Frontend Lead Offshore

Photon; Thiruvallur District; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Photon in India seeks a Senior Frontend Architect to design and lead scalable frontend systems. You will implement microfrontend architectures with React, drive performance, accessibility, and SEO for large-scale web apps.

Collaborate with product, design, and backend teams to translate requirements into technical plans. Mentor engineers, enforce coding standards, and guide cloud-enabled CI/CD deployments to deliver robust, high-performance user experiences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• 6+ years of software engineering with at least 2 years in a fullstack or senior frontend engineer role.
• Expert-level proficiency in React and modern JavaScript/TypeScript; proven experience building complex, performant web applications at scale.
• 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.
• Strong understanding of web performance optimization, caching strategies, and browser APIs.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

React & TS

Frontend architecture

Performance optimization

SEO knowledge

Cloud platforms

CI/CD pipelines

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Webpack

Next.js

Jest/RTL

Module Federation

Job description

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities

• 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

• Bachelors 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.


• Expert-level proficiency in React and modern JavaScript/TypeScript; proven experience building complex, performant web applications at scale.


• 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.


• Strong understanding of web performance optimization, caching strategies, and browser APIs.


• 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.


• Expertise in state management solutions (Redux, Zustand, Context API, etc.).


• 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.