Kering Front Technical Lead
Kering — Front Technical Lead in Paris. Lead front‑end architecture, performance and cross‑brand UX for luxury e‑commerce.
Overview
Kering is a global, family-led luxury group that houses a portfolio of renowned fashion, leather goods, jewelry, eyewear and beauty Maisons, including Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga and McQueen. The Group is recognised for combining creative heritage with a firm commitment to excellence, sustainability and cultural engagement, and supports its Maisons with centralized digital, technical and operational capabilities.
Role & Responsibilities
- Define and evangelise front‑end architecture principles, frameworks and component libraries across multiple brand teams
- Co‑design front‑end strategy with architects, product owners and the Core Platform Tech Lead
- Review pull requests and enforce best practices for performance, accessibility, testing and DX
- Promote and drive adoption of a unified design system and shared UI components across products
- Collaborate tightly with Product Owners, Designers and Back‑End Engineers to deliver coherent, testable features
- Select, deploy and maintain front‑end analytics and performance tooling; monitor and improve load and runtime metrics
- Champion test automation (unit, E2E, visual regression) and maintain CI/CD quality gates
- Be accountable for web performance, SEO and accessibility KPIs (e.g. LCP, CLS, error rate)
Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years of front‑end development experience with 1–2 years in a front‑end lead or tech lead role
- Fluency in English and French, with clear, structured and influential communication skills
- Proven experience in scalable front‑end architectures and component reuse across teams
- Strong expertise in web performance optimization, SEO fundamentals and accessibility best practices
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with designers and product teams with a user‑first mindset
- Autonomy, proactivity, a strong sense of ownership and the capacity to operate in complex, matrixed organisations
Skills
Experience
At least 5 years of professional front‑end development experience, including 1–2 years in a lead or technical lead capacity guiding teams, defining architecture and owning front‑end quality and performance across multiple products or brands.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Workplace
This position is based in Paris, Île-de-France, France. Cerulean lists 3.318 open roles in Paris, including 72 posted recently. The broader Île-de-France area accounts for 3.729 active listings on Cerulean, 108 of which are new. In France as a whole, Cerulean currently features 4.278 open positions, with 136 posted this week.
Culture
Kering cultivates a creative, sustainability‑focused workplace that champions diversity and inclusion across its Maisons. The organisation values cross‑disciplinary collaboration, technical excellence and an entrepreneurial mindset while supporting employees to innovate within a high‑quality, luxury environment.
About Cerulean
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