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We’re on the hunt for a skilled and visionary Lead Front-End Engineer (React) to join us at the exciting start of a brand-new product journey. This is your chance to shape the technical direction and leave your mark on a project with real impact.

You’ll be working alongside a high-performing, cross-functional team that values innovation, autonomy, and collaboration. If you’re ready to realise your vision, grow with a fast-moving product team, and get a standout case for your portfolio — this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for.

What to expect:
— No legacy code — only modern technologies and a clean foundation to build upon;
— The project involves working with video and audio content, developing PWA, and optimizing for mobile devices, where performance and user experience will be top priorities;
— Architectural challenges ahead — a chance to design a system that is scalable, reliable, and developer-friendly;
— Horizontal structure — fast decision-making processes and minimal bureaucracy;
— Meaningful product impact — you’ll be working on a solution that positively influences people’s lives.

What you will do:
— Design and develop high-performance front-end solutions for a growing web product, with a focus on scalability, maintainability, and seamless user experience across devices.
— Own and evolve the frontend architecture, ensuring it supports rapid development while remaining robust, extensible, and easy to maintain.
— Lead the front-end team, fostering collaboration, setting technical direction, and ensuring timely, high-quality delivery.
— Drive technical decision-making, clarifying ambiguous requirements, assessing risks, and proposing impactful solutions under uncertainty.
— Take full responsibility for code quality and stability, including ownership over live product performance.
— Identify and manage technical risks proactively, communicating them clearly and suggesting actionable solutions.
— Balance technical debt and delivery speed, making informed trade-offs based on business impact.
— Own the full delivery cycle, from planning and development to testing, review, and deployment.
— Mentor and support team members, promoting knowledge sharing, continuous learning, and a collaborative team culture.
— Balance UX richness with performance constraints, making smart, user-centric trade-offs when building complex interfaces or handling large volumes of content.

About you:
— 5+ years in front-end development: strong expertise in React and TypeScript. Proven ability to build complex, production-ready UIs.
— 1+ year in a lead role: experience leading 1–3 engineers, providing code reviews, setting technical direction, mentoring, and owning processes.
— Product-focused experience: worked on real B2C products with MVPs, fast iterations, user feedback, and value-driven development.
— System architecture and scaling: made key architectural decisions, selected stacks, managed tech debt, and adapted systems to changing needs.
— CI/CD setup or maintenance: experience automating builds, tests, and deployments using tools like Vercel, Netlify, or GitHub Actions.
— Cross-functional collaboration: comfortable working closely with product, design, and backend teams in a lean setup.
— Good command of English.

Nice to have:
— Experience with modern web build tools such as Vite.
— Familiarity with React Router for dynamic routing.
— Knowledge of Server-Side Rendering (SSR) or Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR).
— Experience in performance optimization for frontend applications.

What we offer:
— Fully remote work with the flexibility to work from anywhere.
— Flexible schedule to suit your productivity peaks.
— Standard benefits package, including vacations, sick leaves, etc.
— Advocacy support for professional and personal matters.
— Access to a corporate library with valuable resources for growth.

Want to build something that truly matters, using the latest tech and surrounded by people who care? Let’s create it together!