Web Team Leader

Summary

Join MyHeritage's Web Team as a Lead and mentor a front-end development team, building intuitive genealogy tools using modern technologies like React, Redux, and GraphQL. You will design and develop user-friendly interfaces, ensuring high performance and scalability. Collaborate with other engineers and designers to create seamless web experiences. This role requires extensive front-end development experience, strong leadership skills, and expertise in modern web technologies. You'll be responsible for upholding coding standards, optimizing applications, and staying ahead of industry trends. The ideal candidate will have a visionary approach and a proven track record of delivering high-quality web applications.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in front-end development, with at least 3 years in a leadership role
• B.Sc. in Computer Science or Software Engineering
• Strong leadership skills, with a proven ability to inspire, motivate, train, and manage senior web developers
• Proven track record delivering scalable, high-performance web applications
• Comfort balancing leadership responsibilities with hands-on development, actively engaging in code reviews and technical decision-making
• Extensive experience with architectural and design-related activities
• Expertise with React/Redux or similar modern web libraries and frameworks
• Excellent proficiency in vanilla JavaScript/ESNext, HTML, and CSS
• Solid experience with RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and real-time data integration
• Excellent problem-solving abilities, adaptability, and an eye for UX/UI best practices
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and tools such as Jira, GitHub, and CI/CD pipelines
• Fluent in English

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a front-end development team of 4+ members, ensuring high performance and professional growth
• Design and develop user-friendly genealogy tools utilizing modern front-end technologies, including React (with SSR), Redux, ES2015+ (Babel), GraphQL, SASS, and Webpack within a CI/CD environment (Jenkins)
• Uphold high coding standards with rigorous testing using Jest and React Testing Library
• Extend and enhance our custom component library
• Optimize web applications for speed, scalability, and cross-browser compatibility
• Collaborate with back-end engineers to integrate APIs for historical records and family tree data
• Ensure adherence to front-end security best practices, safeguarding against XSS, CSRF, and other vulnerabilities
• Monitor the production environment, proactively identifying and resolving performance, security, and usability issues
• Stay ahead of trends in web development, AI, and genealogy technologies to drive innovation

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in Ukrainian
• Server-side familiarity and comfort with associated responsibilities
• Visionary approach in pre-planning phases and capability to create long-term strategic goals