Lead Frontend Developer - Remote

What You’ll Do

Own the frontend architecture: component structure, state management strategy, data-fetching patterns, and the conventions the team builds against.
Make and defend stack decisions, choosing the right library or pattern for the problem and knowing when not to add a dependency.
Build complex, data-heavy interfaces, including high-density tables, dashboards, and interactive views, with performance treated as a feature, not an afterthought.
Define how we consume APIs on the frontend: loading, error, caching, and server-state patterns that are consistent across the product.
Establish and maintain our design system on top of Ant Design, including theming, customization, and reusable component patterns.
Set the quality bar through code review, testing standards, and mentorship, and level up the engineers around you.
Drive an AI-augmented engineering workflow, using tools like Claude Code to accelerate delivery and helping the team adopt an AI-first approach to building.
Translate product and design intent into scoped, sequenced technical work, and communicate trade-offs clearly to non-engineering stakeholders.

What We’re Looking For

Must-Have Skills
React (expert level)
Deep, production-grade React: functional components, composition patterns, and disciplined use of hooks (useState, useEffect, useMemo, useCallback, useRef, plus custom hooks).
Strong command of the Context API and a clear point of view on when to use context versus other state approaches.
Render-performance awareness: you understand re-renders, memoization, and how to keep a data-heavy UI fast.
TypeScript (advanced)
Fluent with interface and type, and clear on when to use each. (We treat both as core, not optional, at this level.)
Extending and inheriting interfaces, building generic types, and using utility types to keep code type-safe and DRY.
Comfortable defining type-safe contracts between the frontend and the API layer.
API integration on the frontend
Proven experience consuming REST APIs into the UI and managing server state cleanly across loading, error, and caching states.
Handling large and complex response payloads without degrading the user experience.
Routing
Solid command of client-side routing (e.g. React Router): nested routes, route guards, and route-level code splitting.
Library and architecture judgment
The ability to evaluate, select, and standardize the frontend stack, weighing trade-offs rather than reaching for the default. This is a lead-level expectation, not a nice-to-have.
Design systems and UI libraries
Hands-on experience with a component library; we use Ant Design, including theming and customization.
An eye for translating design into consistent, reusable components, and the judgment to assess how a given build affects the wider product.
AI-driven development
Active, fluent use of AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, or similar) in real delivery, and comfort setting up AI-augmented workflows for a team.
Technical leadership
A track record of mentoring engineers, running effective code reviews, and setting standards that hold as a team scales.
Good-to-Have Skills
Next.js and an understanding of server-side rendering and where it adds value.
Experience with data visualization and high-performance tables (virtualization, TanStack Table, AG Grid, charting libraries), especially in a financial or analytics-heavy product.
Testing maturity (React Testing Library, Vitest / Jest, Playwright) and a view on what to test and why.
Familiarity with modern build tooling (Vite, Turbopack) and bundle optimization.
Awareness of accessibility and cross-browser standards.
Exposure to fintech, capital markets, or other data-dense domains.