Technical Lead - Front End
Lead groundbreaking Next.js projects, architect scalable solutions, mentor teams, and shape frontend development.
About Vercel:
Vercel’s Frontend Cloud provides the developer experience and infrastructure to build, scale, and secure a faster, more personalized web.
About the Role:
We are looking for a Front End Lead Engineer Consultant to join our Professional Services team.
What You Will Do:
- Partner with project stakeholders to plan, design, implement, test and launch best in class Next.js implementations.
- Lead technical discovery sessions with clients to understand their business needs and translate them into scalable, performant frontend architecture and solutions.
- Code complex solutions using Next.js, React, and other modern frontend technologies to deliver exceptional user experiences for our leading enterprise customers.
- Mentor and guide client development teams in Next.js best practices, helping them improve their skills and adopt efficient workflows.
- Stay at the forefront of frontend development by continuously learning and applying emerging technologies and methodologies.
- Contribute to our internal knowledge base by documenting best practices, creating tutorials, and sharing insights gained from client projects.
- Participate in pre-sales activities by providing technical expertise during client pitches and proposal development
About You:
- Extensive experience with planning and executing front end migrations, modernizations or digital transformation initiatives.
- Unparalleled expertise in Next.js, with a proven track record of architecting and delivering complex, high-performance applications at scale using advanced features like app router, server-side rendering (SSR), static site generation (SSG), and incremental static regeneration (ISR), module federation, and micro front ends.
- Deep understanding of Next.js deployment and optimization, including experience with self-hosted solutions and cloud platforms like Vercel, with the ability to leverage features such as Edge Functions , global content updates, CDNs, Firewalls
- Mastery of React and its ecosystem, including advanced state management techniques and performance optimization strategies.
- Proficiency in serverless architectures and experience optimizing Next.js applications for scalability and performance across various hosting environments.
- Strong command of modern frontend tooling, including Webpack, TypeScript, and API integration (REST and GraphQL) to create seamless full-stack experiences.
- Expertise in performance optimization and analytics, utilizing tools like Vercel's Speed Insights or similar platforms to enhance Next.js application performance and user experience.
Bonus If You:
- Have contributed to the Next.js open-source project or maintain popular Next.js-related libraries or tools.
- Possess knowledge of Kubernetes and have experience deploying and scaling Next.js applications in containerized environments.
- Have expertise in implementing advanced caching strategies and content delivery networks (CDNs) to optimize Next.js application performance globally.
- Are proficient in implementing complex internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) solutions in large-scale Next.js applications.
- Have experience with cutting-edge features like React Server Components and have successfully implemented them in production Next.js applications.
- Have spoken at major tech conferences or authored influential articles/books on Next.js and modern web development practices.
Benefits:
- Competitive compensation package, including equity.
- Inclusive Healthcare Package.
- Learn and Grow - we provide mentorship and send you to events that help you build your network and skills.
- Flexible Time Off.
- We will provide you the gear you need to do your role, and a WFH budget for you to outfit your space as needed.
The San Francisco, CA base pay range for this role is $188,000.00 - $281,000.00 OTE This salary range is an estimate.