Lead Frontend Engineer

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time left to apply End Date: January 1, 2025 (21 days left to apply)

job requisition id R241001085

Lead Frontend En

About the job

Why choose Tag?

We are the long-standing, production partner of choice that has helped brands across borders and cultures for over half a century achieve their business goals. With 2,700 experts in 29 countries across the world, we are a global team of collaborators, innovators, and motivators.

We pride ourselves on creating empowering, safe, and supportive environments for all our employees, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, ability, or any other defining factor. We embrace difference through diversity of thought, experience, and expertise to maximise potential and bring the greatest benefits for our people and our clients.

We can’t bring big ideas to life without exceptional people. At Tag, we respect individuality and the power of the collective. We want people to be themselves, unafraid to voice ideas, no matter how big they are or who they come from.

In June 2023, Tag was acquired by dentsu Group, Inc, though we remain a distinct brand that is led by David Kassler, Tag Global CEO, headquartered in London. As dentsu’s acquisition of Tag significantly expands content delivery capabilities, Tag’s expertise to deliver personalized, omnichannel content in real-time and at-scale for clients remains unparalleled across the entire customer journey, unlocking marketing effectiveness and efficiency.

Tag and dentsu bring together our innovation and technology infrastructure to help solve clients’ toughest challenges. United in business acumen, we share similar core values, company culture, and embrace a vision “to be at the forefront of people-centric transformations that shape society.

Dentsu was founded over 120 years ago and proudly counts nearly 72,000 employees around the world.

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Responsibilities

Lead and mentor a team of frontend developers

Architect, design, and implement complex frontend solutions

Drive projects from concept to completion, ensuring high-quality deliverables

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and implement innovative frontend solutions across both greenfield and legacy estates

Establish coding standards, best practices, and enforce architectural guidelines for frontend development

Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback

Stay current with emerging frontend technologies and industry trends

Champion user-centric design and development practices

Adapt quickly to changing requirements and technological landscapes

Skills and Experience required

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field

7+ years of experience in frontend development

3+ years of experience in a technical leadership role

Proven track record of successfully delivered complex frontend projects

Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills

Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

Experience with microservices architecture and its implications on frontend development

Familiarity with agile development methodologies

Experience with scalable, high-performance web applications

Key Attributes:

Product-focused mindset with a strong emphasis on user empathy

Ability to work and deliver with high velocity

Adaptable and resilient in the face of changing requirements and technologies

Proactive in identifying and solving user experience challenges

Passionate about creating intuitive, efficient, and visually appealing user interfaces

Skilled at balancing technical constraints with user needs and business goals

Comfortable making decisions and prioritizing work in a fast-paced environment

Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

Open to giving and receiving constructive feedback

Good to Have:

Experience implementing and extending design systems

Experience with ReactFlow

Proficiency in 2D graphics with HTML canvas

Expertise in Tailwind CSS

Experience with WebSocket implementations in frontend applications

Knowledge of build system configuration and optimization

As an ethical employer, Tag will never ask job applicants to provide private, sensitive information upfront or make offers of employment contingent on financial requests or responsibilities from any candidate.

About Us

We're proud of our roots.

From our humble beginnings as a print shop in London, to our position today as a global leader in Marketing and Communications services. Our business is built on a strong heritage, great relationships and a talented team.

Today we have one purpose, to create value for our clients by working smarter with fewer resources, enhancing efficiencies, improving their customer's experience and strengthening their brand reputation.

Our clients and their customers have always been at the heart of everything we do. Our long-term partnerships, great relationships and exceptional employees have been the driving force behind our success.

As an ethical employer, Tag will never ask job applicants to provide private, sensitive information upfront or make offers of employment contingent on financial requests or responsibilities from any candidate.