Lead Web Developer

Deputy

Lead Web Engineer at Deputy, a global SaaS company focused on workforce management. Shape digital experience of Deputy.com to drive acquisitions and engagement through modern web engineering.

Posted 5/27/2026full-timeSydney • 🇦🇺 AustraliaSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CypressJavaScriptJestNext.jsNuxtReactSCSSSvelteTypeScriptVue.js

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and maintain components and pages using a modern SSR/SSG framework (e.g. Nuxt, Next.js), ensuring high performance, accessibility, and SEO best practices.
Work within a headless CMS architecture (e.g. Storyblok, Contentful) to deliver content-driven pages, collaborating with content editors and marketers on content workflows and component design.
Champion web performance — Core Web Vitals, critical CSS, pre-rendering strategies, image optimisation — to deliver fast, reliable experiences across devices and regions.
You define the technical architecture and long-term roadmap for Deputy.com, ensuring it scales with the business's global growth goals.
You lead cross-functional initiatives between Marketing, Design, and Engineering to solve complex digital acquisition and performance challenges.
Integrate and maintain third-party services, including analytics platforms (e.g. Datadog, GTM, Segment), consent management, and marketing tools.
Write automated tests (unit and end-to-end) and participate in code reviews to uphold a high-quality, maintainable codebase.
Independently drive a fleet of AI Coding Agents as part of your daily workflow — for component development, debugging, code review, content workflows, and performance analysis.
You establish and maintain company-wide software development standards for web engineering, including accessibility, security, and edge deployment practices.
You determine the methods and frameworks for new assignments, moving beyond execution to influence how work is approached across the marketing function.
You drive the evolution of Deputy’s AI-native development workflows, setting the standard for how Agentic development is integrated into the engineering lifecycle.
Deploy and manage frontend applications on edge platforms (e.g. Cloudflare Pages, Vercel), including working with serverless functions and workers where needed.
Collaborate with designers to translate designs into semantic, accessible markup and contribute back to design system improvements

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s in Computer Science (or related) + 8 years, or 10 years demonstrated experience in high-growth SaaS environments.
You are a skilled fullstack web engineer with high standards and a passion for quality, backed by 3+ years of related work experience. You care about the details — clean markup, fast load times, accessible interfaces — and you're excited about using AI tools to amplify your work rather than replace your judgment.
You are customer-obsessed, thinking about how every page, component, and interaction impacts the visitor experience and supports the business goals of the marketing team.
You have strong proficiency in Vue.js or a comparable modern JavaScript framework (React, Svelte) with a solid understanding of component-driven architecture.
Experience with SSR/SSG frameworks (e.g. Nuxt, Next.js, SvelteKit) and an understanding of rendering strategies, including static generation, server-side rendering, and hydration.
Deep knowledge of modern HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/TypeScript — you write semantic, accessible, performant markup as second nature.
Experience with CSS tooling such as PostCSS, SCSS, or CSS-in-JS, including responsive design techniques (fluid typography, custom media queries, flexbox/grid).
Familiarity with headless CMS platforms (e.g. Storyblok, Contentful, Sanity) and content-driven development workflows.
Understanding of SEO fundamentals — structured data, meta tags, Core Web Vitals, and how frontend decisions impact organic performance.
Experience writing automated tests (unit and E2E) using modern testing frameworks (e.g. Vitest, Jest, Cypress, Playwright).
Solid understanding of Git workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and collaborative development practices.
Comfort using AI-powered development tools (e.g. Claude Code, Codex) to accelerate your work, with the critical thinking to review and validate AI-generated output.
Experience with edge deployment platforms (Cloudflare Pages/Workers, Vercel, Netlify), analytics integration (GTM, Segment, Datadog), or monorepo tooling is a plus.
You thrive under autonomy, take initiative, and communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
You're passionate about continuous learning and staying current with frontend technologies and AI tooling.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Enjoy a flexible work policy (with a work-from-home stipend to set you up for success!)
Own A piece of Deputy via our Employee Share Ownership Plan (ESOP)
Take paid parental leave to support you and your family
Stay protected with Group Salary Continuance Insurance
Access support through our Employee Assistance Program
Enjoy additional leave days — including study assistance, celebration days and volunteering
Join our global working groups focused on collaboration, belonging and connection
Get creative at our annual Hackathons
Take advantage of our novated leasing for electric vehicles, internet reimbursement and more!

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Hard Skills & Tools

Vue.jsJavaScriptTypeScriptHTMLCSSSSRSSGautomated testingGitCI/CD

Soft Skills

customer-obsessedinitiativeclear communicationattention to detailcollaborationproblem-solvingleadershipautonomycritical thinkingpassion for learning

Certifications

Bachelor’s in Computer Science