Frontend Team Lead

Summary

Join Leadtech, a company redefining digital businesses since 2009, and become a Frontend Team Leader. Lead and mentor a team of developers, making key technical decisions and guiding them towards professional growth. You will be responsible for ensuring high-quality code, implementing new technologies, and automating processes. The ideal candidate possesses over 5 years of experience as a Frontend developer with expertise in JavaScript, Next.js, React, and TypeScript. Leadtech offers a flexible work environment, competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for professional development.

Requirements

• Strong organizational and leadership skills
• Have experience working in agile and dynamic environments
• Valuable previous experience managing development teams
• Excellent communication skills
• Previous experience in mentoring, coaching and/or leading a development team
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams
• Have more than 5 years of experience as a Frontend developer
• Experience working on developing modern and intuitive interfaces
• Ensuring code quality and application optimization
• Review and provide feedback on code
• Advanced skills in JavaScript, the primary language used in front-end development
• Strong proficiency in Next.js and its core features such as server-side rendering (SSR), static site generation (SSG), incremental static regeneration (ISR), and API routes
• Experience with TypeScript in a Next.js environment for scalable and maintainable code
• Solid understanding of React fundamentals, including hooks, context, and component lifecycle
• Proficient with Styling in Next.js, including CSS Modules, Tailwind CSS, or styled-components
• Familiarity and experience with automated testing platforms and unit tests
• Knowledge of semantic HTML and applied to SEO optimization

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for the leadership of the team, maintaining close attention to needs and support while making technical decisions
• Support the project and the team while achieving their potential growth, setting goals and acting as a guide towards them
• Guide the team on the use of good practices and remind them on the importance of the quality standards of the code
• Discover and implement new technologies that yield competitive advantage
• Find opportunities to automate manual processes and creatively add value to the project
• Help the team on development efforts towards successful and timely project delivery
• Provide technical leadership to teammates through coaching and mentorship
• Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits
• Participate and be responsible within the decision-making process
• Support and advise the team on estimating efforts and tasks
• Design and develop applications using technologies and tools such as JavaScript (ES6), Typescript, React
• Maintain a problem-solving attitude
• Promote the use of new tools and supervise their proper use

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of build tools and automation ( Webpack, Babel, RollUp)
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS ...)
• Familiarity with Headless CMS (Strapi ...)

Benefits

• Growth and career development
• At Leadtech, we prioritize your growth. Enjoy a flexible career path with personalized internal training and an annual budget for external learning opportunities
• Work-Life balance
• Benefit from a flexible schedule with flextime (7 - 9:30 a.m. start, 3:30 - 6 p.m. end) and the option of working full remote or from our Barcelona office. Enjoy free Friday afternoons with a 7-hour workday, plus a 35-hour workweek in July and August so you can savor summer!
• Comprehensive benefits
• Competitive salary, full-time permanent contract, and top-tier private health insurance (including dental and psychological services)
• 25 days of vacation plus your birthday off, with flexible vacation options—no blackout days!
• Unique Perks
• If you wish to come, in our office in Barcelona you’ll find it complete with free coffee, fresh fruit, snacks, a game room, and a rooftop terrace with stunning Mediterranean views
• Additional benefits include ticket restaurant and nursery vouchers, paid directly from your gross salary