AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together advances in cloud infrastructure, automation and analytics, and software delivery, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation.
At AHEAD, we prioritize creating a culture of belonging, where all perspectives and voices are represented, valued, respected, and heard. We create spaces to empower everyone to speak up, make change, and drive the culture at AHEAD.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and do not discriminate based on an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived.
We embrace all candidates that will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives at AHEAD.
The Front End Engineer creates intuitive UIs on top of API-driven backends enabling AHEAD’s business workflows. You’ll own delivery using TypeScript, React, and Next.js, collaborating closely with backend, QA, product, and AI teams to build reliable features with strong UX, accessibility, and performance.
Key Responsibilities
Build and maintain web frontends using Next.js (React + TypeScript).
Integrate frontend components with FastAPI or RESTful backend services and collaborate on API contracts.
Implement state management, routing, async data fetching, and error handling.
Ensure UI consistency, accessibility, and responsive design across devices; apply design system components.
Write unit tests and participate in code reviews; integrate test suites into CI with GitHub Actions.
Optimize performance (bundle size, caching, SSR/ISR) and UX reliability.
Partner with design and AI teams to build interactive, intelligent UI experiences.
Education & Experience
Minimum Required – Bachelor's in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
3+ years building production-grade React/Next.js applications.
Skills Required
Expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript, React, and Next.js (SSR/ISR, routing).
Familiarity with REST APIs and async data handling; solid component design and state management.
Experience with CI/CD using GitHub Actions and containerized environments; basic Kubernetes/Helm exposure.
Strong grounding in OOP and testing best practices; exposure to TDD/BDD is a plus.
Experience visualizing AI outputs or vector search results is a plus.
Why AHEAD:
Through our daily work and internal groups like Moving Women AHEAD and RISE AHEAD, we value and benefit from diversity of people, ideas, experience, and everything in between.
We fuel growth by stacking our office with top-notch technologies in a multi-million-dollar lab, by encouraging cross department training and development, sponsoring certifications and credentials for continued learning.
India Employment Benefits include:
