Frontend Architect Lead (Vue.js) - Full-Stack Visionary

Blue Pearl HQ; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Pearl HQ in Cape Town seeks a Senior Frontend Engineer with 10+ years of professional software development experience to lead the design, architecture, and delivery of Vue.js frontend applications. You will mentor engineers, collaborate with backend teams on API contracts, and drive performance, scalability, and maintainability across platforms, while staying hands-on in delivery.

You will progressively contribute to end-to-end solution design and cross-layer architectural decisions as part

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software development experience, with significant frontend focus.
• Deep expertise in modern JavaScript frameworks (Vue.js preferred).
• Strong experience designing scalable frontend architecture.
• Advanced understanding of component-based architecture, state management (Pinia or similar), routing, and modular design.
• Strong knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, SCSS/LESS, responsive and accessible design principles.
• Experience implementing frontend performance optimisation strategies.
• Experience integrating complex frontend systems with RESTful APIs.
• Experience establishing frontend coding standards and best practices.
• Strong experience with Git workflows and CI/CD pipelines.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and conducting code reviews.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate architectural decisions and influence technical direction.

Responsibilities

• Lead frontend architecture and design decisions.
• Build and maintain scalable Vue.js applications.
• Define and enforce frontend coding standards and best practices.
• Drive performance optimisation and UI scalability initiatives.
• Translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Collaborate with backend engineers to define clean API contracts.
• Lead and participate in code reviews.
• Mentor intermediate and junior developers.
• Contribute to testing strategy (Jest, Cypress, etc.).
• Proactively identify technical debt and drive refactoring initiatives.
• Communicate progress, technical strategy, risks, and delivery plans across teams.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across distributed offices.

Skills

Frontend architecture

Vue.js

Frontend performance

RESTful APIs integration

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Eng

Proven track record in frontend architecture

Tools

Jest

Cypress

Job description

Blue Pearl HQ in Cape Town seeks a Senior Frontend Engineer with 10+ years of professional software development experience to lead the design, architecture, and delivery of Vue.js frontend applications. You will mentor engineers, collaborate with backend teams on API contracts, and drive performance, scalability, and maintainability across platforms, while staying hands-on in delivery.

You will progressively contribute to end-to-end solution design and cross-layer architectural decisions as part