Front-End Development Tech Lead

The Front-End Development Tech Lead will provide technical leadership and hands-on development expertise for React-based applications. The person in this position will own frontend architecture, code quality, and delivery standards while actively contributing to development, mentoring engineers, and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders, including product, UX, backend, and clients to deliver scalable, high-performance user experiences.

Responsibilities:

• Lead architecture and development efforts on front-end projects, ensuring clean, efficient, and scalable code
• Define and enforce coding standards, best practices, and design patterns
• Ensure applications meet performance, security, accessibility, and scalability standards
• Oversee React version upgrades and framework-related updates for projects as needed
• Conduct code reviews, establish best practices, and mentor junior developers
• Convert UI/UX designs into responsive, high-quality React-based interfaces
• Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve complex technical issues
• Define and enforce frontend testing strategies, including unit, integration, and component testing using tools such as Jest, React Testing Library, or equivalent frameworks
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders
• Work directly with clients on technical discussions and issue resolution
• Stay informed about evolving front-end technologies and industry best practices
• Contribute to knowledge sharing and continuous improvement initiatives within the team

The ideal candidate for the position should have the following qualifications and skills:

Technical Qualifications:

• Strong expertise in integrating RESTful APIs
• Strong proficiency in React.js (functional components, hooks, context, performance optimization), TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS, and styling (CSS-in-JS, Tailwind, or similar)
• Hands-on experience with NPM/Yarn
• Experience with state management libraries such as Redux, Zustand
• Experience with Next.js or similar React frameworks is a plus
• Experience with Git and standard version control workflows
• Experience using AI-powered developer tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor AI to improve developer productivity, code quality, testing, and documentation
• Proven experience leading frontend teams or acting as a technical lead, including code reviews, technical decision-making, and mentoring developers
• Good understanding of other modern JavaScript frameworks and libraries such as Angular, Vue.js, with the ability to review code, guide teams, and support projects beyond React
• Exposure to micro-frontend architectures and cloud-hosted frontend deployments (AWS, Azure, or GCP) is a strong plus

Personal Skills:

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Excellent communication skills to articulate technical decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to identify alternatives and find an optimal way to implement a solution
• Ability to apply logic in identifying patterns, structures, and formats, and organizing ideas to validate proposed solutions
• Ability to quickly learn new concepts and software
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team-oriented environment
• Ability to manage time across multiple tasks and juggle competing deadlines

Education and Work Experience:

• The candidate should have over 8 years of working experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Background in CS, IT, or related scientific discipline is preferred