As the Web Team Lead, you’ll lead our genealogy-focused front-end development team, collaborating closely with UX/UI designers, product managers, and back-end and QA engineers to create seamless, engaging web experiences. Your mission is to develop intuitive interfaces that make exploring family history effortless, enjoyable, and data-driven.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in front-end development, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
- B.Sc. in Computer Science or Software Engineering.
- Strong leadership skills, with a proven ability to inspire, motivate, train, and manage senior web developers.
- Proven track record delivering scalable, high-performance web applications.
- Comfort balancing leadership responsibilities with hands-on development, actively engaging in code reviews and technical decision-making.
- Extensive experience with architectural and design-related activities.
- Expertise with React/Redux or similar modern web libraries and frameworks.
- Excellent proficiency in vanilla JavaScript/ESNext, HTML, and CSS.
- Solid experience with RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and real-time data integration.
- Excellent problem-solving abilities, adaptability, and an eye for UX/UI best practices.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and tools such as Jira, GitHub, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Server-side familiarity and comfort with associated responsibilities.
- Visionary approach in pre-planning phases and capability to create long-term strategic goals.
- Fluent in English.
Will be a plus
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a front-end development team of 4+ members, ensuring high performance and professional growth.
- Design and develop user-friendly genealogy tools utilizing modern front-end technologies, including React (with SSR), Redux, ES2015+ (Babel), GraphQL, SASS, and Webpack within a CI/CD environment (Jenkins).
- Uphold high coding standards with rigorous testing using Jest and React Testing Library.
- Extend and enhance our custom component library.
- Optimize web applications for speed, scalability, and cross-browser compatibility.
- Collaborate with back-end engineers to integrate APIs for historical records and family tree data.
- Ensure adherence to front-end security best practices, safeguarding against XSS, CSRF, and other vulnerabilities.
- Monitor the production environment, proactively identifying and resolving performance, security, and usability issues.
- Stay ahead of trends in web development, AI, and genealogy technologies to drive innovation.
What we offer
- Flexible work arrangements.
- 20 working days per year is a Non-Operational Allowance and settled to be use for personal recreation matters and are compensated in full.
- Collaborative and supportive team culture.
- Truly competitive salary.
- Help and support from our caring HR team.
