Staff Lead Engineer - Frontend

About The Role

Auriga IT is seeking a seasoned and visionary Senior Frontend JavaScript Architect to lead the frontend ecosystem for complex, large-scale applications. With huge years of deep hands-on experience in JavaScript, React.js, Next.js, and TypeScript, you will own the frontend architecture across projects, drive modern development practices, and mentor engineers across all levels.

You will play a key role in defining engineering direction, optimizing frontend performance, ensuring security, and aligning architectural decisions with business goals. This is an opportunity to lead frontend at scale — with impact.

About Auriga IT

Founded in 2010 by an IIT Roorkee alumnus, Auriga IT is a Jaipur-based technology and digital solutions firm delivering innovation to startups, unicorns, corporates, and government entities. We blend design, data, and modern engineering to solve high-impact problems and build scalable digital products.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and oversee frontend systems using React.js (upto latest), Next.js (upto latest), and TypeScript across large-scale projects
• Define and evolve frontend architecture patterns (micro-frontends, modular monorepos, islands/adaptive hydration)
• Lead performance engineering with SSR/SSG/ISR, CDN strategies, lazy loading, INP optimization, and edge rendering
• Establish and maintain reusable component libraries, design systems (e.g. shadcn/ui), and theming strategies
• Implement secure coding practices (CSP, XSS/CSRF prevention, OAuth2/JWT flows)
• Collaborate cross-functionally with DevOps, backend, and infrastructure teams to streamline CI/CD and DevSecOps pipelines
• Guide adoption of code quality standards, including linting, typing (Zod, tRPC), automated testing (unit, integration, E2E with Playwright)
• Lead technical ceremonies: architecture reviews, RFC discussions, performance audits, and roadmap planning
• Mentor engineers across levels, from onboarding juniors to elevating seniors to leads
• Handle complex debugging, production fire-fighting, and systemic reliability issues across devices and browsers
• Contribute to internal tooling, documentation, and frontend platformization initiatives
  
  

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Deep expertise in React.js (hooks, context, server components), Next.js (App Router, layouts, edge), and TypeScript
• Experience designing large-scale frontend architecture using:
• Micro-frontends / Module Federation
• Monorepo setups
• Code sharing strategies across apps
• In-depth understanding of:
• Frontend performance profiling (INP, TBT, LCP, CLS)
• SSR, SSG, ISR and hybrid rendering techniques
• CDN caching strategies and edge-based rendering
• Hands-on with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Docker, and automated deployments
• Deep knowledge of secure frontend engineering: CSP, OAuth2, JWT, XSS, CSRF, authentication patterns
• Proven experience with test automation in frontend using Testing Libraries.
• Experience mentoring engineers, driving team process improvements, and conducting architecture/code reviews
• Proven ability to lead and grow frontend teams, define team structures, and guide engineers at various levels
• Demonstrated experience in mentoring, career development planning, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement
• Strong focus on engineering excellence: drives code reviews, architecture audits, and technical quality
• Establishes and enforces best practices for performance, accessibility (WCAG), testing, code structure, and documentation
• Stays up to date with the JavaScript ecosystem, proactively evaluating and introducing modern tools, frameworks, and methodologies across projects
• Proficiency in resolving complex production issues, browser incompatibilities, and optimizing large-scale frontend systems
• Ensure accessibility compliance (a11y), semantic HTML and SEO optimization for frontend delivery
• Deep understanding with internal frontend platform building and design patterns
• Work with build tools like Webpack, CRA, Vite, Grunt/Gulp or Babel when necessary.
• Experience in building or maintaining design systems using tools like Storybook
  
  

Nice To Have (Bonus Skills)

• Node.js, Express.js and real-time applications using Socket.io
• Experience with GraphQL, tRPC, Rest API, socket patterns
• Familiarity with AWS: S3, CloudFront, Lambda, EC2, Load Balancing.
• Exposure to modern frameworks: SolidJS, SvelteKit, or Vue 3
• Hands-on with performance tracing, bundle size budgets, and tools like Webpack Bundle Analyzer, React Profiler
• Involvement in open-source contributions, tech talks, or writing technical blogs