Frontend Team Lead

About the role

This role focuses on leading a frontend development team responsible for creating tools used by traders and investors on a large financial analysis platform. The position requires a blend of technical expertise and leadership, including planning, prioritizing tasks, and distributing workload. Success in this role means consistently delivering high-quality products and evolving engineering processes to enhance efficiency.

The Frontend Team Lead will foster a strong team culture through regular one-on-one meetings and by supporting engineers' professional growth. This involves mentoring, providing feedback, and taking ownership of team outcomes. The goal is to build a cohesive and productive team capable of delivering predictable and reliable product releases.

The role also demands hands-on technical involvement, such as conducting code reviews, tackling complex tasks, and developing critical features. A key aspect is designing the architecture for intricate frontend systems and core application components. The lead will also be responsible for integrating modern tools, including AI, to improve team efficiency and development standards.

The salary for this position ranges from $100,000 to $160,000 USD.

Skills that matter here

• JavaScript: Required for hands-on development and code reviews within the frontend team.
• TypeScript: Essential for building robust and scalable frontend applications and systems.
• React: A core technology for developing the user interfaces of the platform's financial tools.
• Leadership experience: Crucial for guiding a team of engineers, conducting 1:1s, and fostering growth.
• Architecture design: Necessary for creating complex frontend systems and key application components.
• Engineering processes: Important for improving planning, delivery, QA, and release cycles within the team.

Who this role suits

• A leader who enjoys both guiding a team and staying technically involved with complex development tasks.
• An individual focused on fostering team growth and maintaining a positive team culture through mentorship and feedback.
• Someone who values improving development workflows and introducing new technologies to enhance efficiency.
• A person with a strong background in frontend architecture, capable of designing scalable systems.

From the employer

• Lead the frontend team: planning, task prioritization, and workload distribution
• Conduct regular 1:1s, support engineers’ growth, and build a strong team culture
• Ensure predictable and high-quality product delivery (development, QA, releases)
• Improve and evolve engineering processes and development standards
• Design architecture of complex frontend systems and key application components
• Stay hands-on when needed: code reviews, complex tasks, and critical features
• Increase team efficiency by introducing modern tools, including AI

• 5+ years of experience in frontend development (JavaScript, TypeScript, React)
• Proven experience leading a development team of 3+ engineers
• Strong ability to design architecture of complex applications
• Solid understanding of browser internals and performance optimization
• Experience building and improving engineering processes (planning, delivery, QA, release)
• Hands-on experience with testing (unit, integration, E2E)
• Leadership experience: mentoring, giving feedback, and taking ownership of outcomes

• Flexible working hours and a hybrid work format
• Well-equipped offices for focused and collaborative work
• A global, distributed team of 500+ professionals
• Learning, mentorship, and long-term career growth
• Relocation support and private health insurance
• Performance-based bonuses
• TradingView Premium access
• Regular team events and company-wide meetups