React Lead

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced React Lead to drive frontend architecture, technical excellence, and delivery for modern web applications. This role will lead a team of frontend engineers, collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders, and ensure the development of scalable, high-performing, and maintainable React-based solutions that support business objectives

Key Responsibilities

Serve as the Frontend Technical Lead, driving architecture decisions, development standards, and best practices across React applications.

Participate in solution design and technical planning, collaborating with business and backend teams to define scalable frontend approaches.

Review UI/UX designs to assess technical feasibility, performance considerations, and maintainability.

Lead the design and development of responsive, user-centric web applications using React.js and TypeScript.

Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and coaching to frontend developers, fostering engineering excellence within the team.

Establish and enforce coding standards through regular code reviews, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Oversee application performance optimization, leveraging techniques such as lazy loading, memoization, and code splitting.

Partner with DevOps teams to support CI/CD implementation, release readiness, and deployment best practices.

Ensure code quality and stability through comprehensive unit and integration testing.

Manage technical risks, delivery timelines, and frontend release activities to ensure successful project outcomes.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve application issues and defects.

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Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.

Strong hands-on experience designing and developing enterprise-scale web applications using React.js.

Advanced knowledge of React concepts, including Hooks, Context API, Suspense, and component lifecycle management.

Proven experience implementing application state management using Redux or similar frameworks.

Strong proficiency in TypeScript and modern JavaScript (ES6+).

Experience writing and maintaining unit and integration tests using Jest and React Testing Library.

Expertise in frontend performance optimization and application scalability.

Experience with source control management using Git and collaborative development workflows.

Strong problem-solving, stakeholder management, and communication skills.

Prior experience leading frontend teams and driving technical decision-making.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with AWS cloud services and cloud-native application development.

Exposure to Java-based technologies and enterprise backend integrations.

Familiarity with Webpack, Babel, and modern frontend build and deployment processes.

Experience working within Agile delivery environments.

Knowledge of accessibility standards and responsive design best practices.