Lead Frontend Engineer

About the job

About the Role We’re looking for a Lead Frontend Engineer to own the architecture, development, and quality of our web applications. You’ll be responsible for building fast, scalable, and user-friendly interfaces while setting frontend standards and mentoring other engineers. This role is hands-on and strategic — you’ll write production code, make technical decisions, and work closely with product, design, and backend teams. Key Responsibilities Technical Leadership • Own the frontend architecture and technical roadmap • Define and enforce coding standards, performance, and best practices • Lead code reviews and mentor frontend engineers • Make decisions on frameworks, libraries, and tooling Development • Build and maintain high-quality web applications • Translate designs and product requirements into clean, performant UI • Implement responsive, accessible, and cross-browser experiences • Integrate frontend applications with backend APIs • Optimize applications for speed, scalability, and usability Collaboration • Work closely with: Product managers to shape requirements and delivery • Designers to ensure pixel-perfect UI and great UX • Backend engineers on APIs, data contracts, and performance • Participate in sprint planning, estimation, and technical discussions Quality & Delivery • Ensure frontend code is: - Testable - Maintainable - Well-documented • Own frontend release processes and CI/CD pipelines • Monitor performance, bugs, and user feedback Required Skills & Experience Must Have • 5+ years of frontend development experience • Strong expertise in JavaScript / TypeScript • Extensive experience with React.js (or similar modern frameworks) • Solid understanding of: HTML5, CSS3, modern layout systems • State management (Redux, Zustand, React Query, etc.) • REST APIs and async data handling • Experience building and maintaining production web apps • Familiarity with Git, CI/CD, and modern build tools

Requirements

• JavaScript
• TypeScript
• React.js
• HTML5
• CSS3

Preferred Technologies

• JavaScript
• TypeScript
• React.js
• HTML5
• CSS3

About the company

Founding Teams is a AI pre accelerator and talent platform. We help AI founders to find the best engineering, design and marketing talent.