Lead Frontend Engineer

Responsibilities : A. Leadership and Team Mentoring : - Lead, mentor, and inspire a vibrant team of frontend engineers to deliver high-quality products. To foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement within the team. - Conduct regular code reviews to ensure best practices and maintain code quality. - Lead knowledge-sharing sessions and encourage continual learning within the team. B. Cross-Functional Collaboration : - Work closely with product managers, UX designers, and backend engineers to ensure seamless integration of features. - Translate business requirements into clear technical tasks and coordinate scope with cross-functional peers. - Proactively identify and mitigate cross-team dependencies. C. Technical Excellence : - Drive architectural decisions, promote modern best practices, and ensure long-term viability. - Guide teams on implementing new frameworks or libraries, ensuring consistent adoption. - Architect next-generation frontend applications and micro-frontends. D. Performance Optimization : - Continuously monitor and evaluate application performance across various devices and browsers. - Profile and debug performance bottlenecks, ensuring optimal load times. - Implement advanced tooling and instrumentation for proactive performance tuning. E. Outbound Evangelism : - Represent the team at conferences and technical meetups, sharing insights and best practices. - Write and publish technical blog posts to showcase innovations and thought leadership. - Collaborate with marketing to highlight product achievements and engineering stories. Requirements : - BE/BTech degree in software engineering, computer science, or a related field. - 7 years of professional software engineering experience focused on web technologies, focusing on React. - Expertise in Front-End Architecture : Deep understanding of modern front-end technologies, including advanced JavaScript (ESNext features), TypeScript for type safety, bundlers (e. g., Webpack) to optimize build processes and ensure cross-browser compatibility and React. - CSS Expertise : Proficiency in modern CSS techniques including SCSS, CSS Modules, and CSS-in-JS libraries like Styled Components and Emotion to create scalable, maintainable, and responsive user interfaces. Knowledge in creating component-driven styles and implementing design systems for consistent UI/UX. - Frontend Performance Optimization : Proven track record in performance profiling and optimization for web applications using tools such as React Profiler, Lighthouse, and Webpack Bundle Analyzer. Focus on optimizing for fast load times, memory management, and rendering efficiency. - Micro Frontend Architecture : Experience in architecting and implementing scalable micro frontend solutions, leveraging frameworks such as Next.js for SSR/SSG, ensuring seamless integration, and supporting large, distributed teams working on independent components. - CI/CD and DevOps Practices : Hands-on experience in setting up and maintaining continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and CircleCI to automate testing, deployment, and delivery processes for faster release cycles. - Cloud Platforms & Containerization : Proficient in containerization with Docker and Kubernetes for scalable and reproducible development environments, as well as deploying frontend applications on cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP to ensure high availability and resilience. - Exceptional problem-solving abilities. - Ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. - Past experience speaking at conferences, contributing to open-source projects, or writing technical content. - Strong teamwork and communication skills. - Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. (ref:hirist.tech)

Location: gurgaon, IN

Posted Date: 4/19/2025