Lead React Software Engineer

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Lead React Digital Software Engineer providing hands-on technical leadership for scalable web applications. Responsible for guiding team standards, design decisions, and mentoring engineers.

Posted 5/1/2026full-timeWilmington • Ohio • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $100,384 - $170,815 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaScript.NETNext.jsReactSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide technical leadership for modern web applications built primarily with React and Next.js, ensuring scalable, performant, and maintainable implementations.
Guide the team in implementing Next.js rendering strategies including server-side rendering (SSR), static generation, routing, and data-fetching patterns.
Lead implementation decisions related to component architecture, state management, accessibility, and performance optimization in React-based applications.
Collaborate with back-end and platform teams using a working understanding of .NET-based application programming interfaces (APIs) and SQL-backed data sources to support integrations and troubleshooting.
Serve as the final authority on team-level technical implementation decisions, coding standards, and design patterns.
Translate architecture designs and solution guidance provided by the Digital Solutions Architect into clear, build-ready technical approaches for the engineering team.
Lead hands-on development activities, including complex feature implementation, refactoring, and performance optimization.
Establish and enforce best practices for code quality, security, testing, and deployment aligned with DevSecOps standards.
Conduct and oversee code reviews to ensure consistency, maintainability, scalability, and adherence to standards.
Identify technical risks early and propose mitigation strategies in collaboration with the Engineering Manager.
Guide engineers in estimating technical effort and complexity for features and enhancements.
Support sprint planning and delivery by advising on technical feasibility and sequencing of work.
Mentor engineers and senior engineers through technical coaching, pairing, and design reviews.
Drive resolution of complex technical issues, production incidents, and systemic defects.
Collaborate closely with Quality Assurance (QA), Product, UX, and Architecture to ensure solutions meet functional, non-functional, and quality requirements.
Ensure systems meet performance, availability, accessibility, and security expectations.
Contribute to technical documentation, including design decisions, standards, and implementation guidelines.
Stay current with emerging technologies, frameworks, and industry best practices relevant to the digital platform.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) or equivalent in Computer Sciences, Business Administration, or related field required; Master’s degree completed or work in progress towards a graduate degree preferred.
Minimum of 8- years of progressive experience in software development required.
Strong hands-on experience designing and building production web applications using modern JavaScript frameworks.
Experience working with application data models and integrations supporting business processes required.
Demonstrated experience designing, developing, testing, and leading the implementation of large-scale, customer-facing applications, including systems that integrate with enterprise data stores required.
Experience with version control systems, such as Git, as well as website analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, required.
Experience working within Agile development methodologies required.
Professional Certification in at least one major development tool is required, with 3 or more preferred.

Benefits

Comp & perks

A competitive salary; the starting base salary range is: $100,384 to $170,815.
Annual Bonus + Annual Merit Increase Eligibility
Hybrid schedule (3 days on-site weekly)
Comprehensive health benefits package
3+ weeks of paid time off accrued during your first year
401(K) plan with company match up to 7%
Professional development opportunities and tuition reimbursement
Paid time off to volunteer & company-sponsored volunteer events throughout the year
Other benefits include a free AAA Premier Membership, Health & Wellness Program, Health Concierge Service, Life Insurance and Short Term/Long Term Disability

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Hard Skills & Tools

ReactNext.jsserver-side renderingstatic generationSQLDevSecOpsperformance optimizationcomponent architecturestate managementapplication programming interfaces

Soft Skills

technical leadershipmentoringcollaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationrisk managementcoachingcode reviewsprint planningdesign review

Certifications

Bachelor’s degreeMaster’s degreeProfessional Certification in development tools