Technical Lead – Frontend

HappyFox Inc.; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

HappyFox Inc. is looking for an experienced Technical Lead - Frontend Engineer to guide frontend architecture and ship features within our product-focused engineering group. You will own performance, code quality, and scalable web app design.

You will collaborate on architectural decisions, establish coding standards, review code, and drive CI/CD and Git workflows to reduce technical debt while delivering reliable user experiences.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in a technical lead role designing and building SPA frontends.
• Experience building single-page apps and knowledge of best practices.
• Strong problem-solving skills to troubleshoot technically complex issues.
• Desire to continuously improve and ship high-quality products.
• Pragmatic approach aligning tech decisions with business needs.
• Good understanding of trade-offs between product value, reliability and performance.
• Excellent communication skills to explain viewpoints clearly.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers, shipping features and improvements on the product roadmap.
• Oversee architecture, Git workflows, CI/CD, and perform code reviews for quality.
• Identify, minimize, and manage technical debt in the codebase.
• Improve development experience and overall code quality.
• Define internal standards for coding style, maintainability, and best practices.
• Uphold coding standards through code reviews and technical feedback.
• Own key technical architecture and design decisions.
• Ensure stability and performance of services you work on.
• Contribute to strategic vision and long-term roadmap in your area.

Skills

Tech lead

Frontend

Single-page apps

Code reviews

CI/CD

Architecture

Tools

Git

CI/CD tools

Performance profiling

Code quality tools

Job description

We're looking for an experiencedTechnical Lead - Frontend Engineer to join our growing engineering team to help build and maintain HappyFox's product offerings.

What you can expect as a Technical Lead at HappyFox:

• You will consistently ship features and improvements and lead a team of engineers working on our product roadmap.
• You will oversee software architecture, Git workflows, CI/CD processes and perform code reviews to ensure exceptional code quality.
• You will actively work towards identifying, minimizing, and managing technical debt in the codebase.
• You will improve the development experience and the quality of the codebase.
• You will define our internal standards for coding style, maintainability, and best practices for a large-scale web application.
• You will uphold the best practices and coding standards for the team through code review and technical feedback.
• You will take responsibility for key technical architecture and design decisions.
• You will take ownership of the stability and performance of the services that you work on.
• You will contribute to the strategic vision and long-term roadmap in your area of expertise.

You should apply if:

• You have 2+ years of experience in a technical lead role designing and building single-page web applications.
• You have experience building single-page apps and a good understanding of the best practices and coding patterns.
• You have a passion to dig into technically complex problems to troubleshoot and figure out a solution.
• You have a desire to continuously improve and ship the best quality product.
• You have a pragmatic approach to make sure technical decisions align with actual business needs.
• You have a good understanding of the trade-offs when building for product value, reliability, or performance.
• You have excellent communication skills with the ability to discuss and explain your point of view clearly and effectively.