Engineering Team Lead (React) (LATAM)

Lateralgroup; Ciudad de México; Presencial; MXN 1,099,000 - 1,466,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A design and technology company in Mexico City is seeking an Engineering Team Lead (Frontend React) to guide a team of frontend engineers. The ideal candidate will lead the development of high-quality user experiences, collaborate with clients and stakeholders, and drive technical direction. Strong expertise in React and a passion for mentoring are essential. This role offers the opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment focused on quality and innovation.

Formación

• Proven experience in leading frontend teams with a focus on React applications.
• Strong understanding of UI/UX principles and frontend architecture.
• Ability to mentor and coach team members effectively.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the frontend engineering team and maintain high-quality development standards.
• Ensure smooth communication and alignment between teams.
• Act as the primary technical voice in client conversations.

Conocimientos

Technical leadership

Frontend development

React

TypeScript

Agile methodologies

Herramientas

Modern tooling

CI pipelines

Descripción del empleo

Lateral stands for technology excellence.

We’re a profitable, award-winning design and technology company with over 20 years of experience launching bold ventures and transforming businesses. A globally distributed team of 200+ experts united by a shared purpose: the continuous pursuit of quality.

Our clients come to us for results, quality and craft - and stay because we keep raising the bar.

We Do Things Differently at Lateral

Our mission is simple: design and build great products. What sets us apart isn’t just the talent of our team - it’s the way we work:

We Have A Bias For Action & Results.

We are doers - we spot the gaps, connect the dots, anticipate what’s around the corner and take action. We move fast, stay focused, and let the results - not the effort - speak for themselves.

We Work On Time, On Budget, On Quality

Discipline is our edge - a commitment we make to each other, to our clients, and to the standards we hold ourselves to.

We Care Deeply.

We care about our work and about each other. Care Is A Competitive Advantage.

Every detail matters. Every design, every line of code, every decision. Thoughtful by default.

We Do Things Right - Because It’s the Right Thing to Do

Right over easy. Integrity isn’t up for negotiation. We hold the bar high even when no one’s watching. We take pride in doing great work the right way - not the easy way.

We Keep Improving

The best teams keep improving and we’re never done learning.

We iterate. We reflect on what’s working and what’s not. Feedback fuels us, we receive it openly, and adapt quickly. Progress over perfection.

We’re Obsessed With Agility, Not The Agile Manifesto

We don’t chase dogma or rituals - we chase momentum. We adapt processes to fit problems, not the other way around.

We Take Ownership

Everyone leads something here. You will have room to run with ideas, and the trust to execute. That trust is built on how you show up: thinking things through, sweating the details, and following through.

What You’ll Do

As an Engineering Team Lead (Frontend React) at Lateral, you will lead a team of frontend engineers responsible for building fast, accessible, reliable user experiences for a global marketplace.

You’ll be both a technical leader and a hands‑on contributor, helping the team move quickly while maintaining high quality.

Partner Deeply with the Client & Key Stakeholders

• Serve as the primary frontend technical voice in client conversations, articulating decisions, constraints, and opportunities clearly.
• Communicate proactively with product managers, designers, user researchers, and business stakeholders to ensure alignment and remove ambiguity.
• Represent engineering during roadmap, planning, and prioritization discussions, providing clear feasibility input and realistic timelines.
• Advocate for the frontend perspective in cross-functional decisions while balancing product goals, technical needs, and user experience.
• Explain complex UI/UX trade‑offs in ways that help non‑engineers make smart decisions quickly.
• Build strong trust with the client through reliability, transparency, and consistent follow‑through.
• Surface risks early, guide expectation‑setting, and help stakeholders understand the impact of changes before they are made.

Lead Cross-Disciplinary Communication & Alignment

• Ensure smooth communication between frontend, backend, QA, design, content, and product teams.
• Lead discussions on design fidelity, performance constraints, usability risks, and component architecture.
• Keep everyone aligned on UI standards, UX guidelines, shared components, and best practices.
• Drive clarity in requirements: ensuring they are actionable, testable, and aligned with user goals.
• Promote a communication culture that is concise, open, respectful, and anchored in problem‑solving.

Lead the Frontend Engineering Team

• Mentor, coach, review, and support React engineers.
• Set engineering standards, enforce best practices, and guide architectural choices.
• Help the team stay focused, aligned, and productive.

Contribute Hands‑On

• Build and maintain high‑quality React applications using TypeScript, modern tooling, and scalable component patterns.
• Own critical UI flows: search, catalog, discovery, checkout, dashboards, or marketplace tools.
• Improve performance, accessibility, and design implementation fidelity.

Own Quality & Delivery

• Partner with QA, backend, design, and product teams to define high‑quality deliverables.
• Ensure components are tested, reusable, and maintainable.
• Advocate for performance budgets, error monitoring, and robust testing practices.

Partner with Product & Design

• Translate product requirements into intuitive and scalable UI architectures.
• Spot UX issues early and give thoughtful, informed feedback.
• Represent engineering interests in product planning.

Improve the Team & Codebase

• Evolve design systems, component libraries, frontend tooling, and documentation.
• Improve developer experience, CI pipelines, and code clarity.
• Foster a supportive, high‑performing culture.

How We Measure Success

In the first 2 weeks:

• You understand the marketplace frontend architecture.
• You deliver your first component or fix.
• You establish open, clear communication with the team.

In the first 3 months:

• You own the technical direction of a major UI area.
• Your team is shipping reliably and predictably.
• You’ve improved frontend code quality, performance, or consistency.
• You provide structured, actionable feedback in reviews and design discussions.

After 3 months:

• You are the go‑to person for frontend architecture decisions.
• You help others grow through thoughtful coaching.
• You introduce improvements that increase developer velocity or reduce defects.