Lead a cross-functional team to evolve the frontend core libraries that underpin the frontend architecture and experience
Design the technical and product roadmap for the team in collaboration with the team and product team stakeholders
Work with engineering leadership and product foundations teams to design a technical vision for the team that services the organization
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and ensure seamless integration of frontend libraries
Contribute directly to projects to design, develop, and maintain reusable frontend components and libraries using modern JavaScript frameworks and tools
Ensure the team is happy and healthy, as well as high-functioning and impactful, to best deliver on goals
Conduct regular 1:1s to provide technical direction, mentorship, actionable feedback
Develop growth plans for engineers on the team
Set priorities for and support coachees with the execution
Refine team processes to ensure effective and sustainable delivery
Requirements & Skills:
Experience collaborating with other engineering teams to build great solutions that suit everyone’s needs, ideally within a platform team
Strong understanding of first-party and third-party libraries in a large-scale organization with numerous consumers and how usage contributes towards the health, maintenance, and performance of a product
Experience successfully advocating for goals in a compelling roadmap and vision, and driving significant technical changes through leading others and as an individual contributor
Experience developing rich web applications, ideally Typescript/React/MobX
Demonstrated experience leading technical teams either from a direct management or mentoring perspective
Extensive experience with frontend build tools (Webpack, Rollup, Babel)
Familiarity with testing frameworks (Jest, Enzyme, Cypress)
Strong understanding of web performance optimization techniques
Experience in developing and maintaining frontend libraries/frameworks
Practical knowledge of data structures and algorithms
