Senior Vue Frontend Architect & Tech Lead

ATS Client; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

ATS Client in Cape Town is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to lead Vue.js frontend architecture and deliver scalable user interfaces. You will drive engineering best practices and collaborate with backend teams to ensure cohesive end-to-end delivery.

The ideal candidate will mentor developers, shape frontend strategies, and balance UX excellence with performance and maintainability across platforms.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software development experience with a strong frontend focus.
• Deep expertise in modern JavaScript frameworks; Vue.js preferred.
• Experience designing scalable frontend architectures and mentoring engineers.

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 code reviews and contribute to testing strategy.
• Mentor intermediate and junior developers.

Skills

Vue.js

Frontend architecture

RESTful APIs

HTML5/CSS3/SCSS

CI/CD

Git workflows

Mentoring

Code reviews

Testing (Jest/Cypress)

Communication

Pinia/state management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Job description

ATS Client in Cape Town is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to lead Vue.js frontend architecture and deliver scalable user interfaces. You will drive engineering best practices and collaborate with backend teams to ensure cohesive end-to-end delivery.

The ideal candidate will mentor developers, shape frontend strategies, and balance UX excellence with performance and maintainability across platforms.