Principal Lead Engineer - Micro Frontends

Description :

Location : Bangalore Hybrid (3 days onsite, Electronic City)

Employment Type : Full-Time

Role Purpose :

The Lead Front-End Engineer will be responsible for architecting, designing, and implementing scalable Single Page Applications (SPAs) and Micro Frontends (MFEs) using React and TypeScript. This role involves defining the front-end architecture, driving engineering excellence, ensuring adherence to EQs UX design standards, and enabling seamless integration with backend and cloud ecosystems. The candidate will lead a team of engineers, fostering best practices in code quality, performance, testing, and deployment Responsibilities :

1. Architecture & Design :

• Lead the design and architecture of scalable, modular SPA and MFE applications.
• Define and enforce front-end coding standards, design principles, and architecture patterns.
• Ensure UI components are reusable, maintainable, and aligned with UX guidelines.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects and product teams to define technical roadmaps and ensure design consistency across Front-End Development :
• Develop robust, high-performance front-end applications using React.js, TypeScript, HTML5, and CSS3 / SASS.
• Integrate with Headless CMS (Umbraco) to deliver dynamic, content-driven web experiences.
• Implement responsive, accessible, and cross-browser compatible interfaces following WCAG and UX standards.
• Ensure seamless integration with backend APIs and Quality Engineering & Testing :
• Drive automated testing using frameworks like Playwright for functional, regression, and end-to-end testing.
• Utilize SonarQube for code quality, coverage, and maintainability analysis.
• Collaborate with QA and DevOps to ensure high reliability and minimal regression through automation pipelines.
• Conduct regular code reviews, implement static code analysis, and enforce CI / CD integration with quality gates.

4. CI / CD & DevOps Integration :

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