Front-End Development Manager

Summary

Join Restore Hyper Wellness as their Front-End Development Manager in Austin, TX (or remotely within the US). Lead and mentor a distributed team of developers, driving technical excellence for our consumer-facing web properties. You will own the front-end architecture, implement a headless CMS, and manage projects using Agile methodologies. This role requires extensive experience in front-end development, team management, and specific technologies. Restore offers a competitive salary, benefits, and opportunities for growth within a dynamic wellness company.

Requirements

• BS in an engineering discipline
• 5+ years of front-end development experience
• 3+ years of team management experience, particularly with remote/distributed teams
• Strong experience with modern JavaScript/TypeScript and front-end frameworks
• Experience with headless CMS architecture and implementation
• Experience with SEO optimization and server-side rendering
• Experience implementing and managing analytics solutions
• Experience coordinating cross-team dependencies

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a flexible team of remote contract developers across multiple time zones
• Establish development standards, best practices, and coding guidelines
• Manage team capacity, scaling the team up or down based on project demands
• Coordinate with product management to establish delivery timelines and resource requirements
• Conduct code reviews and provide technical mentorship to team members
• Own the front-end technical architecture, ensuring consistency across all web properties
• Drive TypeScript adoption and implementation across the platform
• Establish and maintain development standards for responsive, mobile-first design
• Optimize page load performance and implement performance monitoring
• Integrate server-side rendering solutions for SEO optimization
• Manage the implementation and evolution of our component library
• Partner with Data team to implement analytics solutions (likely Mixpanel)
• Ensure comprehensive analytics tracking across all user interactions
• Collaborate with back-end team to identify and request API enhancements
• Own and architect our headless CMS implementation (likely Strapi or Keystone JS)
• Design content models that support our marketing and operational needs
• Establish content governance and management processes
• Ensure CMS security and performance
• Integrate CMS with our front-end architecture
• Partner with project managers in sprint planning and prioritization exercises
• Lead sprint ceremonies for the front-end team while coordinating with Kanban-based back-end team
• Collaborate with product managers to define technical requirements and timelines
• Establish project tracking and reporting processes
• Ensure consistent delivery quality across all team members
• Manage technical documentation and knowledge sharing
• Balance team capacity across sprint commitments
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies between sprint and Kanban workflows

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing offshore development teams in India or Latin America
• Experience with EJS templating
• Experience with e-commerce or booking systems
• Familiarity with React and component library development
• Knowledge of health/wellness industry
• Experience with Agile development methodologies

Benefits

• Competitive salary and annual bonus
• Insurance benefits effective within 30 days of start date
• 401k match up to 4%
• Monthly fitness reimbursement
• Flexible PTO
• Complementary and discounted therapies in-studio and in-office
• Company equity package