The Role
Lead the architecture and development of scalable React microfrontend applications, focusing on performance, accessibility, SEO, Core Web Vitals, and responsive UI. Implement APIs, authentication, caching, monitoring, CI/CD, and cloud deployment patterns across frontend and backend layers. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, enforce engineering standards, conduct code reviews, mentor developers, and address technical debt and architectural gaps.
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Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement scalable microfrontend architectures using React, enabling independent team deployments and feature isolation.
- Lead frontend development efforts with emphasis on performance optimization, accessibility (A11y), and SEO best practices for large-scale web applications.
- Build and maintain responsive, modern UIs using React, TypeScript, and contemporary frontend frameworks; optimize for Core Web Vitals and search engine visibility.
- Develop frontend applications, implementing RESTful APIs and microservices patterns.
- Architect and implement cross-cutting concerns including authentication, authorization, logging, caching, and monitoring across frontend and backend layers.
- Collaborate with product, design, and backend teams to translate requirements into technical specifications and implementation plans.
- Enforce coding standards, design patterns, and best practices across frontend and backend development; conduct thorough code reviews.
- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated testing, building, and deployment of frontend and backend components.
- Mentor and guide developers on frontend technologies, SEO optimization, and cloud deployment patterns.
- Identify and address performance bottlenecks, technical debt, and architectural gaps; recommend pragmatic solutions with impact analysis.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
- 6+ years of software engineering experience with at least 2 years in a fullstack or senior frontend engineer role.
- Expert-level proficiency in React and modern JavaScript/TypeScript; proven experience building complex, performant web applications at scale.
- Strong experience implementing microfrontend architectures (Module Federation, iframes, Web Components, or similar patterns).
- Demonstrable knowledge of SEO best practices, including server-side rendering (SSR), static site generation (SSG), structured data, and Core Web Vitals optimization.
- Strong understanding of web performance optimization, caching strategies, and browser APIs.
- Proficiency with version control, frontend build tools (Webpack, Vite, Next.js, etc.), and testing frameworks (Jest, React Testing Library).
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and containerization/deployment technologies.
- Strong communication skills, ability to work across teams, and problem-solving mindset.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with Next.js, Remix, or other React meta-frameworks for SSR/SSG capabilities.
- Expertise in state management solutions (Redux, Zustand, Context API, etc.).
- Familiarity with design systems and component library development and maintenance.
- Experience with CSS-in-JS solutions (styled-components, Emotion, etc.) or utility-first CSS frameworks (Tailwind).
- Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG) and inclusive design practices.
- Experience with GraphQL or gRPC for modern API development.
- Cloud certifications (AWS Associate/Professional or Azure Administrator/Developer).
- Agile and Scaled Agile Frameworks (SAFe) experience.
- Exposure to generative AI feature delivery and integration in web applications.
Experience
- 6–10+ years of overall software development experience.
- 2+ years of professional frontend development with significant emphasis on frontend architecture and React.
- Demonstrated success building and scaling complex web applications with performance and SEO as key considerations.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field
- 6+ years of software engineering experience
- At least 2 years in a full-stack or senior frontend engineering role
- Expert proficiency in React and modern JavaScript or TypeScript
- Experience building complex, performant web applications at scale
- Strong experience implementing microfrontend architectures
- Knowledge of SEO best practices, SSR, SSG, structured data, and Core Web Vitals optimization
- Strong understanding of web performance optimization, caching strategies, and browser APIs
- Proficiency with version control, frontend build tools, and testing frameworks
- Experience with cloud platforms and containerization or deployment technologies
- Strong communication and cross-functional problem-solving skills
- Experience with Next.js, Remix, or other React meta-frameworks
- Expertise in Redux, Zustand, Context API, or other state management solutions
- Familiarity with design systems and component library development
- Experience with CSS-in-JS or utility-first CSS frameworks
- Knowledge of WCAG and inclusive design practices
- Experience with GraphQL or gRPC
- Cloud certification such as AWS Associate or Professional, or Azure certification
- Agile or Scaled Agile Frameworks experience
- Exposure to generative AI feature delivery and integration
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