Front-End Lead Engineer

Leadership and process

• Mentor, coach, and support the professional growth and onboarding of engineering team members.
• Track and support performance feedback within the team.
• Contribute to recruitment and integration of new frontend team members.
• Contribute technical insights to project planning and identify opportunities for technical improvement.
• Collaborate with Technical Directors on innovative frontend solutions and knowledge sharing.
• Support activity grooming and story detailing with the business analyst and product owner, including acceptance criteria.
• Manage and communicate technical risks, escalating them when necessary.

Stakeholder engagement

• Act as the main technical point of contact for customers and stakeholders on technical topics.
• Translate business requirements into technical needs with the Product Owner.
• Present technical solutions and progress to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Provide on-call support when required.

Required qualifications

• Proficiency in TypeScript and modern JavaScript ES6+ fundamentals.
• Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles.
• Experience with Node.js, particularly Next.js and server-side and client-side rendering concepts.
• Strong knowledge of Tailwind CSS for responsive, reusable user interfaces.
• Expertise in frontend testing using Jest.
• Expertise designing scalable frontend architecture for complex applications.
• Strong understanding of performance optimization, benchmarking, security, and accessibility best practices.
• High proficiency with Git.
• Experience guiding and mentoring engineers.
• Track record of owning architectural decisions and communicating technical trade-offs.

Valued qualifications

• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code approaches for deployment and release management.
• Basic knowledge of self-hosting Node.js applications in containerized environments.
• Understanding of Docker and Kubernetes for deployment and orchestration of frontend applications.
• Experience with frontend build tools and module bundlers.

Working style

Interview process

• The process includes an introductory conversation, a one-hour technical interview, and a one-hour competency-based interview.
• Interview formats may be adjusted to accommodate accessibility or other needs.