[Upcoming Roles] Developer Team Lead (Front End Developer)

Google Operations Center; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care including medical, dental,

Vision coverage

Onsite meals and snacks

Job summary

Google Operations Center in Bengaluru, India, seeks a seasoned Front-end Lead to guide a high-performing team building responsive, high-performance user interfaces. You will mentor junior developers, conduct code reviews, and collaborate with design and product teams to ensure feasibility and quality.

You will optimize performance across devices and browsers, drive clean code, and help shape engineering onboarding and hiring efforts while aligning with product goals and UX design.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Hands-on experience with modern frameworks, particularly Angular.
• Familiarity with build tools (Webpack, Vite) and Git version control.
• Experience with CMS architectures, both traditional and headless.
• Excellent communication and leadership abilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop User Interfaces: Lead the front-end team in development activities and resolve technical queries.
• Collaborate on Design: Turn visual designs into working code with UI/UX designers.
• Maintain Code Quality: Conduct internal code reviews and enforce clean, well-documented, testable code.
• Optimize Performance: Ensure apps load quickly, run smoothly, and scale across devices and browsers.
• Mentoring: Guide junior/mid-level developers and pair on complex bugs.
• Unblocking: Remove technical hurdles and clarify requirements.
• Hiring & Onboarding: Participate in technical interviews and onboarding processes.
• Aligning with Product & Design: Work with PMs and UX/UI designers to ensure feasible builds.

Skills

HTML5

CSS3

JavaScript/TypeScript

Angular

Web performance

Code reviews

Mentoring

Hiring & onboarding

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related field

Tools

Webpack

Vite

Git

State management libraries

CMS (headless / traditional)

Job description

Role Overview

In this role, you will lead the front-end team in developing responsive and high-performance user interfaces while collaborating closely with UI/UX designers and product managers to ensure design feasibility. You will maintain rigorous code quality standards through code reviews, optimize application performance for scalability, and act as a mentor to junior and mid-level developers. Additionally, you will serve as a key technical resource by unblocking the team, resolving complex bugs, and contributing to the growth of the engineering team through effective hiring and onboarding processes.

Position Responsibilities

• Develop User Interfaces: Lead the front-end team in development related activities, while addressing and resolving technical queries from the team.

• Collaborate on Design: Collaborate with UI/UX designers to turn visual designs into working code.

• Maintain Code Quality: Conduct internal code reviews and enforce the writing of clean, well-documented, and testable code adhering to Google coding standards.

• Optimize Performance: Employ advanced techniques to ensure applications load quickly, run seamlessly, and scale across diverse devices and web browsers.

• Mentoring: Guiding junior and mid-level developers, pairing with them on complex bugs, and helping them level up their skills.

• Unblocking: Acting as a shield for the team by removing technical hurdles, resolving access issues, or clarifying ambiguous requirements.

• Hiring & Onboarding: Participating in technical interviews and creating seamless onboarding processes for new engineering hires.

• Aligning with Product & Design: Working closely with Product Managers and UX/UI Designers to assess technical feasibility, negotiate scope, and ensure designs are practical to build.

Minimum Requirements

• Professional Experience: A solid background with a minimum of 4–6 years of professional experience working as a Developer, combined with demonstrated capability in team leadership, guiding technical initiatives, and mentoring team members.

• Technical Capabilities: Strong proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript/TypeScript.

• Framework Expertise: Practical, hands-on experience utilizing modern frameworks, particularly Angular.

• Development Tools: Familiarity with modern build tools such as Webpack and Vite, Git for version control, and state management libraries.

• CMS Proficiency: Skilled in working with various content management systems, including both traditional/coupled and headless CMS architectures.

• Interpersonal Skills: A strong eye for detail, outstanding verbal and written communication abilities, a passion for crafting excellent user experiences, and exceptional leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Having as many of these specific qualifications is a plus, but transferable skills/experiences may be equally valuable:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.

Benefits

• We support you with competitive wages and with comprehensive health care including medical, dental and vision coverage

• We support your family with gender-neutral baby bonding leave, 26 week birth-parent maternity leave, and generous life, accident and disability insurance minimums

• Employees who work onsite can enjoy free meals and snacks, and fun onsite experiences

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