Lead Frontend Engineer

Job Description

About the Role

We are hiring a Senior Frontend Engineer, Technical Lead with deep expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript, React.js, and Next.js to join our growing engineering team. This role is ideal for a seasoned engineer ready to drive end-to-end delivery, mentor developers, and make architectural decisions that scale across teams and regions.

Reporting to the CMS Technical Director, you will serve as a hands-on technical leader, responsible for shaping our front-end architecture, championing best practices, and ensuring our applications are performant, accessible, and maintainable.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering & Architecture

* Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of complex frontend features and systems using Next.js, React, and TypeScript. * Ensure code quality and long-term maintainability through reusable components, atomic design principles, and robust documentation. * Integrate REST and GraphQL APIs efficiently and securely, optimizing for performance and scale. * Drive the adoption of performance best practices (Lighthouse, Core Web Vitals, caching strategies) and accessibility (WCAG standards). * Provide architectural oversight for integrating headless CMS platforms (e.g., Contentful, Optimizely, Sitecore). * Define and uphold best practices for responsive UI development, cross-browser compatibility, and internationalization/multilingual support. Technical Leadership

• Act as the technical authority and primary point of contact for frontend concerns within your cross-functional squad.
• Own the delivery and stability of complex features from planning through production deployment.
• Conduct and lead peer code reviews, enforce coding standards, and ensure development consistency across contributors.
• Guide estimation efforts, break down epics into deliverable stories, and drive sprint-level planning.
• Collaborate with design, backend, DevOps, and product management teams to deliver hi...