivery across the organization.\nJOIN US\nFull-time permanent position. Hybrid, based in Stockholm, Sweden. Start as soon as possible.\nApply with your CV in English through our career page only.\nWe are committed to fair, equitable hiring based on merit. 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