Front-End Lead Engineer

Deltatre S.p.A.; Piemonte; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Deltatre S.p.A. is seeking a Front-End Lead Engineer to drive high-quality, scalable front-end solutions while staying hands-on with code. You will shape architecture, set standards across delivery teams, and act as the main technical contact for stakeholders.

You will mentor engineers, lead technical discussions, and collaborate with Product Owners and Directors to deliver robust, user-focused applications for live and on-demand sports experiences.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in TypeScript and modern JavaScript (ES6+).
• Strong React.js knowledge and core principles.
• Experience with Node.js, Next.js, SSR/CSR concepts.
• Tailwind CSS for responsive UI development.
• Expertise in front-end testing with Jest.
• Ability to design scalable front-end architecture and patterns.
• Strong Git proficiency and code review discipline.
• Experience mentoring engineers and guiding architectural decisions.

Responsibilities

• Oversee front-end engineering across projects ensuring scalable, secure, high-performance, accessible solutions.
• Plan, schedule, coordinate and estimate front-end work with emphasis on architecture and technical risk.
• Review code quality and enforce standards and performance benchmarks.
• Mentor and grow the engineering team and contribute to recruitment.

Skills

TypeScript

React.js

Next.js

JavaScript (ES6+)

Tailwind CSS

Jest

Architectural decisions

Git

Mentoring engineers

Tools

Node.js

Docker

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

This role is offered on an Italian employment contract. Candidates must be based in Italy as we are unable to support remote working from outside the country due to local employment and tax legislation.

This role sits within Deltatre's OTT delivery organisation, where front-end engineering teams build the applications millions of fans use to watch live and on-demand sport. The team combines hands‑on engineering with the delivery discipline needed to ship reliably across major international projects.

As Front-End Lead Engineer, you will drive the development of high-quality, scalable front-end solutions while staying hands‑on with the code. You'll shape front-end architecture, set engineering standards across delivery teams, guide and mentor engineers, and act as the main technical point of contact between your team and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Technical excellence

• Oversee all front-end engineering aspects of assigned projects, ensuring robust, scalable, secure, high-performing, and accessible solutions
• Plan, schedule, coordinate, and monitor front-end development activities, driving task prioritisation and providing technical assessments and estimations
• Review and validate the technical approach and code quality for all team deliverables, ensuring compliance with best practices, coding standards, and performance benchmarks
• Identify and resolve technical issues and blockers, raising concerns with proposed architecture and escalating when necessary
• Drive the adoption of automation, efficient tooling, and modern front-end technologies and methodologies
• Establish efficient front-end workflows and processes, and maintain supporting documentation, including architectural principles

Leadership and team growth

• Mentor, coach, and support the professional growth and onboarding of engineering team members
• Track and support performance feedback within the team
• Contribute to the recruitment and integration of new front-end team members

Strategy and process management

• Contribute technical insights to project planning, aligning team efforts with project goals and identifying opportunities for technical improvement
• Collaborate with Technical Directors to find innovative front-end solutions and share knowledge
• Support the team in grooming planned activities and detailing stories with the BA/PO, including defining acceptance criteria
• Manage and communicate technical risks, escalating to the Lead PM or Technical Director when necessary

Communication and stakeholder engagement

• Act as the main technical point of contact for the team, engaging with customers and stakeholders on technical topics and bridging technical and business perspectives
• Translate business requirements into technical needs in collaboration with the Product Owner
• Present technical solutions and progress clearly to technical and non-technical audiences, escalating larger initiatives to the Technical Director when appropriate
• Provide on-call support when required

Requirements

You have done this before - here's what we're looking for.

Required

• Proficiency in TypeScript and modern JavaScript (ES6+) fundamentals
• Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles
• Experience with Node.js, particularly with the Next.js framework and server-side/client-side rendering concepts
• Strong knowledge of Tailwind CSS for building responsive, reusable user interfaces
• Expertise in front-end testing using Jest
• Expertise designing scalable front-end architecture for complex applications, with a strong grasp of component-based and other modern design patterns
• Strong understanding of performance optimisation, benchmarking, security, and accessibility best practices
• High proficiency with Git
• Experience guiding and mentoring engineers, including supporting their professional growth
• Track record of making and owning architectural decisions, and communicating technical trade-offs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Valued

• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) approaches for deployment and release management
• Basic knowledge of self-hosting Node.js applications in containerised environments
• Understanding of Docker and Kubernetes for deployment and orchestration of front-end applications
• Experience with front-end build tools and module bundlers

Who Thrives Here

This role sits between hands‑on engineering and technical leadership - you're reviewing a pull request one moment and explaining an architectural trade‑off to a client the next. It suits someone who wants to stay close to the code while also shaping how a team works.

People who do well here are comfortable making and owning architectural decisions, give feedback that actually helps engineers grow rather than just flagging problems, and can translate a technical constraint into terms a non-technical stakeholder can act on.

Process and what to expect

• Introductory conversation: a step for us to get to know each other better, and for us to answer all questions you might have around Deltatre.
• 1-hour Technical round of Interview: we will deep dive on your experience and collect examples of the responsibilities you've been dealing with in your past experience. A chance to deep dive on the role and for you to ask questions.
• 1-hour Competency Based Interview: we will ask you situational questions around how you deal with real-life scenarios at work. Easier doing it, more than explaining it.

If any of these formats would be difficult for you, tell us - we adjust regularly and can usually accommodate.

Accessibility and accommodation questions are welcome at any stage. Tell us what would work for you.