Head of Frontend Engineering

We are looking for a Head of Frontend Engineering to lead a large engineering unit (~70+ engineers, including Team Leads) and drive the development of our frontend direction, engineering culture, and product quality.
This is a systems and leadership role , focused on scaling teams, improving engineering processes, and influencing architecture — not day-to-day hands-on development.
Your Mission:

- Lead the frontend organization (engineering + UI/design teams), ~70+ engineers

- Scale teams through Team Leads and develop engineering leaders

- Build and evolve engineering culture, standards, and best practices

- Design and improve development and delivery processes

- Ensure quality, stability, and predictability of product delivery

- Participate in architectural decisions (including microfrontend approach)

- Manage technical debt and improve system sustainability

- Drive hiring and development of key engineering talent

- Collaborate closely with Product, Backend, and Design teams

Your Unique Contribution:

- 5+ years of engineering leadership experience, including managing 40+ people through Team Leads

- Proven experience scaling engineering organizations and delivery processes

- Strong background in frontend development

- Experience developing engineers and tech leads (mentoring, performance management, growth planning)

- Understanding of complex frontend architectures

- Experience with high-load web applications

- Strong communication skills and experience working in cross-functional teams

- Fluency in Russian is required for effective day-to-day collaboration within the engineering team

Technology context:

- Vue (2/3) / React

- TypeScript

- State management: Pinia, Vuex and similar solutions

- Microfrontend architecture (Webpack Module Federation)

- Webpack

- Jest and unit testing

What’s in It for You:

- Leadership of a large frontend engineering organization (~70+ engineers)

- Strong influence on architecture and core product direction

- Highly skilled engineering and leadership team

- Remote-first work format or office option

- Competitive compensation (discussed individually)

- Opportunity to shape engineering processes and strategy

- Learning & development support (training, conferences, knowledge sharing)

- Open and collaborative environment where you can actively shape systems, not just maintain them

Excited about the opportunity? If you're ready for a career that will challenge and energize you, let’s chat!
Originally posted on Himalayas