- *Engineering Lead – Frontend Platform \- 10\+ years \- Product Based**
- *Experience:** 10\+ Years (Minimum 3 Years in a Lead Role)
We are looking for a highly skilled and hands\-on **Lead Software Engineer – Front End** to lead the architecture, scalability, and technical direction of modern web platforms. This role requires deep expertise in React.js, frontend platform engineering, and large\-scale product development environments.
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience designing scalable frontend architectures, driving engineering standards across teams, and owning platform\-level initiatives within product\-driven organizations. We are specifically seeking professionals with strong product ownership experience rather than project\-based or freelance delivery backgrounds.
- Lead the design, architecture, and development of scalable frontend applications and shared platform capabilities.
- Drive modern frontend engineering practices, including React architecture, state management, performance optimization, and component scalability.
- Own frontend platform initiatives and contribute to long\-term product engineering strategy.
- Collaborate with cross\-functional engineering and product teams to deliver scalable, maintainable, and high\-performing solutions.
- Drive architecture decisions and technical direction across multiple engineering teams.
- Establish frontend engineering standards, best practices, and reusable design patterns.
- Improve frontend application performance, reliability, observability, and developer experience.
- Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across frontend initiatives.
- Contribute to CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring, and operational excellence practices.
- *Required Skills \& Experience**
- Strong hands\-on experience with **React.js** (Mandatory).
- Deep expertise in modern frontend architecture and scalable web application design.
- Strong understanding of JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML5, and CSS3\.
- Experience with frontend state management solutions and reusable component systems.
- Strong experience in frontend performance optimization and application scalability.
- Proven experience leading frontend architecture decisions across multiple engineering teams.
- Demonstrated experience owning and scaling large frontend platforms or products.
- Strong understanding of software engineering best practices, maintainability, and platform scalability.
- Experience working in product engineering organizations with long\-term platform ownership responsibilities.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and problem\-solving skills.
- *Preferred Qualifications**
- Experience with Micro\-Frontend architecture or Frontend Platform Engineering.
- Exposure to cloud\-native environments and modern DevOps practices.
- Experience with frontend observability, monitoring, and performance tooling.
- Prior experience in high\-scale consumer internet or enterprise product companies.
- Exposure to backend technologies such as **Java, Scala, Kotlin, or C\#** is an advantage.
- *Experience Requirements**
- 10\+ years of software engineering experience with strong frontend specialization.
- Minimum 3 years of experience in a Technical Lead, Lead Engineer, or Engineering Leadership role.
- Proven track record of architecture leadership and platform ownership in product\-based organizations.
- *Important Considerations**
- React.js expertise is mandatory.
- Strong product engineering background is required.Experience in platform ownership and large\-scale product development is essential.Candidates with predominantly freelance, contract\-based, consulting, or short\-term project experience may not be suitable for this role.
- **Education**
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
Pay: ₹400,000\.00 \- ₹600,000\.00 per month
Experience
- Java/ Scala/ \#C/ or Kotlin (Back End): 5 years (Preferred)
- Team Lead: 5 years (Preferred)
- Product Based IT: 3 years (Preferred)
- Front\-end development: 5 years (Required)
- React JS: 5 years (Required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Chennai, Tamil Nadu