Your Job
We are seeking an experienced and visionary Frontend Lead (Web design) to own the design, development, and evolution of modern web user interfaces and frontend platforms. This role is strongly front-end-centric, with deep focus on UI engineering, front-end architecture, performance, accessibility, and design systems. with effective technical leadership skills to drive design excellence, ensure responsive and scalable web solutions, optimize web performance and accessibility, and collaborate across teams to deliver data-driven, user-focused web experiences aligned with business goals.
Our Team
Join the Web Solutions team, the digital experience arm of DSS (Datacom & Specialty Solutions)>> CSBU (Copper Solutions Business Unit), powering web-driven transformation across Cable assembly manufacturing operations. As the core web design and development team, we collaborate across the organization to deliver advanced web solutions—including web applications, dashboards, reports, and visualization tools that enable operational and business insights. The Frontend function acts as the UX and UI backbone, translating complex data and workflows into intuitive, performant, and accessible interfaces. We value creative thinking, technical depth, and teamwork, offering opportunities to make a real impact while working with the latest web technologies and cloud-native architecture.
What You Will Do
- Lead the design and development of scalable web applications.
- Develop and maintain unit, integration, and system test plans to ensure the quality and reliability of web applications using tools such as PyTest, Jest, Playwright, and Selenium.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to web developers, ensuring best practices in design, development, testing, and performance optimization.
- Build rich, responsive, and accessible user interfaces using modern JavaScript frameworks (primarily React) and Python.
- Own and evolve reusable UI components, design systems, and frontend standards.
- Partner with backend engineers to integrate APIs and ensure seamless end-to-end user experiences.
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, frontend build optimization, and deployment readiness.
- Continuously evaluate new frontend technologies and recommend adoption where relevant.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions.
- Ensure performance, security, and scalability of applications.
- Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality, maintainability, and adherence to development standards.
- Conduct user research, usability testing, and implement feedback-driven improvements.
- Maintain documentation for architecture and development processes.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field.
- 7-10 years of progressive experience in web application design and development.
- At least 2 years of experience in technical leadership or lead/senior engineering role.
- Experience owning or contributing to a design system.
- Strong experience with Python, modern JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, and React (or equivalent frontend frameworks).
- Solid understanding of frontend architecture, state management, and component-based design.
- Proficient with REST API integration from a frontend perspective.
- Experience with responsive design and UI principles.
- Knowledge in relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server)
- Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
What Will Put You Ahead
- Experience with Docker / Kubernetes, Type script, UI/UX design tools like Figma, etc.
- Knowledge of cloud platforms – AWS.
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Who We Are
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
