Lead Frontend Developer

webAI; Montreal; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in AI solutions is seeking a Lead Frontend Developer to oversee their front-end team. This hands-on leadership role involves writing high-quality code while mentoring developers and shaping the future user experience. You will work closely with various teams to build an intuitive, high-performance product that meets modern standards.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with TypeScript and modern JavaScript frameworks.
• Proven leadership and mentorship abilities.
• Familiarity with frontend best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead frontend architecture decisions and guide scalable solutions.
• Collaborate with product and design teams to implement user features.
• Mentor developers and improve frontend capabilities across the team.

Skills

TypeScript

React

Frontend Architecture

Team Leadership

Performance Optimization

Accessibility

Collaboration

Job description

Help bring AI agents to companies worldwide.

Over the next decade, autonomous agents will redefine how we work.

Botpress allows companies to build and deploy advanced AI agents that move beyond conversation into real business logic.

Our product works today and at scale, across industries, regions, and limitless use cases.

As the 3rd fastest-growing B2B AI start-up worldwide, we’re at the forefront of the AI revolution, providing the most widely-used platform for sophisticated AI agents.

The work ahead is ambitious. The opportunity is rare. We take a deliberate approach to growth: product-led, capital-efficient, and highly focused.

If you want to build foundational technology for one of the most meaningful platform shifts in software, we’re looking for top talent to join us.

Key Highlights:

• Over 1 million AI agents and chatbots deployed
• 700,000+ platform users
• Trusted by 35% of Fortune 500 companies
• 7 years of expertise in AI solutions

About the Role

We’re looking for a Lead Frontend Developer to head up our front-end team. You’ll be responsible not just for writing high-quality code, but for leading a team of developers, setting technical direction, and driving collaboration across engineering, product, and design.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll write production code, mentor others, shape the future of our user experience, establish best practices, and help scale a frontend architecture that supports rapid growth.

You’ll collaborate closely with product, design, and backend teams to ship beautiful, intuitive, and high-performance user experiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead frontend architecture decisions and guide the implementation of scalable, maintainable solutions
• Collaborate with designers to turn mockups and prototypes into polished, high-performing features
• Write clean, modern, well-tested TypeScript and React code
• Own our design system and enforce visual and interaction consistency across the app

• Review code, mentor developers, and help grow frontend expertise across the team

• Continuously improve performance, accessibility, and usability

• Partner with product and engineering leads to shape roadmap priorities and execution plans
• Keep up with modern frontend best practices and advocate for the right tools and workflows