Frontend Lead | Offshore

Photon; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Photon in Chennai, India, is seeking an experienced Frontend Engineer to design scalable microfrontend architectures with React and TypeScript, optimizing performance, accessibility, and SEO for large-scale web apps.

You will develop frontend applications with RESTful APIs, implement SSR/SSG, and collaborate across product, design, and backend teams to deliver robust features. Mentoring and CI/CD expertise are encouraged.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering.
• 6+ years software engineering with at least 2 years in a frontend leadership role.
• Experience implementing microfrontend architectures.
• SEO practices including SSR/SSG and Core Web Vitals.
• Proficiency with version control, build tools, and testing frameworks.
• Experience with cloud platforms and containerization.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable microfrontend architectures.
• Lead frontend development with performance, accessibility, and SEO focus.
• Build UIs with React/TypeScript, optimize for Core Web Vitals.
• Develop frontend apps, RESTful APIs and microservices patterns.
• Architect authentication, authorization, logging, caching, monitoring across layers.
• Collaborate with product/design/backend to translate requirements.
• Enforce coding standards and conduct code reviews.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for frontend/backed components.
• Mentor developers on frontend technologies and cloud deployments.
• Identify bottlenecks and address technical debt with impact analysis.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Frontend architecture

Module Federation

Performance optimization

SEO optimization

Code reviews

CI/CD pipelines

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering

Tools

Webpack

Vite

Next.js

Jest

React Testing Library

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

• Design and implement scalable microfrontend architectures using React, enabling independent team deployments and feature isolation.
• Lead frontend development efforts with emphasis on performance optimization, accessibility (A11y), and SEO best practices for large-scale web applications.
• Build and maintain responsive, modern UIs using React, TypeScript, and contemporary frontend frameworks; optimize for Core Web Vitals and search engine visibility.
• Develop frontend applications, implementing RESTful APIs and microservices patterns.
• Architect and implement cross-cutting concerns including authentication, authorization, logging, caching, and monitoring across frontend and backend layers.
• Collaborate with product, design, and backend teams to translate requirements into technical specifications and implementation plans.
• Enforce coding standards, design patterns, and best practices across frontend and backend development; conduct thorough code reviews.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated testing, building, and deployment of frontend and backend components.
• Mentor and guide developers on frontend technologies, SEO optimization, and cloud deployment patterns.
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks, technical debt, and architectural gaps; recommend pragmatic solutions with impact analysis.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• 6+ years of software engineering experience with at least 2 years in a fullstack or senior frontend engineer role.
• Strong experience implementing microfrontend architectures (Module Federation, iframes, Web Components, or similar patterns).
• Demonstrable knowledge of SEO best practices, including server-side rendering (SSR), static site generation (SSG), structured data, and Core Web Vitals optimization.
• Proficiency with version control, frontend build tools (Webpack, Vite, Next.js, etc.), and testing frameworks (Jest, React Testing Library).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and containerization/deployment technologies.
• Strong communication skills, ability to work across teams, and problem‑solving mindset.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Next.js, Remix, or other React meta-frameworks for SSR/SSG capabilities.
• Familiarity with design systems and component library development and maintenance.
• Experience with CSS-in-JS solutions (styled-components, Emotion, etc.) or utility‑first CSS frameworks (Tailwind).
• Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG) and inclusive design practices.
• Experience with GraphQL or gRPC for modern API development.
• Cloud certifications (AWS Associate/Professional or Azure Administrator/Developer).
• Agile and Scaled Agile Frameworks (SAFe) experience.
• Exposure to generative AI feature delivery and integration in web applications.

Experience

• 6–10+ years of overall software development experience.
• 2+ years of professional frontend development with significant emphasis on frontend architecture and React.
• Demonstrated success building and scaling complex web applications with performance and SEO as key considerations.

Job Info

• Job Identification 26683
• Posting Date 08/31/2026, 08:30 AM
• Locations "2, 6, 7, 8th Floors, 6th Block, DLF IT Park", Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600089, IN