Development Team Lead (Front End Lean) #2570 – Location: remote; US
Position Summary:
Our partner, a global technology organization focused on streamlining digital services, is seeking a Development Team Lead with deep expertise in frontend development. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who thrives at the intersection of architecture, delivery, and team coordination. The team is building a unified, next-generation SaaS platform that integrates multiple legacy products into a single, modern solution. The Development Team Lead will anchor the React frontend, guiding engineers across distributed teams while partnering closely with Product and UX to deliver stable, high-quality releases. The greatest impact comes through how you organize, mentor, and elevate technical standards. The ideal candidate brings strong architectural judgment, a sense of ownership, and the ability to bring focus and reliability to a fast-moving environment.
Experience and Education:
- BS in Computer Science, Information Technology, Arts or equivalent experience/field
- Experience leading frontend development in a product-scale React environment
- Proven ability to architect large web applications with thoughtful design patterns
- Background mentoring or coaching other engineers in delivery-focused teams
- Experience driving release cadence and quality across distributed teams
- Exposure to modern CI/CD practices and collaboration with QA, Product, and UX
Skills and Strengths:
- React
- TypeScript
- Frontend architecture
- Code review
- Design patterns
- Component libraries
- State management
- Redux
- React Query
- Context API
- JavaScript
- REST APIs
- Delivery management
- Mentoring
- CI/CD
- Agile
- AWS
- Team leadership
- Communication
- Debugging
Primary Job Responsibilities:
- Lead and mentor a distributed team of frontend engineers, promoting growth and accountability
- Guide architectural direction to ensure scalability, performance, and maintainability
- Write and review production-quality React code to set engineering standards
- Oversee sprint planning, backlog prioritization, and delivery reliability
- Collaborate with Product, UX, and Backend teams to align on goals and execution
- Uphold high standards for code quality, testing, and documentation
- Partner with QA and DevOps to streamline CI/CD and improve release consistency
- Identify and address technical debt or delivery risks proactively
- Drive adoption of modern frontend tools, frameworks, and best practices
- Foster strong communication and collaboration across time zones
- Ensure design consistency and a seamless user experience across the platform
- Promote continuous improvement in process, tooling, and team performance
- Serve as a key liaison between engineering leadership and project stakeholders
- Champion product usability and reliability throughout development and delivery
