Front-End Engineering Manager

About the job

We are seeking a highly experienced Front-End Engineering Manager to lead, mentor, and scale our front-end engineering team. This role requires deep technical expertise in React, JavaScript / TypeScript, Node.js, Tailwind CSS, and modern front-end architecture. Roles & Responsibilities Leadership & Management • Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing front-end engineering team. • Conduct regular 1 : 1s, performance evaluations, and individual development plans. • Establish engineering best practices for code quality, testing, documentation, and architecture. • Drive sprint planning, estimation, technical scoping, and delivery accountability. • Foster a culture of ownership, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Technical Execution • Architect, design, and review front-end solutions that are scalable, modular, secure, and low-latency. • Oversee development of reusable UI components, design systems, and front-end frameworks. • Ensure high standards for accessibility, performance optimization, and cross-browser compatibility. • Collaborate with backend teams to define efficient API interfaces and data contracts. • Make architectural decisions on React state management, caching strategies, bundling, code splitting, and micro-frontend approaches (if applicable). Product & Delivery • Partner closely with Product Managers & Designers to translate requirements into elegant, intuitive user experiences. • Own end-to-end delivery of front-end features with predictability and high quality. • Ensure proper instrumentation, analytics, and observability for front-end features. • Proactively identify technical debt and lead modernization / refactoring initiatives. Quality, Security & Compliance • Implement automated testing frameworks (unit, integration, E2E) to ensure reliability. • Ensure front-end applications follow secure coding standards and compliance guidelines. • Drive performance audits and implement improvements to achieve sub-second load times where possible. Qualifications Must-Have • 8+ years of professional front-end development experience, with at least 3+ years in a leadership / manager role. • Expert-level proficiency in: • React (Hooks, Context, Redux / Zustand / Recoil or similar) • JavaScript & TypeScript • Tailwind CSS & modern CSS architecture • Node.js (front-end tooling, SSR, build pipelines, etc.) • Strong experience working in B2B SaaS products with complex workflows and high scale. • Proven ability to build high-performance, low-latency, scalable front-end systems. • Extensive experience with CI / CD, code quality frameworks, bundlers (Vite / Webpack), and testing tools (Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, Playwright). • Demonstrated ability to make architectural decisions and own front-end technical strategy. • Experience working in fast-paced startup environments. Nice-to-Have • Experience with design systems, Storybook, or component libraries. • Familiarity with micro-frontends, module federation, or large-scale app decomposition. • Exposure to cloud environments (AWS / GCP), containerization, and API performance optimization. • Prior experience integrating with analytics platforms, feature flag systems, or A/B testing frameworks. • Understanding of WebSockets, real-time interfaces, and state synchronization at scale.

Requirements

• React
• JavaScript
• TypeScript
• Node.js
• Tailwind CSS

Preferred Technologies

• React
• JavaScript
• TypeScript
• Node.js
• Tailwind CSS