Frontend Developer (Lead) – React.js

Winzons; India; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Ownership mindset

Job summary

Ripik Technology is seeking a Lead Frontend Developer to architect and lead the frontend of new products in Noida, India. You will translate problems into production-grade experiences using React.js and HTML/CSS.

You will work with the founding team, designers, and AI engineers, defining the stack, building a reusable component library, and mentoring engineers to raise the frontend bar.

Qualifications

• You have 5+ years of frontend engineering experience with production work in React.js and HTML/CSS.
• You understand hooks, rendering, performance, state management, and modern patterns.
• You can lead frontend architecture and set standards for quality.

Responsibilities

• Own the frontend end-to-end; architect and ship the React/HTML/CSS frontend.
• Take products from concept to production and decide on tooling and patterns.
• Set quality standards for components, performance budgets, accessibility, and polish.
• Collaborate with design and AI teams to push interactions further.
• Build a reusable design system and mentor frontend engineers.

Skills

Frontend leadership

React.js

HTML/CSS

Performance

Accessibility

Design systems

Mentorship

Architecture decisions

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

TypeScript

Next.js

Tailwind CSS

LLM APIs

Job description

Company Name: Ripik Technology
Job Role: Lead Frontend Developer
Experience Required: 5 to 10 Years
Location: Noida, India
Qualification: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Design, or equivalent practical experience
Work Environment: Startup Leadership Role
Leadership Level: 0-1 Frontend Leadership Position

You will architect, build, and lead the frontend of new products end-to-end - translating problem statements into beautifully engineered, production-grade user experiences. You will set the bar for frontend quality at Ripik: from design systems and component architecture to performance, accessibility, and the feel of every interaction.

You will work closely with the founding team, designers, and AI engineers. You won't be handed pixel-perfect mocks; you'll co-create them. You won't inherit a stack; you'll define it.

What You'll Do :

• Own the frontend end-to-end. Architect and build the entire web frontend in React.js and HTML/CSS - from scaffolding to shipping.
• Build 0 -1 role in making world class products. Take new products from concept to production. Make decisions on architecture, tooling, libraries, and patterns that future engineers will build on.
• Set the quality bar. Define standards for component design, code quality, performance budgets, accessibility, and visual polish. Lead by example with the code you write.
• Partner with design and AI. Collaborate with designers to push interactions further, and with AI engineers to surface model outputs in ways that feel natural and trustworthy.
• Build the design system. Create a reusable, scalable component library that future engineers and products can build on.
• Mentor and hire. As the team grows, hire and mentor the frontend engineers who come after you. Shape the engineering culture.
• Care about the details. Animations, loading states, empty states, error states, edge cases - the things that separate good products from world-class ones.

Who You Are :

• 5+ years of frontend engineering experience, with a strong portfolio of production work in React.js and modern HTML/CSS.
• Deep React expertise. You understand hooks, rendering, performance, state management, and the trade-offs between popular patterns. You know when to reach for a library and when not to.
• Strong CSS fundamentals. You can build complex, responsive, accessible layouts without leaning on a framework to do the thinking for you.
• 0- 1 instincts. You've built something from scratch before - taken an early-stage idea and turned it into a real, shipped product. You move fast and bias toward action.
• AI-native sensibility. You're excited about building interfaces for AI products - chat, agents, data exploration, decision support - and you use AI tools fluently in your own workflow.
• Design taste. You can tell the difference between a product that looks shipped and one that looks designed. You care about it.
• Ownership mindset. You don't wait for tickets. You see a problem, you fix it. You see a gap, you fill it.

Nice to Have :

• Experience at an early-stage startup or as a founding engineer or into AI Native Startup.
• Familiarity with TypeScript, Next.js, Tailwind, or modern state management libraries.
• Experience integrating with LLM APIs, streaming responses, or building agentic UIs.
• Open-source contributions or a public body of work we can look at.

Tech Stack :

• React.js
• HTML
• CSS - modern web tooling. You'll have significant input into the rest of the stack as we grow.

What We Offer :

• Real ownership. A leadership role with meaningful equity, and the chance to define the frontend org from day one.
• World-class teammates. Work with people who've built and shipped at the highest levels - and who care deeply about craft.
• Products that matter. AI applied to problems with real industrial weight - not another dashboard nobody uses.
• Speed and autonomy. Small team, short feedback loops, no bureaucracy. Ship fast, learn fast.