Tech Lead (Frontend), Digital Venture

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Design and implement scalable frontend solutions with React Native while mentoring a team, improving performance and leading proactive initiatives.

Makro PRO is an exciting new digital venture by the iconic Makro. Our proud purpose is to build a technology platform that will help make business possible for restaurant owners, hotels, and independent retailers, and open the door for sellers. Makro PRO brings together the best talent across multi-nationals to transform the B2B marketplace ecosystem. We welcome bold, energetic, and thoughtful people who share our belief in collaboration, diversity, excellence, and putting customers at the heart of our work 


Take your career to new heights in the future of B2B e-commerce. Join our team and help us build Southeast Asia’s next unicorn.

Your Challenge:

We are looking for a highly skilled Tech Lead – Frontend with strong expertise in React Native and modern frontend technologies. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on solving complex performance challenges, writing high-quality code, and guiding a small team while remaining hands-on with development.

This position requires 80% coding and 20% leadership/mentorship, ensuring both technical excellence and effective collaboration across the team.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical (80%)

  • Architect, design, and implement scalable, performant frontend solutions using React Native, React.js, Next JS and related technologies.
  • Diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks (JS thread blocking, memory leaks, rendering optimizations, network performance, bundle size).
  • Ensure code quality via best practices, automated testing, CI/CD integration, and code reviews.
  • Collaborate closely with backend, QA, and product teams to deliver seamless mobile and web experiences.
  • Stay updated with emerging frontend trends, frameworks, and tooling.

Leadership (20%)

  • Provide technical mentorship to developers, fostering a culture of learning and excellence.
  • Lead by example with hands-on coding, while setting coding standards and practices.
  • Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and QA to align on delivery timelines and priorities.
  • Support sprint planning, estimations, and ensure smooth delivery.
  • Drive initiatives around frontend performance monitoring, observability, and proactive improvements.

Requirements

  • 7–12 years of experience in frontend development, with at least 4+ years in React Native.
  • Strong knowledge of JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, React.js, Redux / Recoil / Context API.
  • Proven expertise in performance optimization for React Native apps (cold start, FPS, memory usage, bundle size, network performance).
  • Solid understanding of mobile CI/CD pipelines (App Center, Bitrise, Fastlane, GitHub/GitLab CI).
  • Hands-on experience with frontend performance monitoring tools (Flipper, Firebase Performance, Sentry, New Relic, etc.).
  • Strong debugging skills and ability to work across Android and iOS ecosystems.
  • Familiarity with native bridges (Java/Kotlin, Objective-C/Swift) for React Native integrations.
  • Good understanding of frontend security practices and accessibility.
  • Excellent communication, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.
  • Fluent in Thai, both written and spoken.
  • Prior experience leading small teams or mentoring developers.

Nice-to-Have

  • Experience with micro-frontends, modularization, or mono-repo setups.
  • Familiarity with performance/load testing tools (JMeter, k6, Locust) for frontend APIs.
  • Contributions to open-source projects or strong personal GitHub portfolio.

Benefits

Health Insurance – At Makro PRO, we care about your health! Group insurance from a top insurance company is included in your benefits—OPD, IPD, Emergency OPD

Provident Fund – Makro PRO cares about your long-term plan! We offer 3% provident fund.

Year-end bonus – We include variable and performance bonus for our employees.

Gym Facilities – Our Head office has a fitness center, yoga room, and recreational space. Enjoy Bangkok scenery and work your body!

Attractive Vacations days – Enjoy our attractive annual leave. Let’s say the minimum is 16 days!

No overtime – We work 5 days a week with. We set our own goals and deadlines.

Free car parking space – No more stress or extra cost if you drive to work. We offer free parking space for our employees.

Best Culture

  • Clear focus.
  • Diverse Workplace (Our members are from around the world!)
  • Thai and Non-Thai are both welcome!
  • Non-hierarchical and agile environment
  • Growth opportunity and career path

Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Gym Facilities: Our Head office has a fitness center, yoga room, and recreational space. Enjoy Bangkok scenery and work your body!
  • Health Insurance: Group insurance from a top insurance company is included in your benefits—OPD, IPD, Emergency OPD
  • Free Car Parking Space: No more stress or extra cost if you drive to work. We offer free parking space for our employees.

MakroPRO is an exciting new digital venture by the iconic Makro. Our proud purpose is to build a technology platform that will help make business possible for restaurant owners, hotels, and independent retailers, and open the door for sellers by bringing together the best talent to transform the B2B marketplace ecosystem in Southeast Asia Curious. Growth-mindset. User-obsessed. We search for talented people who each bring unique skills and behaviours that will help us build Southeast Asia’s next unicorn. Whether you’re in tech, marketing, finance or client/seller-facing roles, our people bring relentless passion, fast learning and a culture of innovation to every dimension of their work. Every member of our team is open to new perspectives, willing to navigate uncertainty and brings humility and radical candour to the table at all times We are bold, energetic, and thoughtful – grounded in our purpose and family culture, while driven by our passion for digital innovation. Our company is 70% technology, 20% retail, 10% logistics, and 100% heart. Every day, we use leading-edge technologies to understand and help food retailers, hotels, restaurants, caterers, and other businesses big and small navigate supply chain complexities and achieve their goals But the best technology needs to be driven by passionate talent. Aspiring professionals who share our belief in collaboration, diversity, and excellence – those willing to think big, redefine what’s possible, and put customers at the center of their work In return, our commitment to you is to offer a workplace like no other, where ideas can thrive and individuals can be themselves, where colleagues support each other and talent is fairly rewarded, where growth and learning opportunities are the norm not the exception, and where your career can reach new heights

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