What You’ll Do:

• Tech Lead building rich, responsive and fast frontend experiences seen and used by millions of customers everyday
• Create a culture of frontend quality via coaching, pair programming, design sessions, and code review to ensure our frontend code is thoughtful, scalable, reusable, well tested and performant
•  using frameworks such as React and Next
• Author and contribute to internal libraries that emphasize intuitive interfaces and composability
• Lead large-scale projects that influence how customers shop at Wayfair
• Together with our platform teams, push our frontend strategy to the forefront of industry best practices with regard to web standards, component breakdown, accessibility, cross-device design and code considerations, page rendering, and browser performance.
• Collaborate with Design Leads and Product Managers to turn wireframes and mockups into responsive, consistent UIs that leverage and contribute back to our central React Pattern Library
• Work and collaborate with backend, GraphQL, App etc teams to employ industry best practices with regard to web standards, component breakdown, accessibility, cross-device design and page performance.
• Use your expertise to guide developers towards idiomatic solutions
• Be a part of the team that is leading the market in delivering the most delightful customer online shopping experience for home furnishings in a quickly changing landscape

What You’ll Need 

• A deep knowledge of JavaScript and its ecosystem, and experience developing large JS applications
• A deep understanding of a JavaScript state management library, such as Redux, MobX, or Apollo
• An understanding of CSS, HTML, and related concepts at-scale (responsive/adaptive design, accessibility, libraries and post-processors)
• A passion for UI, UX, and Design Systems and working with designers to create engaging and intuitive experiences across devices
• Responsive design principles to allow web pages to adapt to different screen sizes and devices, making them accessible to a wider audience
• Proficient in testing and debugging techniques to identify and fix issues in their code and helping others debug/resolve coding issues 
• Up-to-date on the latest frontend and design technology, trends, and industry news
• A genuine believer in constructive and respectful code reviews, retros, and collaborative problem-solving as the bedrock of a healthy team and experience utilizing these as mentorship vectors
• Proven experience in working with product managers and designers to define, break down, and collaborate on feature work
• Great communication skills and the ability to support technical decision making with the team
• A track record of delivering in increments and learning as you go