Senior Front-End Architect

As a key technical leader within our front-end engineering team, you will drive high-performance, scalable, and maintainable web applications. Your expertise in modern front-end technologies, design system architecture, and passion for delivering exceptional user experiences are essential to success in this role.

Beyond technical execution, about 20% of your time involves mentoring engineers, driving architectural decisions, and leading cross-functional collaboration with front-end, QA, and backend engineers, and other teams.

Your strong English language proficiency and experience working with remote teams across North America and Latin America are required, as this role requires clear communication and coordination across distributed teams, including our clients.

The preferred candidate should be based in (or within a location commutable to) the Delhi/NCR region of India, working in hours that have an overlap with the Eastern Standard Timezone (EST).

1. Lead the architecture and development of scalable, performant, and maintainable front-end applications.
2. Drive the adoption of modern front-end frameworks and technologies, ensuring best practices in React.js and Next.js.
3. Optimize applications for Core Web Vitals (LCP, CLS, FID) to ensure high performance and superior user experience.
4. Collaborate with designers and UX teams to implement seamless, accessible, and visually appealing interfaces.
5. Define and maintain scalable component architecture using Storybook, and Tailwind CSS, or similar libraries.
6. Understand and implement client-side state management solutions, React Query in particular.
7. Work closely with backend teams to optimize REST API integrations, ensuring efficient data fetching and caching strategies.
8. Lead and manage engineers and QA Automation engineers, providing mentorship, technical guidance, and career development support.
9. Lead front-end testing initiatives, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing (Playwright preferred).
10. Integrate third-party headless CMS (Contentful) and personalization engines (Algolia, Cloudinary, Talon.One and Segment).
11. Partner with Tech Directors and cross-functional teams to ensure front-end scalability, security, and maintainability.
12. Stay updated with cutting-edge front-end technologies, continuously improving our development workflows and tools.

• Strong proficiency in English (written and verbal communication) is required.
• Experience driving delivery excellence, leading and mentoring a team of engineers, QA automation engineers, and data analysts.
• Experience working with remote teams in North America and Latin America (LATAM), ensuring smooth collaboration across time zones.
• Deep expertise in TypeScript, with extensive experience in modern Next.js (14+) and React (18+).
• A strong understanding of a11y and WCAG principles.
• Strong experience with modern CSS methodologies, specifically Tailwind CSS.
• Experience with modular front-end architectures, component-driven development, and design systems.
• Solid understanding of API consumption patterns, including REST, GraphQL, and WebSockets.
• Experience with performance optimization techniques, including code-splitting, lazy loading, image optimization, and CDN strategies.
• Familiarity with headless CMS platforms, specifically Contentful.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform (preferred) or similar.
• Understanding of containerization technologies for development environments.
• Understanding of Google Cloud Run as a web application run-time environment.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines for front-end deployments (GitHub Actions preferred).
• Knowledge of front-end security best practices, including CSP, OWASP Top 10, and secure authentication/authorization mechanisms (OAuth, JWT).
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, flexible personal time off policy, great projects, inclusive and safe work environment, learning opportunities, and a chance to grow professionally.

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