Lead Frontend Engineer

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Salary range: Rs 1800000 - Rs 2500000 (ie INR 18-25 LPA)

Min Experience: 6 years

Location: Mumbai

JobType: full-time

We are seeking a highly skilled and visionary Lead Frontend Engineer with 6–9 years of experience building scalable, high-performance web applications. This role is ideal for a hands-on technical leader who thrives in fast-paced environments and is passionate about crafting seamless, elegant user experiences using modern frontend technologies.

As a Lead Frontend Engineer, you will own the frontend architecture, guide technical decisions, mentor engineers, and collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and backend teams to deliver world-class digital products.

Requirements:
Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, architecture, and development of complex frontend applications using React and Next.js.
• Build scalable, reusable, and maintainable UI components with Tailwind CSS and modern JavaScript (ES6+).
• Own the end-to-end frontend development lifecycle—from concept and design collaboration to deployment and optimization.
• Architect server-side rendering (SSR), static site generation (SSG), and hybrid rendering strategies using Next.js.
• Establish and enforce frontend best practices, coding standards, performance benchmarks, and review processes.
• Optimize applications for speed, scalability, SEO, and cross-browser compatibility.
• Collaborate closely with UX/UI designers to translate design systems and wireframes into pixel-perfect interfaces.
• Integrate frontend systems with backend APIs and third-party services.
• Lead code reviews, mentor junior and mid-level developers, and foster a culture of technical excellence.
• Drive testing strategies including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements to frontend architecture.

Required Skills & Expertise

React

• Deep understanding of React fundamentals, hooks, context API, state management, and component lifecycle.
• Experience building scalable component-driven architectures.
• Familiarity with performance optimization techniques such as memoization, lazy loading, and code splitting.

Next.js

• Strong experience with SSR, SSG, API routes, middleware, and routing.
• Knowledge of SEO best practices and performance tuning in Next.js environments.
• Experience deploying and optimizing Next.js applications in production environments.

Tailwind CSS

• Expertise in building responsive, maintainable UI systems using Tailwind.
• Ability to create and extend design systems using utility-first principles.
• Strong understanding of accessibility and responsive design patterns.

JavaScript

• Advanced proficiency in modern JavaScript (ES6+).
• Strong understanding of asynchronous programming, promises, and API integrations.
• Experience writing clean, modular, and testable code.

Leadership & Soft Skills

• Proven experience leading frontend projects or small engineering teams.
• Strong architectural decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration abilities.
• Ability to balance speed of execution with code quality and scalability.
• Proactive mindset with strong ownership and accountability.

Nice to Have

• Experience with TypeScript.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices.
• Knowledge of performance monitoring tools.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.