Front-End Lead Developer

Job description

MAIN PURPOSE

Richemont is looking for a highly skilled and motivated Lead Developer to initiate, enhance and maintain our New Retail platform. You will play a key role on guiding a team of developer in designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality software solutions with a strong emphasis on PWA/Next/React JS for the frontend and API middleware for the backend with scalable user interfaces for our luxury Maisons.  

You will leverage your understanding of composable architectures and modern frontend development principles to build scalable, maintainable, and performant applications.

The ideal candidate will be a strong collaborator, capable of working transversally across different platforms and contributing to the overall success of our technology initiatives.

In this role, you will work on challenging, high-impact projects, collaborating with Software Engineers, Product Analysts and Architects to design and implement cutting-edge front-end solutions. Your expertise will ensure full alignment with Richemont’s digital, mobile and web standards, delivering seamless customer experiences.  

You will operate in a global, multi-time-zone environment, engaging with teams at different management levels to ensure integration, scalability, and performance across digital platforms.  

You will help improve efficiency, code quality, and system architecture while ensuring alignment with Richemont’s technology ecosystem.

 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

·  Technical Leadership
·  Provide technical guidance and mentorship to a team of developers. Implement best practices and coding standards.
·  Participate in hiring and onboarding new team members.
·  Estimate development effort and track progress.
·  Identify and mitigate technical risks.
·  Responsable of the technical health of the deliverable.
·  Frontend Development:
·  Develop and maintain user interfaces using PWA, Next/React JS, ensuring a responsive, accessible, and engaging user experience.
·  Knowledge of Swift is a plus.
·  Implement and adhere to the latest frontend development principles and best practices, including component-based architecture, state management, and testing.
·  Write clean, well-documented, and testable code.
·  Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and knowledge sharing.
·  Middleware Development:
·  Design, develop, and maintain API middleware to support frontend functionality and integrate with various backend systems.
·  Architecture & Design:
·  Contribute to the design and implementation of composable architectures, promoting code reuse, maintainability, and scalability.
·  Lead in architectural discussions.
·  Lead in code reviews and promote best practices.  
·  Collaboration & Communication:
·  Collaborate effectively with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define, design, and ship new features. ensure seamless integration and alignment.
·  Testing & Quality Assurance:
·  Track overall and maintain high code quality KPI.
·  Write unit, integration, and end-to-end tests to ensure the quality and reliability of the software.
·  Assist QA Engineers and Test Managers in defining test strategies and automation frameworks.  
·  Participate in testing and debugging efforts.
·  Security and Performance
·  Design secured solution following Richemont CyberSec recommendation.
·  Pro-actively improve security posture.
·  Lead stress test and load performance.
·  Monitor production usage and performance of all components.
·  Pro-actively identify performance bottlenecks.
·  Continuous Improvement:
·  Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies and trends in software development.
·  Identify and implement opportunities to improve the development process and codebase.

 

REQUIRED SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

Technical Skills

·  2+ years of experience as Lead Developer.
·  5+ years of experience in Front end development, including design, and implementation: Swift, Next/React, CSS, Node.js, npm.
·  Solid understanding of frontend development principles and best practices (e.g., responsive design, accessibility, performance optimization).
·  IOS/ Hybrid (Cordova/Capacitor) implementation is a plus.
·  Understanding of composable architectures and microservices. 
·  Hands-on experience managing website development and delivery. 
·  Experience with API middleware development. 
·  Knowledge of Docker-based deployments.
·  Proficiency in unit, integration, and system testing methodologies. 
·  Good understanding of Agile frameworks (eg. Scrum, Kanban, etc.).  

Tooling

·  Next/React.js, Typescript, HTML, CSS, Vue.js, Tailwind.
·  Code Quality & Security: SonarQube, Snyk, Selenium, Insomnia.
·  Performance, Monitoring: Octoperf, Datadog.
·  Atlassian Suite (Confluence/Jira).
·  Express.js, RESTful APIs (Swagger/OpenAPI).

Soft Skills

·  Strong team leadership.
·  Strong problem-solving and analytical skills. 
·  Excellent communication and ability to work with multinational, cross-functional teams. 
·  Proactive, self-driven, and eager to explore new technologies. 
·  Ability to work in a fast-paced Agile environment.

Education & Language 

·  Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. 
·  Fluency in English (French or other languages is a plus).