Lead Front-End Developer

We are looking for a Lead Front-End Developer to modernize tooling, accelerate CI/CD, and enable safe AI-assisted development across teams. You will remove workflow friction from local setup to production and coach engineers on best practices—apply to help boost productivity at scale.

Responsibilities

• Optimize the front-end development lifecycle from local setup to production deployment
• Diagnose bottlenecks in build, test, and deployment flows and implement measurable fixes
• Design and maintain shared front-end tooling, templates, and boilerplate configurations
• Standardize monorepo practices, linting, formatting, and dependency management patterns
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted coding tools and define safe usage guidelines
• Pilot and integrate AI agents and code-generation workflows into everyday engineering practices
• Collaborate with DevOps to accelerate CI/CD, reduce build times, and improve feedback loops
• Improve bundle size, compilation speed, and overall runtime performance of front-end deliverables
• Document best practices and deliver training to help teams adopt new workflows quickly

Requirements

• 5+ years of JavaScript and TypeScript experience in modern front-end ecosystems
• 5+ years of React and Next.js experience
• Lead-level ownership experience driving developer experience or platform initiatives
• Strong CI/CD pipeline expertise with build, test, and release automation
• Advanced build tooling knowledge across bundlers, monorepos, and code quality standards
• Strong performance optimization skills for builds, bundles, and feedback loops
• Hands-on AI-assisted coding tools experience and governance mindset for safe adoption
• Excellent communication skills for documentation, enablement, and cross-team collaboration
• Upper-Intermediate English proficiency (B2, Upper-Intermediate)

Nice to have

• Experience with Vite, Turborepo, Nx, or ESBuild for large-scale front-end systems
• Experience with GitHub Actions or GitLab CI for front-end pipelines
• Background in platform engineering or internal developer tooling at scale

Benefits

• International projects with top brands
• Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers
• Healthcare benefits
• Employee financial programs
• Paid time off and sick leave
• Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses
• Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ courses
• Global career opportunities
• Volunteer and community involvement opportunities
• EPAM Employee Groups
• Award-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn