Tech Lead Front End | Offshore | Columbia

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of high-quality email templates and web UI components.
• Establish and enforce front-end development standards, best practices, and reusable frameworks.
• Ensure pixel-perfect, responsive, and cross-browser-compatible UIs and emails.
• Review code, conduct performance audits, and resolve complex UI and rendering issues across varied email clients (Outlook, Gmail, Apple Mail, etc.).
• Collaborate with stakeholders (marketing, design, product) to plan and prioritize front-end and email initiatives.
• Mentor and coach frontend developers, fostering a culture of code quality and continuous improvement.
• Oversee the integration of email templates with marketing platforms (e.g., Zeta, Braize, Mailchimp, Salesforce Marketing Cloud).
• Stay current on front-end trends, tools, and frameworks, especially in the email development ecosystem.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience in frontend development, including at least 2 years in a lead or senior developer role.
• Deep expertise in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and Bootstrap.
• Ability to mentor and coach other developers to achieve better quality and velocity
• Advanced knowledge of responsive email development, including inline CSS, table-based layouts.
• Deep understanding of email client limitations and how to work around them (e.g., inline CSS, table-based layouts, etc.).
• Demonstrated experience ensuring cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility.
• Familiarity with front-end tooling (e.g., Webpack, Gulp), version control (Git), and CI/CD processes.
• Strong debugging and performance optimization skills.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and team collaboration abilities.

Originally posted on Himalayas