Frontend Director: Lead Multi-Platform UI Teams (Hybrid)

Rakuten TV Europe, S.L.U.; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid work

Friday half-day off

Wellbeing resources

Job summary

Rakuten TV Europe, S.L.U. is seeking a Frontend Director to own client-side engineering across B2B and B2C, spanning Smart TVs, mobile, web, and whitelabel platforms. You will lead a team of ~10 engineers and contribute to strategy, architecture, and delivery.

The role reports to the CTO and requires deep React expertise, experience shipping across TV and mobile, and a strong background in streaming technologies. Barcelona hybrid workplace with flexible hours is offered.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in frontend engineering with at least 3 years in leadership
• Deep knowledge of React and modern frontend tooling
• Experience leading multi-team frontend organisations
• Experience with Smart TV app development
• Strong understanding of video streaming technologies (HLS/DASH, DRM, ad integration)

Responsibilities

• Own technical strategy, architecture, and delivery across all frontend platforms
• Manage and grow a team of frontend engineers and leads across Mobile, CTVs and Web
• Report to the CTO and represent frontend engineering at leadership level
• Drive roadmap alignment between product, design, and engineering
• Define and enforce engineering standards, code quality, and testing strategy
• Own hiring, performance reviews, and career development
• Manage external vendor and platform relationships
• Make final architecture decisions and set technical direction

Skills

Frontend leadership

React

Multi-team management

Mobile/CTV frontend

Video streaming knowledge

Roadmap planning

Hiring & mentoring

Tools

Redux

Next.js

TypeScript

Webpack

BrightScript (Roku)

Job description

Rakuten TV Europe, S.L.U. is seeking a Frontend Director to own client-side engineering across B2B and B2C, spanning Smart TVs, mobile, web, and whitelabel platforms. You will lead a team of ~10 engineers and contribute to strategy, architecture, and delivery.

The role reports to the CTO and requires deep React expertise, experience shipping across TV and mobile, and a strong background in streaming technologies. Barcelona hybrid workplace with flexible hours is offered.