Lead Software Engineer

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Lead Software Engineer, Front End to drive the delivery of complex and impactful software solutions. This role is remote.

About the Role

This pivotal role involves direct influence on the success of cross-functional initiatives and product outcomes through technical leadership, establishing best practices, and mentoring the Front-end engineering team within an agile environment. The Lead Engineer will shape the technical direction and ensure the delivery of modern, high-quality, scalable, and maintainable software aligned with product goals.

Responsibilities

• Guide the Front-end team, setting the technical vision in line with product goals.
• Drive technical design discussions, contributing to robust and scalable system architecture.
• Lead the design, development, and deployment of modern Front-end solutions from conception to launch in an iterative process.
• Actively contribute to team agile ceremonies and successful sprint delivery, driving process improvement.
• Partner with product managers and stakeholders to define requirements, provide technical insights, write stories, and ensure seamless solution integration, leveraging system knowledge.
• Establish and enforce best practices, coding standards, and architectural patterns for code quality, maintainability, and scalability.
• Conduct thorough code reviews to ensure quality and knowledge sharing.
• Mentor Front-end engineers, fostering their technical growth, providing constructive feedback, and promoting a collaborative team environment.
• Address complex technical challenges, troubleshoot issues, provide innovative solutions, and identify and mitigate technical risks to ensure timely and successful feature delivery.
• Champion high standards for clear, accessible documentation to enhance team efficiency and maintainability.
• Stay current with technology trends, proactively identifying opportunities for process and stack improvements.

Requirements

• Strong technical leadership skills with the ability to set technical vision and guide a team.
• Deep understanding of agile software development methodologies and the software development lifecycle.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and guide other engineers.
• Solid understanding of software architecture principles, design patterns, and system scalability.
• Expert knowledge of Javascript Runtime technologies, React, React Router framework, Component libraries, Javascript testing libraries, accessibility principles, and Front-end performance concepts.
• Expert understanding of agile software development best practices, coding standards, and testing methodologies.
• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong proficiency in relevant programming languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS.
• Experience with Deno.
• Experience with testing frameworks Vitest and Playwright.
• Experience with Git, Bitbucket, TeamCity, Jira, Confluence, Docker.
• Experience with VisualStudio Code, Chrome DevTools.