About the Company Our client is one of New Zealand’s largest digital platforms, serving millions of users every month. Their engineering team is modernising the frontend platform, investing in React, Next.js and modern engineering practices to deliver faster, more accessible and higher-performing customer experiences.
With a collaborative, high-trust culture, engineers are encouraged to challenge thinking, influence technical direction and continuously improve how software is built.
About the Role As Lead Front-End Engineer, you’ll be one of the technical leaders shaping the future of the frontend platform.
You’ll remain hands-on while setting technical direction across frontend architecture, performance, accessibility, observability and technical SEO. You’ll be expected to form strong technical opinions, clearly articulate the reasoning behind them, challenge and collaborate with other engineers, and bring people with you as the platform evolves.
Working closely with Product, Design and Engineering, you’ll help make important technical decisions, drive engineering standards and mentor other developers while continuing to contribute directly to the codebase.
This is a role for someone who enjoys solving complex frontend problems but can also step beyond the code, explain
why a particular direction matters and help a team get there.
Skills & Experience - 7+ years building modern web applications
- Deep commercial experience with React, Next.js and TypeScript
- Experience designing frontend architecture, component libraries or design systems
- Proven success improving performance, accessibility and customer experience
- Experience with Core Web Vitals, SSR and technical SEO
- Familiarity with cloud platforms, APIs, CI/CD pipelines and observability tooling
- A track record of setting technical direction, making and communicating architectural decisions, and bringing other engineers along with you
- Comfortable challenging technical thinking and working through differing opinions constructively
- Able to reflect on technical decisions, learn from what hasn’t worked and adapt your approach
Why Work Here? - Help shape the future of one of New Zealand’s largest digital platforms
- Influence frontend architecture and engineering standards
- Work on products used by millions of customers
- Modern React, Next.js and AI-assisted development practices
- Flexible hybrid/remote working options within New Zealand
- High-trust engineering culture focused on continuous improvement
- Mentor other engineers while remaining hands-on
Apply Now If you’re a strong frontend engineer who enjoys staying hands-on but also wants to shape technical direction and influence how great frontend software is built, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today or contact
logan@talent.army for a confidential discussion.
