Junior Front End Developer - AI startup

Company Description

Founding Teams is a AI pre accelerator and talent platform. We help AI founders to find the best engineering, design and marketing talent.

Lead Frontend Engineer

About the Role

We’re looking for a Lead Frontend Engineer to own the architecture, development, and quality of our web applications. You’ll be responsible for building fast, scalable, and user-friendly interfaces while setting frontend standards and mentoring other engineers.

This role is hands-on and strategic — you’ll write production code, make technical decisions, and work closely with product, design, and backend teams.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Own the frontend architecture and technical roadmap • Define and enforce coding standards, performance, and best practices • Lead code reviews and mentor frontend engineers • Make decisions on frameworks, libraries, and tooling

Development

• Build and maintain high-quality web applications • Translate designs and product requirements into clean, performant UI • Implement responsive, accessible, and cross-browser experiences • Integrate frontend applications with backend APIs • Optimize applications for speed, scalability, and usability

Collaboration

• Work closely with: • Product managers to shape requirements and delivery • Designers to ensure pixel-perfect UI and great UX • Backend engineers on APIs, data contracts, and performance • Participate in sprint planning, estimation, and technical discussions

Quality & Delivery

• Ensure frontend code is: • Testable • Maintainable • Well-documented • Own frontend release processes and CI/CD pipelines • Monitor performance, bugs, and user feedback

Required Skills & Experience

Must Have

• 5+ years of frontend development experience • Strong expertise in JavaScript / TypeScript • Extensive experience with React.js (or similar modern frameworks) • Solid understanding of: • HTML5, CSS3, modern layout systems • State management (Redux, Zustand, React Query, etc.) • REST APIs and async data handling • Experience building and maintaining production web apps • Familiarity with Git, CI/CD, and modern build tools