Job Description
Staff React Engineer | Immediate Start | FTC | ASAP to May ****n
Our client, a leading technology business, is modernising a legacy CRM onto a new React front-end, with AI capability being built directly into the platform. As Staff Engineer, you'll own the front-end architecture that gets it there.n
The chancen
You'll own how the new React app coexists with the legacy CRM during transition, things like iframe embedding, shared auth/session behaviour, and migration sequencing, while setting the technical direction multiple squads will follow, as AI-driven features get built into the product itself.n
What you'll don
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Own front-end architecture for a major CRM modernisation effort, including AI-powered product capabilityn
Set component architecture, state management and testing standards across squadsn
Make and own high-impact technical decisions on complex, multi-squad initiativesn
Define API contracts and integration standards with backend engineers (REST/GraphQL)n
Tackle the most ambiguous front-end problems no one else has untangled yetn
Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar across teamsn
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What we're looking forn
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Over 10 years in front-end development, React and TypeScript experience at scalen
Proven experience leading a front-end migration or rewrite that coexisted with a legacy systemn
Track record of driving architectural decisions across teams, including through disagreementn
Strong hands-on use of agentic AI tools to boost developer productivity (coding assistants, AI-driven testing/debugging workflows)n
Comfortable shaping backend/API contracts even if front-end is your core specialismn
Strong grasp of SOLID principles, accessibility (WCAG) and performance at scalen
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Why this rolen
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Genuine Staff-level scope, architecture ownership, not just executionn
Ground-floor involvement in embedding AI into a live production platformn
Flexible working, home or Sydney/Brisbane offices, your calln
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Location & contractn
Ideally based in Sydney or Brisbane, but not essential. Fixed-term contract until 31 May ****. Candidates must be able to start before 1 September ****, so immediate availability is preferred.

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