Software Engineer

At Sephora, beauty is about feeling seen, valued, and empowered, individually and collectively. It is connecting deeply with others, celebrating diversity and inclusivity, unlocking your potential and making a difference every day. Together, we belong to something beautiful.

Sephora SEA’s omni channel business spans over 8 countries (Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, and the Philippines) with 100+ stores and boasts some global flagships such as ION and Raffles City in Singapore, F88 in Kuala Lumpur and Pitt Street in Sydney. Sephora SEA is experiencing rapid growth in the region with new store openings and business channels (i.e., Click and collect and marketplace).

The Opportunity

Sephora Digital’s Technology team builds products that power our business across South East Asia & Oceania. We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our Web Experience Squad, the team responsible for building and maintaining all customer-facing frontend pages across our platforms.

The squad focuses on delivering fast, scalable, and engaging web experiences across the full customer journey, from landing pages to product details, browsing, and beyond, while continuously improving performance, SEO, and usability. This is a key position in the team as we increase our capacity to deliver an ambitious roadmap to our many fans across 8 countries.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the modernisation and continuous improvement of our customer-facing web pages using Server Side Rendering (SSR) with Nuxt 3 and our System Design Components.
• Integrate and optimise third-party platforms such as Contentful (CMS) and Algolia (search) to enhance content delivery, site performance, and product discovery.
• Improve frontend performance, SEO, accessibility, and user experience across the entire web platform.
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Designers, Backend Engineers, and regional teams to deliver high-quality features.
• Mentor one or more Junior / Software Engineers within the squad to help grow their technical and professional capabilities.
  
  

Requirements

• You have at least 3+ years of experience building and maintaining mid-scale web applications.
• You have demonstrated experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable production APIs.
• You have a strong understanding of how web pages and browsers work, including rendering, performance optimisation, and SEO implications.
• You have backend proficiency in Ruby on Rails and/or Java.
• You have frontend proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript, with experience in modern frameworks such as Nuxt.js or React.
• You have experience building engaging, performant, and maintainable user interfaces for production environments.
• You have a solid understanding of automated testing practices and when to apply them (unit, integration, end-to-end).
• You have strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset, comfortable working with cross-functional teams locally and internationally.
  
  

Here, You Will Find

• Community, in which authenticity is embraced, and the strength of our differences fuels our collective spirit.
• Culture of empowerment, learning & growth, that offers you the tools, space and opportunity to learn, innovate and lead.
• Work that brings fulfilment, from delighting clients every day, to inspiring our industry at large, every action makes a difference.
  
  

It is in the Sephora DNA to champion a world of inspiration and inclusion where everyone can celebrate their beauty. You can be yourself, because you are what sets us apart. Join us and belong to something beautiful.

Sephora is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace for all. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, advancement, or other employment practices. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating and fostering an inclusive environment for all employees.