Senior Lead Developer

TRC Talent Solutions is partnering with a leading residential builder to recruit a Senior Developer – Digital Marketing. The Senior Developer – Digital Marketing serves as a technical subject matter expert responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining enterprise-level digital applications. This individual will lead frontend architecture decisions, contribute to DevOps strategy, ensure system observability and performance, and support personalization and real-time data capabilities. The role operates independently and may lead projects, mentor junior developers, and serve as an escalation point for complex production issues.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, and maintain enterprise-grade applications, websites, and systems

Serve as technical SME across analysis, design, development, and deployment phases

Architect and build advanced headless frontends using Next.js, Sitecore JSS, GraphQL, and TypeScript

Integrate Sitecore XM Cloud solutions with a focus on scalability, performance, and personalization

Implement modern rendering strategies (SSG, SSR, ISR) to maximize performance and Google PageSpeed scores

Manage and optimize CI / CD pipelines, including Vercel deployments and environment configurations

Implement application observability, monitoring, logging, and proactive alerting

Define and execute comprehensive testing strategies, including load and stress testing

Review code and application modules to ensure adherence to architectural, security, and quality standards

Provide third-level application support and serve as escalation point for complex production issues

Lead vendor software evaluations and solution selections

Collaborate cross-functionally with marketing, product, and infrastructure teams

Mentor and coach junior team members; promote knowledge sharing and best practices

Follow secure coding standards and remediate security scan findings

Organizational & Leadership Impact

Independently manages day-to-day objectives with measurable operational impact

May own full projects or technical processes end-to-end

Provides technical guidance, coaching, and review for lower-level professionals

May manage projects requiring delegation and oversight of team deliverables

Qualifications & Experience

High school diploma or GED required; bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience strongly preferred

4–6+ years of relevant professional development experience

5+ years of Sitecore development

Deep expertise in Next.js (14 / 15+), React.js, TypeScript, and GraphQL

Strong experience with Sitecore JSS and modern frontend architectures

Proven experience deploying frontend applications via Vercel

Experience with CI / CD tooling such as Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions

Strong understanding of cloud-native principles, system performance optimization