Senior React Engineer
Cadence Commerce · Remote — European Union
- Salary
- €75K – €95K/yr
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior
- Location type
- Remote
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What this role actually involves
CareerHub analysis
Cadence Commerce is hiring a Senior React Engineer on a full-time basis in remote (European Union). The role is remote and pitched at senior, so the hiring team will expect working familiarity with React, TypeScript and Next.js rather than classroom exposure. There are 5 core responsibilities attached to the position; the first two are usually what the interview actually focuses on. Cadence Commerce operates in e-commerce, which shapes both the pace of the work and the kind of examples that land well in an interview.
About the job
Own the storefront experience across a portfolio of consumer brands, working asynchronously with a distributed team of fourteen engineers.
Responsibilities
- Lead frontend architecture for the shared storefront platform
- Set performance budgets and hold the team to them
- Mentor three mid-level engineers through structured code review
- Write design proposals that are debated in writing before implementation
- Partner with the operations team on checkout reliability
Requirements
- Five or more years of frontend engineering, including two at senior level
- Deep React and TypeScript experience in a production codebase
- Demonstrated ownership of performance work with measurable outcomes
- Strong written communication — this team runs on documents, not meetings
- Eligibility to work in an EU member state
Benefits
- Fully remote within the EU
- 30 days annual leave
- €1,500 home office budget
- Published salary bands
The skills that will be tested, explained
Written by our editorial team, not taken from the listing.
React
On the job: Building user interfaces out of components, managing state without turning the app into a web of side effects, and knowing when a re-render is costing your users time.
How it is assessed: Expect a live or take-home exercise: fetch data, render a list, handle loading and error states. Interviewers watch for how you split components and where you put state.
On your CV: Name the app, the scale, and the outcome: "Rebuilt a 40-screen dashboard in React, cutting first paint from 4.1s to 1.3s."
TypeScript
On the job: Describing the shape of your data so mistakes surface while you type rather than in production. In practice it is mostly about modelling domain types well.
How it is assessed: Code review conversations: why a union instead of an optional field, how you would type an API response you do not control.
On your CV: Mention migration work — "Converted a 60k line JavaScript codebase to strict TypeScript" — because that is measurable.
Next.js
On the job: Rendering the right thing in the right place: server components for data, client components for interaction, caching so pages are fast and cheap to serve.
How it is assessed: Architecture questions about rendering strategies and caching, plus a practical build task.
On your CV: Talk about Core Web Vitals and traffic. Numbers beat adjectives on a CV every time.
Node.js
On the job: Writing server-side JavaScript that handles concurrent requests without blocking, and understanding the event loop well enough to debug when it does.
How it is assessed: API design exercises, questions about streams, error handling, and how you would keep a service responsive under load.
On your CV: Quantify throughput: requests per second handled, latency reduced, or a queue you introduced to smooth spikes.
Also listed: Testing, Performance.
Salary insight
This role advertises €75K – €95K/yr. For a senior position in remote (European Union), treat the top of the band as achievable only if you match nearly every requirement listed. If you are asked for expectations first, give a range whose bottom you would genuinely accept, and confirm what sits alongside base pay — bonus, pension, leave, and any allowance for home office equipment.
Where this role leads
- 1Lead React Engineer — technical direction across several teams
- 2React Engineer Manager — if you would rather grow people than systems
- 3Principal or Head of function
How to apply for this role well
Tailoring your CV
- Put React, TypeScript, Next.js in the top third of page one. Most screens for a Senior React Engineer take under a minute, and recruiters read top-down.
- Mirror the language of the listing where it is honest to do so. If the advert says "React", write "React" — not a synonym an applicant tracking system will miss.
- Lead each bullet with a verb and close it with a number. "Managed reporting" is invisible; "Rebuilt weekly reporting for 12 branches, cutting prep time from 6 hours to 40 minutes" is not.
- The listing puts "Lead frontend architecture for the shared storefront platform" first, which usually signals the day-one priority. Make sure one bullet on your CV maps directly to it.
- For a remote role, state your time zone and any prior remote experience explicitly. Hiring managers filter on it and will not guess.
- Keep it to two pages and export as PDF so your layout survives.
Your cover letter
- Open with the specific role and where you saw it: "I am applying for the Senior React Engineer role at Cadence Commerce." No suspense, no throat-clearing.
- Paragraph two is the one that matters. Take a single requirement from the listing and give a concrete example of doing it, with the outcome.
- Show that you know something about Cadence Commerce beyond its homepage — a product decision, a market they operate in, a recent change in e-commerce.
- Close with availability and a clear next step. Three to four short paragraphs, under 300 words, in the body of the email if you are applying by email.
- Never send the same letter twice. Reviewers can tell, and a generic letter is worse than none.
Before you hit send
- A CV tailored to this listing, saved as PDF with your name in the filename.
- A short cover note that names the role and one relevant result.
- Two referees who have agreed in advance to be contacted.
- An account on LinkedIn — the employer takes applications there.
Interview preparation
- Prepare a two-minute answer to "why this role at Cadence Commerce?" that references the company's work in e-commerce.
- Have three STAR stories ready — situation, task, action, result — that cover React and TypeScript.
- On React: Expect a live or take-home exercise: fetch data, render a list, handle loading and error states. Interviewers watch for how you split components and where you put state.
- Expect at least one question about working remote, especially how you keep work visible to people who cannot see your screen.
- Prepare two questions of your own. Good ones: what does success look like in the first 90 days, and what does the team find hardest right now?
- At this level, expect a scope question: a decision you made with incomplete information, and how you would make it differently now.
Industry context
Cadence Commerce works in E-commerce. As a 210 employees organisation, that affects how the Senior React Engineer role is scoped: smaller teams tend to want breadth and a bias to action, larger ones want depth and evidence that you can work across functions. Candidates who research the sector — its customers, its regulation, its current pressures — interview noticeably better than those who research only the company.
Cadence Commerce runs operations, marketing and fulfilment for a portfolio of direct-to-consumer brands. It has been fully remote since founding and publishes its salary bands internally, so pay is not negotiated individually — a policy that suits some candidates and not others.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Senior React Engineer role at Cadence Commerce remote?
Yes. This position is advertised as remote. Confirm the accepted time zones and whether the company can employ in your country before you apply.
What salary does this role pay?
The advertised range is €75K – €95K/yr. Total package may also include bonus, pension and leave, so ask for the full breakdown at screening stage.
How do I apply?
This listing is hosted on LinkedIn. The Apply button sends you to the employer's own application page there. You can also save the job here and track it from your dashboard.
How long does a response usually take?
Two to three weeks is typical. If you have heard nothing after ten working days, a short, polite follow-up to the recruiter is appropriate and will not count against you.
What experience level is required?
Senior. If you meet roughly 70% of the requirements it is still worth applying — very few candidates match every line of a job advert.
How to apply for this role
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Listing last updated August 15, 2026. The analysis, skills breakdown, salary insight and interview guidance on this page were written by the CareerHub editorial team and are independent of the employer. Always verify pay and conditions with the employer before accepting an offer.