Lead Front End Engineer: Next.js Platform (Hybrid)

Material Bank; Town of Florida, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Hybrid work model

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Material Bank is expanding its MB3 platform with a Lead Front End Engineer role. You will design, build, and deliver features, collaborating with designers and engineers to shape the front-end, SEO tooling, and analytics.

You’ll own performance, accessibility, and testing frameworks while driving the migration to a Next.js-based frontend. The position emphasizes collaboration with Product, Design and QA, and requires a strong React background, HTML/CSS expertise, and experience with modern

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in computer science.
• 5+ years of experience with React and front-end development.
• Proficiency in HTML, React and CSS with knowledge of CSS preprocessors like SASS or LESS.
• Familiarity with UI/UX design principles and collaborating with designers.
• Knowledge of cross-browser compatibility issues and solutions.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the front-end architecture for a brand-new platform aligned with technical vision and business goals.
• Collaborate with Product, Design and QA to translate wireframes into interactive user interfaces.
• Optimize UI components for performance, scalability and responsiveness with accessibility in mind.
• Create and maintain documentation for UI components, coding standards and best practices.
• Help rewrite/refactor frontend from CommerceTools to a Next.js app and build tests using Playwright.
• Help build strategy, select tools, and implement SEO, analytics and monitoring.

Skills

React

HTML

CSS

Accessibility

UI Development

Education

Master’s degree in computer science

Tools

Next.js

Storybook

React Query

Kubernetes

AWS

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Job description

Material Bank is expanding its MB3 platform with a Lead Front End Engineer role. You will design, build, and deliver features, collaborating with designers and engineers to shape the front-end, SEO tooling, and analytics.

You’ll own performance, accessibility, and testing frameworks while driving the migration to a Next.js-based frontend. The position emphasizes collaboration with Product, Design and QA, and requires a strong React background, HTML/CSS expertise, and experience with modern