Lead Frontend Engineer

Role: Senior Frontend Engineer

Function: Frontend Engineering / Software Engineering

Location: Bangalore, India (Hybrid)

Type: Full-time

Industry: Marketing Research / Data & Analytics / SaaS

About Company

A global leader in data-driven marketing research. The company serves over 4,000 brands across Asia-Pacific with actionable consumer insights.

It leverages a network of 130 million+ consumer research panelists worldwide. Proprietary panels are combined with survey, behavioral, and purchase data for integrated analysis.

Backed by approximately $848M in funding and over 25 years of industry expertise. The company is in an active growth phase, modernising its data platforms and engineering systems at scale.

Position Overview

As a Senior Frontend Engineer, you will own end-to-end delivery of complex, user-facing features — from architecture design to production. You will work closely with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to build scalable, high-quality frontend solutions on the company's research and insights platform. This is a technical leadership role where you will shape frontend architecture and raise the bar for the entire engineering team.

Role & Responsibilities

• Design and build production-grade frontend applications using TypeScript, React, and Next.js with full ownership of code quality and performance

• Lead frontend architecture decisions including state management, API integration patterns, rendering strategies, pagination, and caching for high-traffic user-facing surfaces

• Own the frontend CI/CD pipeline and continuously improve testing, code review, and release readiness practices

• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to translate business goals into high-quality user experiences

• Set and enforce frontend standards through thoughtful code reviews, mentoring junior engineers, and promoting best practices in testing and accessibility

• Monitor frontend systems in production — tracking performance, stability, and driving continuous improvement across user-facing applications

• Work with stakeholders to clarify requirements, manage UX vs. delivery trade-offs, and define realistic delivery milestones

Must Have Criteria

• 7+ years of software engineering experience with a strong focus on frontend development

• 3+ years of hands-on experience building production applications with TypeScript, React, and Next.js

• Solid fundamentals in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript — including responsive design and cross-browser compatibility

• Proven experience owning a frontend codebase end-to-end: code quality, performance optimization, and reliable production releases at scale

• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions) and modern development workflows including automated testing

• Experience integrating frontend applications with GraphQL APIs

• Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers or leading frontend technical decisions on a team

Nice to Have

• Experience with Nx monorepo tooling and component-driven development using Storybook

• Familiarity with frontend observability and performance monitoring tools

• Experience building internationalized (i18n) applications for multi-region or multi-language audiences

• Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG) and inclusive UI development practices

• Prior experience in a SaaS, data platform, or research/analytics product company

What We Offer

• Hybrid work model with flexibility to work from the Bangalore office and remotely

• Opportunity to shape the frontend architecture of a data platform used by 4,000+ global brands

• Agile, collaborative engineering culture with strong ownership and autonomy

• Exposure to large-scale consumer data systems and cutting-edge marketing research technology

• Continuous learning environment with access to modern tooling and engineering best practices