Senior Technical Lead/Technical Lead – Front End
Job title:
Senior Technical Lead/Technical Lead – Front End
Job type:
Emp type:
Location:
Colombo
Job published:
January 30, 2025
Job Description
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Responsibilities
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- Lead design and technical development of web and mobile applications, ensuring a high standard of user experience, performance, security, scalability, and reliability.
- Mentor and support a team of software engineers, providing technical guidance and fostering the adoption of best practices.
- Play a lead role in all phases of software development, including requirements gathering, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
- Drive efficient agile engineering and scrum processes in software development.
- Ensure the implementation of robust unit testing, integration testing, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Maintain high standards of code quality through code reviews, automated testing, and configuration management.
- Stay current with industry trends and technologies, and evaluate new tools and frameworks that could benefit the team.
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Required experience:
- BSc. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science or a related field.
- Minimum 3 years experience in the role of a Technical Lead, leading front end/mobile development in a large-scale project.
- Minimum 8 years total experience in the field of web or mobile software development.
- Strong proficiency in modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks and libraries, especially React, Next.JS, and React Native.
- Extensive experience with state management libraries like TanStack (React Query), Zustand and/or Redux.
- Proficiency in CSS frameworks such as Tailwind CSS
- A deep understanding of front-end development practices, including responsive design, cross-browser compatibility, and performance optimization.
- Proficiency with testing frameworks and tools such as Jest, Mocha, or Cypress.
Responsibilities
-
- Lead design and technical development of web and mobile applications, ensuring a high standard of user experience, performance, security, scalability, and reliability.
- Mentor and support a team of software engineers, providing technical guidance and fostering the adoption of best practices.
- Play a lead role in all phases of software development, including requirements gathering, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
- Drive efficient agile engineering and scrum processes in software development.
- Ensure the implementation of robust unit testing, integration testing, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Maintain high standards of code quality through code reviews, automated testing, and configuration management.
- Stay current with industry trends and technologies, and evaluate new tools and frameworks that could benefit the team.
-
Required experience:
- BSc. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science or a related field.
- Minimum 3 years experience in the role of a Technical Lead, leading front end/mobile development in a large-scale project.
- Minimum 8 years total experience in the field of web or mobile software development.
- Strong proficiency in modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks and libraries, especially React, Next.JS, and React Native.
- Extensive experience with state management libraries like TanStack (React Query), Zustand and/or Redux.
- Proficiency in CSS frameworks such as Tailwind CSS
- A deep understanding of front-end development practices, including responsive design, cross-browser compatibility, and performance optimization.
- Proficiency with testing frameworks and tools such as Jest, Mocha, or Cypress.