Lead Front-End Developer

Mintoak; Mumbai; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Mintoak is seeking a seasoned Front-end Lead to define and evolve our front-end stack and patterns. You will mentor a small team, drive state management decisions, and ensure scalable, high-performance web experiences for merchants and end users.

You will collaborate with back-end teams to design RESTful APIs, translate designs into pixel-perfect interfaces, and contribute to a shared design system. Strong testing and performance focus are essential in this role.

Qualifications

• B.Tech, B.E., MCA or equivalent.
• 6–8 years of hands-on front-end development experience, with at least 2 years in a lead or senior role.
• Experience working at a startup; thrive in ambiguous environments and wear multiple hats.
• Strong portfolio of B2C products used by consumers or small business owners.
• Think in systems: reusable components, consistent patterns, maintainable codebases.
• Excellent communication skills to articulate trade-offs to engineers, designers and stakeholders.
• Mentor others and build a strong engineering culture.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the front-end stack, patterns, and conventions.
• Decide on state management, component design, performance strategy, and build pipelines.
• Build and maintain scalable, reusable components and patterns for multiple products and use cases.
• Lead and mentor a small team of front-end developers; run code reviews and establish standards.
• Work with back-end teams to design and integrate RESTful APIs; own the frontend-backend contract.
• Collaborate with product designers to translate Figma specs into pixel-perfect, accessible interfaces; contribute to a shared design system.
• Champion front-end testing using Jest, React Testing Library, or Cypress.
• Monitor and optimize Core Web Vitals, bundle sizes, and rendering performance; set up tooling to catch regressions.

Skills

Front-end leadership

React

Next.js

Tailwind CSS

Performance optimization

REST API integration

Education

B.Tech, B.E., MCA or equivalent

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Monorepo tooling

Figma

Job description

• Define and evolve the front-end stack, patterns, and conventions.
• Make decisions on state management, component design, performance strategy, and build pipelines.
• Build and maintain scalable, reusable components and patterns hat support multiple products and use cases. B2C Product Development
• Build responsive, mobile-first web applications that serve thousands of merchants and end users. Obsess over load times,interaction quality, and polish.
• Lead and mentor a small team of front-end developers. Run code reviews, establish standards, and create an environment where ngineers grow.

API Integration

• Work with back-end teams to design and integrate RESTful APIs.
• Own the contract between front end and back end.
• Partner with product designers to translate Figma/design specs into pixel-perfect, accessible interfaces. Contribute to and maintain a shared design system.

Quality & Testing

• Champion front-end testing culture using Jest, React Testing Library, or Cypress.
• Ensure critical user flows are covered Performance
• Monitor and optimize Core Web Vitals, bundle sizes, and rendering performance.
• Set up tooling to catch regressions early.
• Deep expertise in the first two is non-negotiable; the rest you should be comfortable with or ready to pick up quickly.
• Must-have: Next.js, Tailwind CSS
• Testing: Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress (or equivalent)
• Collaboration: JIRA, Confluence, Agile/Scrum workflows
• Nice to have: Familiarity with Figma, analytics/A/B testing platforms, monorepo tooling

Qualifications & Experience

• B.Tech, B.E., MCA or equivalent
• 6–8 years of hands-on front-end development experience, with at least 2 years in a lead or senior role.
• Experience working at a startup; you thrive in environments where you wear multiple hats, make trade-offs independently, and ship under ambiguity.
• A strong portfolio of B2C products – apps or web experiences used directly by consumers or small business owners.
• You think in systems, not just screens. You care about reusable components, consistent patterns, and maintainable codebases.
• Excellent communication skills – you can articulate technical trade- offs to engineers, designers, and non-technical stakeholders alike.
• A critical thinker who debugs complex issues methodically and
• proposes pragmatic solutions.
• You take pride in mentoring others and building a strong engineering culture.