Front-End Lead Engineer

Deltatre; Torino; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Deltatre is seeking a Front-End Lead Engineer based in Italy to drive high-quality, scalable front-end solutions while remaining hands-on. You will shape architecture, mentor engineers, and serve as the main technical contact between your team and stakeholders.

In this role you will oversee front-end delivery across projects, collaborate with Technical Directors, define acceptance criteria with BA/PO, and manage technical risks.

Qualifications

• Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles.
• Experience with Node.js, Next.js and server-side rendering concepts.
• Strong knowledge of Tailwind CSS for responsive UI.
• Expertise in front-end testing with Jest.
• Experience designing scalable front-end architecture and component-based patterns.
• Strong understanding of performance optimization, security and accessibility.
• Proficiency with Git.
• Experience mentoring engineers and guiding their growth.
• Track record making architectural decisions and communicating trade-offs to stakeholders.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for deployment and release management.
• Basic knowledge of self-hosting Node.js apps in containers.
• Understanding of Docker and Kubernetes for deployment/orchestration.
• Experience with front-end build tools and module bundlers.

Responsabilités

• Oversee front-end engineering aspects of projects, ensuring robust, scalable, secure, high-performing solutions.
• Plan and monitor front-end development activities, prioritise tasks and provide technical estimates.
• Review code quality and ensure adherence to standards and performance benchmarks.
• Identify and resolve technical blockers and escalate architecture concerns.
• Promote automation, tooling, and modern front-end technologies.
• Maintain architectural principles and supporting documentation.
• Mentor, coach and onboard engineering team members.
• Track performance feedback and contribute to recruitment and integration of new team members.
• Contribute to project planning with technical insights and align with goals.
• Collaborate with Technical Directors to find innovative front-end solutions.
• Support grooming activities with BA/PO and define acceptance criteria.
• Communicate technical risks and escalate when necessary.
• Act as main technical contact for customers and stakeholders.
• Translate business requirements into technical needs with Product Owner.
• Present progress to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Provide on-call support when required.

Connaissances

React.js

Next.js

Tailwind CSS

Jest

Front-end architecture

Performance optimization

Git

Mentoring engineers

Architectural decisions

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Node.js (self-hosting)

Docker

Kubernetes

Front-end build tools

Outils

Docker

Kubernetes

IaC tools

Description du poste

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

• 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
• 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.