Principal Frontend Architect/Lead Developer

Description :

About the Job :

We are seeking a seasoned and highly strategic Principal Front-End Architect/Lead Developer to take ownership of the technical direction and architecture for our most innovative and mission-critical applications. This role requires deep technical mastery, exceptional leadership, and the ability to drive long-term front-end strategy across multiple product lines.

You will be instrumental in setting architectural standards, mentoring senior developers, and ensuring the delivery of highly performant, scalable, and resilient user interfaces.

Key Responsibilities :

- Architectural Leadership & Strategy : Define, evangelize, and govern the multi-year front-end architecture roadmap for major products, ensuring alignment with overall business strategy and non-functional requirements (e.g., performance, security, scalability).

- Technical Authority & Decision Making : Act as the ultimate technical authority for front-end development, making high-impact decisions on framework selection, design patterns, and tooling. Drive the adoption of emerging best-in-class technologies.

- Delivery & Quality Assurance : Lead the development and maintenance of complex, high-traffic web applications using Angular, ensuring the highest standards of code quality, performance optimization, and application responsiveness.

- Team and Talent Development : Mentor and coach senior and lead developers (8-10 YoE), fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement. Conduct sophisticated code reviews and design discussions to elevate the team's capabilities.

- Cross-Functional Collaboration : Collaborate intensely with Product Management, Backend Architecture, and UX/UI Design teams to translate business needs into robust and elegant technical solutions.

- Process and Standards : Establish and enforce enterprise-level best practices for software development, including advanced testing strategies (e.g., end-to-end, performance testing), CI/CD pipelines, and sophisticated release management processes.

- Complex Problem Solving : Troubleshoot and resolve the most complex, systemic, and production-critical technical issues, often spanning multiple system boundaries.

Skill Set (Deep Expertise Required) :

- Front-End Architecture Mastery : Expert, hands-on proficiency in Angular (v12 ) and its advanced ecosystem, including deep expertise in RxJS, state management patterns (e.g., NgRx), TypeScript, and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP).

- Multi-Framework Fluency : Strong, proven experience with React/Redux (or similar modern frameworks) to inform architectural choices and integration strategies.

- System Design : Deep understanding of front-end architectural patterns (e.g., Micro-Frontends, Monorepos, Module Federation) and when to apply them to achieve maximum scalability and organizational agility.

- Web Fundamentals : Command of advanced HTML5, CSS3, SCSS/LESS, modern JavaScript/ECMAScript, and performance optimization techniques (e.g., lazy loading, bundle analysis, Core Web Vitals).

- APIs and Integration : Expert-level knowledge of consuming and designing RESTful APIs and modern protocols like GraphQL.

- DevOps & Tooling : Extensive experience with complex build tools (e.g., Webpack, Vite), package managers, source control (Git), and setting up robust continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.

- Backend Familiarity (Strategic Advantage) : Hands-on experience with backend technologies like , Go, or Python to facilitate optimal API contract design and full-stack integration strategies.

Requirements & Experience :

- Total Experience : 12 years of progressive experience in software development, with a deep focus on enterprise-level Front-End Architecture and Development.

- Angular Expertise : 7 years of dedicated, hands-on architectural experience with Angular.

- Leadership & Mentorship : 5 years of experience in a formal leadership role (Lead Developer, Architect, or Principal Engineer), with a proven track record of mentoring senior staff and setting technical direction.

- Education : Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.

- Architectural Portfolio : Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing large-scale, high-availability, high-performance web applications used by thousands or millions of users.

- Communication : Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical trade-offs to both technical teams and executive stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications :

- Proven experience in designing and leading the implementation of Micro-Frontend architectures to enable domain-driven design and independent team deployments.

- Expertise in Cloud-Native architectures and deployment on platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, including serverless computing and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform).

- Deep familiarity with Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles and applying them to front-end development.

- Experience in a highly regulated industry or working with extreme security and compliance requirements

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