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.