Lead Front-End Developer

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and development of web and mobile applications, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Guide the team in making informed architectural trade-offs, aligning technical decisions with business goals.
• Drive high-quality release processes, ensuring timely delivery with minimal defects.
• Manage and mentor team members, including resources focused on deploying and maintaining iOS and Android apps.
• Collaborate closely with product owners, designers, and stakeholders to refine requirements and deliver exceptional user experiences.
• Serve as a code contributor, actively participating in development alongside the team.
• Incorporate and promote the use of AI-assisted development tools and workflows (e.g., code generation, debugging, testing, and productivity tooling) to improve engineering efficiency and output quality.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years experience working for software companies that serve the restaurant industry.
• Minimum of 6+ years leading development of web and mobile applications.
• Proven experience defining architecture and technical direction for new applications.
• Strong track record of managing development teams and coaching engineers to deliver high-quality work.
• Experience gathering requirements and interacting with customers directly.
• Understanding of SaaS business models and the technologies that support them.
• Familiarity with making and evaluating design trade-offs in an SDLC environment.
• Full-stack development experience.
• Experience leveraging AI tools within the development lifecycle (e.g., Copilot, LLM-based tools, AI-assisted debugging, test generation, or workflow automation) to enhance productivity and code quality.
• Experience across multiple platforms, including Apache Cordova, Angular, React.JS, Vue, Ionic, React Native, and Bootstrap.
• Expertise in TypeScript, JavaScript, REST APIs, HTML, JSON, XML, and CSS.
• Mastery of version control systems such as GitHub.
• Experience with Jira and Confluence for work management.
• Experience with Xcode & Android Studio for App Store and Google Play submissions.
• Knowledge of eCommerce and online ordering solutions.
• Experience with payment gateway integrations, including Apple Pay and Google Pay.
• Familiarity with messaging solutions (push notifications, WhatsApp, SMS).
• Proven ability to implement third-party SDKs.
• Advanced understanding of application security management.
• Experience building or contributing to AI-enhanced features, internal tooling, or developer productivity systems.
• Practical experience integrating or working alongside AI/ML-driven tools, APIs, or services within modern development workflows.

Required Skills

• Strong leadership, mentoring, and communication skills.
• Attention to detail with the ability to scope and estimate projects accurately.
• Strong sense of application usability and design standards.
• Logical thinking and commitment to building products you would personally use.
• Ability to thrive in a virtual, collaborative environment.