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Technical Lead, Front-End

Elastic
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Summary
Join Elastic, the Search AI Company, as a design-oriented Technical Lead to spearhead frontend development and quality assurance for Elastic.co. Lead a distributed team of design technologists and frontend engineers, focusing on exceptional user experiences and high code quality. Champion design systems, component architecture, and best practices. Collaborate with design, UX, and backend teams. This role requires extensive frontend development experience, remote team management skills, and expertise in NextJS, React, and TypeScript. Elastic offers competitive pay, health coverage, flexible work arrangements, generous vacation time, and parental leave.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in frontend development, with a focus on modern JavaScript frameworks
- 3+ years of experience managing remote engineering teams
- Strong design sensibility with a demonstrated commitment to quality and attention to detail
- Deep expertise in NextJS, React, and TypeScript
- Experience building and maintaining scalable design systems and component libraries
- Strong understanding of frontend testing methodologies and quality assurance processes
- Knowledge of web performance optimization techniques and metrics
- Experience with frontend accessibility standards and implementation
- Proven ability to bridge the gap between design and development teams
- Excellent remote communication skills and experience with distributed team management
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a remote team of design technologists and frontend engineers, providing mentorship, performance management, and career development
- Drive the technical vision for our frontend architecture using NextJS and TypeScript
- Champion design excellence and pixel-perfect implementation across all user interfaces
- Establish and maintain quality standards, testing processes, and code review practices
- Oversee the development and evolution of our design system and component library
- Collaborate closely with design, UX, and backend teams to deliver cohesive user experiences
- Lead the implementation of frontend performance optimizations and best practices
- Ensure accessibility and cross-browser compatibility across all web experiences
- Balance team workload, prioritize technical initiatives, and manage project timelines
- Foster a distributed-first culture with effective communication and collaboration practices
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with animation and interactive web experiences
- Knowledge of internationalization and localization for frontend applications
- Experience implementing A/B testing and user analytics
- Familiarity with headless content management systems
- Contribution to open-source projects or design systems
- Experience with micro-frontend architectures
- Background in UX/UI design or formal design education
- Experience with Elasticsearch implementation for search experiences
Benefits
- Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
- Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
- Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
- Generous number of vacation days each year
- Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
- Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
- Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave
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