Lead Frontend Developer

Lead Frontend Developers act as the primary point of contact for our clients, ensuring that teams are successful in their delivery. In this role, you will bring a strategic mindset to projects and spend time negotiating with clients to bring a technical vision to life. Having a balance of high-level and tactical mindsets is a must, as you will spend time both with clients and your teammates.

At Thoughtworks, we believe in going above and beyond the standard and are committed to delivering best-in-class solutions that exceed our clients' expectations. Our standard engineering and delivery practices reflect our commitment to quality, and our team is always looking to innovate and improve. Lead Frontend Developers guide and coach their teams in their implementation and application.

Job responsibilities

• You will champion and adopt best practices like writing clean and reusable code using TDD, pair programming, design patterns and continuous delivery practices to deliver high-quality software as well as value to end customers as early as possible
• You will oversee or take part in the entire cycle of software consulting and delivery from ideation to evolution in production and everything in between
• You will design solutions and choose technologies that solve clients problems while working within constraints and making pragmatic tradeoffs
• You will create scalable UI systems that are delightful, high functioning and accessible to all audiences
• You will collaborate with a variety of teammates to build features, design concepts and interactive prototypes and ensure best practices and UX specifications are embedded along the way
• You will apply a variety of languages and tools to your work and continue to code alongside Developers; you will not be post-technical in this role
• You will efficiently use and champion DevSecOps tools and practices to build and deploy software, advocating devops culture and shifting security left in development
• You will take ownership and accountability beyond individual deliverables, always pushing the envelope to deliver awesome results for our clients
• You will apply the latest technology thinking from our to solve client problems
• You will cultivate Thoughtworker growth and development by encouraging feedback and fostering an inclusive, supportive team culture

Job qualifications

Technical Skills

• Intermediate English required to collaborate with global teams.
• Availability for business travel is required.
• Experience leading software development teams using Agile, Lean, TDD, and CI/CD practices.
• Strong consulting skills with the ability to align technical decisions to business needs.
• Proficient in TypeScript, writing clean and reusable code.
• Deep experience with React (experience with Angular or Vue is a plus).
• Knowledge of design systems, atomic design, micro frontends, PWAs, and BFF.
• Skilled in building modular web components using modern HTML, CSS, and JS standards.
• Solid understanding of web architecture (HTTP, multi-tiered systems) and accessibility best practices
• Familiar with CSS best practices for responsive, mobile-first layouts.
• Applies UX and web design principles in frontend development.

Professional Skills

• You have experience influencing others and always advocate for technical excellence while being open to change when needed
• You have the ability to develop and execute a technical vision with a focus on business value
• You will act as a mentor for less experienced peers through both your technical knowledge and ability to inspire a team to deliver extraordinary impact together
• You are resilient in ambiguous situations and can approach challenges from multiple perspectives

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