Lead Front-End Developer
About The Position
One North, a digital experience agency and part of TEKsystems, is hiring a Lead Front-End Developer to provide technical leadership across client engagements while remaining closely involved in hands-on delivery. The role partners with strategists, designers, architects, and developers to shape technical direction from discovery through launch and deliver digital experiences that are performant, accessible, maintainable, and thoughtfully built. One North works extensively in the Figma ecosystem, from design exploration and production handoff to design-system management. The position is described as fully remote, with remote locations across the U.S. accepted. The posting also says that Chicago-area applicants are expected to work in the office part time under a light hybrid model. This is a permanent position based out of Chicago, Illinois. The role calls for an experienced front-end practitioner with strong leadership, mentoring, and client collaboration skills. The Lead Front-End Developer guides implementation decisions, project planning, development standards, and architecture; supports developers through code review and coaching; and helps evolve internal engineering practices, component patterns, and responsible AI-enabled workflows. The listed salary range is $118,100 to $174,700 per year, with individual compensation dependent on qualifications and other job-related factors.
Requirements
- At least 6 years of professional front-end development experience; agency or consulting experience is ideal.
- Advanced knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript using current best practices.
- Strong proficiency with TypeScript, including comfort working in typed codebases and modeling complex data.
- Significant production experience with React and Next.js.
- Strong understanding of front-end architecture, component design, and scalable implementation patterns.
- Fluency in bespoke CSS/SCSS and ability to architect styles from scratch without relying on Tailwind or other utility frameworks.
- Experience designing, building, consuming, and governing component libraries and design systems.
- Deep proficiency with Figma and its broader product suite, including Figma Design, Dev Mode, FigJam, variables, and libraries.
- Ability to build resilient, responsive sites that provide consistent experiences across screen sizes, devices, and browsers.
- Demonstrated ability to meet WCAG 2.2 accessibility standards.
- Solid understanding of SEO fundamentals, especially semantic markup and Core Web Vitals.
- Hands-on experience with headless CMS platforms such as Contentful, Sanity, or Contentstack, including content-modeling collaboration and integration.
- Comfort integrating third-party libraries and SDKs.
- Confidence with Git workflows, branching strategies, and code review.
- Experience with JavaScript animation libraries such as GSAP, Framer Motion, or Three.js.
- Demonstrated success leading technical delivery across projects and mentoring developers.
- Exceptional communication and collaboration skills.
- Strong mentoring and coaching mindset.
- Ability to align technical decisions with business goals and client needs.
- Attention to detail and high personal standards for work.
- Comfort navigating ambiguity and making informed recommendations.
- Ability to influence without formal authority.
- Professional curiosity and habit of staying current with industry developments.
- Engagement with best practices, standards, and the broader front-end community.
- Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Copilot, Cursor, or Claude Code, and a clear perspective on their appropriate use.
Nice To Haves
- Professional front-end development experience in an agency or consulting environment.
Responsibilities
- Craft end-user experiences while engineering for performance, accessibility, and maintainability.
- Lead front-end implementation across client engagements and provide technical direction from discovery through delivery.
- Establish project-level architecture, development standards, and implementation approaches in partnership with architects and project teams.
- Identify technical risks early and recommend practical mitigation strategies.
- Provide guidance, code review, pairing, and mentorship for front-end developers and senior front-end developers.
- Partner with designers to translate design intent into considered, production-ready experiences.
- Guide implementation of design systems, component libraries, and front-end standards across client work.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teammates to deliver strategic solutions to client challenges.
- Contribute to estimation, planning, staffing recommendations, and scope definition for front-end work.
- Help evolve internal standards, component patterns, AI-enabled workflows, and engineering practices.
- Help teams adopt AI-enabled practices responsibly while maintaining engineering fundamentals, code quality, and delivery discipline.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Critical illness, accident, and hospital coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan with pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions
- Life insurance and voluntary life and AD&D coverage for employees and dependents
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Health Spending Account (HSA)
- Transportation benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Paid time off, vacation, or sick leave
- Potential additional earnings through incentive programs such as annual bonuses or profit sharing
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
