Frontend Team Lead - React

Adecco; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Adecco Malaysia is recruiting on behalf of a leading multinational financial services organization for an experienced Frontend Team Lead to design, build, and optimize scalable, high-performance web applications. This hands-on leadership role focuses on frontend architecture, coding standards, and mentoring engineers.

You will drive architecture decisions around React, server components, streaming SSR, and secure coding practices, while collaborating with product and architecture teams to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, information technology, or equivalent.
• 8+ years of front-end engineering experience.
• Experience building scalable enterprise web applications.
• Hands-on experience with REST APIs, GraphQL, and WebSocket.
• Strong understanding of frontend architecture, performance optimization, CI/CD, testing, and Agile delivery.
• Excellent communication, analytical, troubleshooting, and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Establish frontend design principles, coding standards, and architectural patterns.
• Architect performance-first React applications and lead migration to modern optimizations.
• Mentor teams and translate complex requirements into actionable user stories.
• Promote Agile practices and secure programming across the SDLC.
• Drive cross-team architecture decisions and align FE/BE with product goals.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and architecture teams to deliver modular, extensible solutions.

Skills

REST APIs

GraphQL

WebSocket

React

Frontend architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Git

Job description

Our client, a leading multinational organization in the financial services industry, is looking for an experienced Frontend Team Lead to design, build, and optimize scalable, high-performance web applications. This is a hands-on technical leadership role where you'll drive frontend architecture, establish engineering standards, mentor developers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver modern, enterprise-grade digital solutions.

The ideal candidate is passionate about React, frontend architecture, performance optimization, and enjoys solving complex technical challenges while guiding engineering teams.

About the Role

We are seeking a technically strong and solutions-oriented Frontend engineer to lead the design, development, and optimization of scalable, high-performance web applications. You will play a key role in establishing frontend design principles, coding standards, and architectural patterns aligned with the company’s long-term vision.

In this role, you'll architect performance-first React applications using modern frameworks (React Server Components, Streaming SSR), drive architectural decisions, and troubleshoot complex problems across application and infrastructure layers. You will also be responsible for mentoring teams, breaking down complex requirements into actionable user stories, and promoting best practices in Agile development and secure programming.

This is a hands-on, cross-functional role where you will collaborate with engineering, product, and architecture teams to deliver forward-looking solutions that are modular, extensible, and aligned with evolving technology standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and enforce frontend design principles, coding standards, and architectural patterns in line with the company’s long-term vision. Mentor teams to ensure consistent adoption and alignment with business objectives.
• Architect performance-first React applications form inception. Lead migration to modern optimizations (React Server Components, Streaming SSR). Research & prototype emerging solution.
• Having strong analytical skill & able to look at the problem from many angles. Able to narrow down the problem and resolving the issue in a short time.
• Having a broad level view / expertise that can troubleshoot a problem from different infra layer in eco system. Having what it takes to advise other team as well as internal team in resolving the issue from end to end.
• Lead a team, and able to groom the team on the technical/domain expertise.
• Design and enforce robust architectural frameworks for React applications. Defined a forward-looking architectural vision, prioritizing modularity, performance, and extensibility to future-proof applications. Mentor teams in adopting the standards that withstand technological shifts.
• Capable of doing requirement analysis for complex requirement. Convert them into smaller user stories. Support the team for the whole application development & deployment & support.
• Champion on the SDLC processes & Agile. Driving the adoption & promote the processes in the team Owning the project releases.
• Drive cross-team architecture decisions (FE/BE alignment) Resolve cross-squad dependencies (micro-frontends, shared libs) Negotiate requirements with product owner (tech feasibility).
• Overseeing requirement for the application level. Provide consultancy & mentoring & guidance to the team during the requirement understanding & agile processes.
• Strong understanding on the security domain, can be a gatekeeper, Install the security checklist & promoting good security habit in programming.

Required Skills

• API & Integration: REST APIs, GraphQL, WebSocket
• UI Development: Responsive Design, UI/UX, Figma, Micro Frontends, Performance Optimization
• Software Engineering: SDLC, Agile, CI/CD, Unit Testing, End-to-End Testing, Release Management
• Additional: Secure Coding, Architecture Design, Requirement Analysis, Technical Mentoring

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 8 years of front-end engineering experience.
• Experience building scalable enterprise web applications.
• Hands-on experience with REST APIs, GraphQL, and WebSocket.
• Strong understanding of frontend architecture, performance optimization, CI/CD, testing, and Agile delivery.
• Excellent communication, analytical, troubleshooting, and leadership skills.

Why Join?

• Work on large-scale enterprise digital platforms.
• Exposure to modern React architecture and cutting-edge technologies.
• Collaborative engineering environment.
• Strong career growth and technical leadership opportunities.