Lead Front End Developer

Lead Front End DeveloperLocation: Austin, TX Onsite (only local candidate)Interview Mode: MS Teams Video Call & On-Site Face to Face interview required Visa: Only USC or GC LinkedIn is mustApproximate Duration: 12+ Month ContractDomain: Logistics ServicesThey're targeting 5 years Team Lead experience and even specify w/ a bullet in all caps "MUST have proven experience leading a team"Primary Responsibilities• Lead a small team of experienced UI developers and contribute to development of next-generation central traffic management software, incorporating customer requirements and industry standards• Collaborate with Product Management, Product Owner, UX Designers and Architects to design and implement a modern and user-friendly browser frontend• Participate in UX process and requirements refinement• Contribute to product success and excel with a dynamic team in a highly collaborative environment• Ensure software quality at all levels through test automation development• Leverage AI coding assistants for high productivity, test coverage and quality code outputRequirements• Experience designing and implementing React browser frontendsMUST have proven experience leading a team• Demonstrated experience with software patterns and React application design best practices• Proficient in JavaScript / TypeScript and React• React Material UI experience• Excellent communication skills• Microservice architecture experience• Experience using REST APIs• Experience with CI/CD Pipelines (e.g. Jenkins, GitLab)• Dedication to software quality• Experience writing automated unit tests• Outstanding analytical, problem solving, planning, and abstract thinking skills• Strong attention to detail, proactively driving assignments and tracking tasks• Creative thinking and innovation skills to define new approaches to issuesPreferred Education, Skills, and Experience• Minimum five years of experience within Team Leadership• Design of Cloud-Native applications / Design of multi-tenant applications• Minimum of 2 years of experience designing / publishing reusable React components in npm• Minimum of 2 years of experience using GraphQL APIs• Experience deploying to Kubernetes• Experience with Websockets / SSE / CORS