Lead Frontend Engineer

Potentia

Christchurch

On-site

NZD 120,000 - 160,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

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Healthcare benefits

Birthday leave

Job summary

Potentia is seeking an Lead Frontend Engineer in Christchurch to shape frontend architecture, standards and technical direction. You will stay hands-on while guiding the engineering function, collaborating with product, design and business stakeholders to deliver scalable web applications.

You will lead the frontend team, set technical direction, review architectures, and mentor engineers. Strong Vue.js/TypeScript skills and a passion for quality are essential.

Qualifications

5+ years of commercial software development.
Strong Vue.js experience and TS/JS skills.
Excellent frontend architecture knowledge.
Ability to influence engineering practices.
Experience mentoring engineers.
Strong HTML/CSS and responsive design.

Responsibilities

Set and influence frontend direction across products and projects.
Design scalable frontend architectures and maintainable code.
Hands-on development and problem solving.
Champion code quality and testing standards.
Provide guidance through code reviews and architecture discussions.
Mentor engineers and collaborate with UX/design.

Skills

5+ years software development

Strong communication

Mentoring engineers

Agile experience

Tools

Vue.js

TypeScript

Jest/Vitest

Tailwind CSS

Storybook

Playwright

Job description

Join an established technology team as aLead Frontend Engineer, where you’ll have genuine influence over frontend architecture, engineering standards and technical direction.

This is a hands‑on technical leadership role. You’ll continue building software while working across the engineering function to solve complex problems, improve development practices and support other engineers. You’ll also work closely with product, design and business stakeholders to shape solutions and ensure technical decisions support wider business goals.

What you’ll be doing

Set and influence frontend technical direction across products and projects
Design and implement scalable frontend architectures
Stay hands‑on with development and solve complex technical problems
Establish and champion standards for code quality and maintainability
Provide technical guidance through code reviews and architecture discussions
Mentor and support other engineers
Work closely with UX and design teams to deliver intuitive, accessible interfaces
Develop modern web applications using Vue.js and TypeScript
Build and maintain automated unit and integration tests
Evaluate technologies and approaches and recommend improvements
Work closely with technical and non‑technical stakeholders to shape solutions
Identify and address technical debt and opportunities to improve development practices
Make effective use of modern AI‑assisted development tools

Lead Frontend Engineer | Vue.js | TypeScript | Christchurch

What you’ll bring

We’re looking for an experienced frontend engineer who is comfortable taking ownership of broader technical outcomes and influencing how engineering teams work.

You’ll have:

5+ years of commercial software development experience
Strong commercial experience with Vue.js
Excellent TypeScript and JavaScript skills
Strong knowledge of frontend architecture and software design principles
A proven ability to make and communicate sound technical decisions
High standards around code quality, testing and maintainability
Experience influencing engineering practices and technical direction
Experience mentoring and developing other engineers
Strong HTML, CSS and responsive web development skills
Experience with Tailwind CSS
Experience with Vitest, Jest or similar testing frameworks
Good understanding of modern frontend build tooling
Strong communication skills across technical and non‑technical groups
Experience working in an Agile environment

If your background is primarily in React or Angular but you have the engineering depth and are interested in moving to Vue, we’d still like to hear from you.

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