Lead Frontend Engineer

Vaimo is a full-service digital experience agency that helps brands and businesses grow by uniting commerce, content, data, and insights into seamless, engaging, and beautifully designed customer experiences.

With 16+ years of experience and offices across the Nordics, EMEA, and North America , we combine strategy, design, and technology to create digital experiences that drive measurable results. Our teams work across B2C, B2B, and D2C - from redefining global lifestyle brands to transforming complex enterprise ecosystems.

What unites our work is a simple belief: Experience is Everything.

We design and build digital experiences that connect people and brands - seamlessly, meaningfully, and for impact.

We are looking for a Lead Frontend Engineer to steward the development of a new web application built with Next.js 16 (App Router), React 19, and TypeScript. As a cornerstone of a broader microservices architecture on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), this role offers a blend of technical craft and team mentorship. You will cultivate the application from the ground up, contributing to production-ready code daily while guiding architectural decisions and partnering with stakeholders and clients to realize a shared vision.

Key Responsibilities

• Guide the design and delivery of resilient frontend solutions for medium and large-scale projects.

• Oversee planning, estimation, and technical design, ensuring a high standard of collective quality assurance.

• Facilitate the definition and maintenance of frontend architecture standards and best practices.

• Provide supportive leadership, mentorship, and code review feedback to foster the growth of team members.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with backend, UX/UI, QA, DevOps, and Product teams to ensure cohesive outcomes.

• Enrich team capabilities through continuous knowledge sharing and professional development.

• Serve as a technical ambassador in client-facing discussions, facilitating workshops and architectural dialogues.

• Support commercial activities by providing thoughtful solution scoping, estimations, and pre-sales engagement.

Skills & Requirements

Core Expertise

• Advanced proficiency with React and Next.js (App Router) in production environments.

• Comprehensive understanding of SSR, SSG, ISR , and hybrid rendering strategies.

• Strong command of TypeScript and modern frontend architecture design.

• Experience integrating frontend applications within distributed microservices, with an awareness of API contracts.

• Adept at frontend testing frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Jest) to ensure software health.

• Ability to nurture and maintain architectural standards across the team.

• Experience supporting technical decisions and empowering fellow engineers.

Value-Add Skills

• Collaborative experience with REST or GraphQL APIs in distributed systems.

• Familiarity with headless CMS platforms (e.g., Contentful, Sanity).

• Experience contributing to CI/CD pipelines and containerized cloud environments (e.g., Docker, AKS).

• A commitment to performance optimization and accessibility best practices.

• Openness to utilizing AI-assisted development tools to enhance workflow.

Nice to Have

• Understanding of Terraform or infrastructure definitions.

• Background in commerce platforms (Shopify, Adobe Commerce, etc.).

• Exposure to monitoring and observability tools (Application Insights or similar).

• General awareness of backend technologies (.NET, Node.js, PHP).

What we offer

• Diverse project portfolio: Engage with a variety of small and large digital commerce projects for global brands.

• Impactful Contribution: A chance to shape our delivery for US clients with a supportive EU-based team.

• Sustainable Growth: A flexible, modern working environment that prioritizes work–life balance.

• Modern Toolkit: Competitive salary and benefits, with access to the latest tools including AI resources, Slack, Jira, and Confluence.