Associate Director

• As an Associate Director, you will play a pivotal role in driving technical leadership, hands-on coding, ensuring successful delivery, and fostering a collaborative team environment
• You will act as a trusted advisor to clients and stakeholders while mentoring and developing the next generation of technology leaders
• This role demands a combination of strategic thinking, hands-on technical expertise, managing multiple client accounts and strong leadership capabilities to lead innovative projects and contribute to organizational growth

WHAT YOULL DO:

• Hands-on development of user-focused immersive, responsive web applications; advocating for clean code, testing, process refinements, and continuous improvements
• Leverage advanced TypeScript/JavaScript frameworks (NextJS, React, Angular, Vue, Svelte, etc) as well as modern styling frameworks (Tailwind, MUI, CSS Modules, etc) on modern content, commerce, or custom applications
• Take ownership of end-to-end delivery for critical projects, ensuring technical excellence and timely execution
• Provide strategic direction on architecture, design, and technology adoption
• Contribute to Technical Approach documents and propose plan to implement the solution technically to deliver within the budgeted timeline
• Build and nurture relationships with clients and stakeholders, ensuring alignment of technical solutions with business needs
• Experience with North America clients preferred
• Demonstrate exemplary leadership skills by fostering a positive, inclusive, and high-energy work environment
• Lead the ideation and development of innovative solutions that add value to projects and align with organizational goals
• Groom and mentor the next generation of technical leaders within the organization
• Work on all aspects of web products, including implementation of the design wireframes, animation/motion, business logic, interfaces to the backend APIs, incorporating analytics SEO, performance and security, CI/CD pipelines
• Implement best practices for maintaining high standards of quality delivery
• Optimize user interfaces for performance, scalability, and accessibility, ensuring a seamless user experience across devices and screen sizes
• Define, validate, implement, and test your approach to building scalable and performant software
• Collaborate with our design and product teams to identify and implement innovative technology solutions that enhance customer experiences and drive conversion
• Work with the quality assurance team to setup and complete testing activities in scope for the project
• Setup necessary deployment pipelines and environments in collaboration with DevOps
• Develop, and maintain reusable web software components/libraries for internal use to maximize development efficiency
• Be proactive and results-oriented with a strong desire to learn and grow
• Act as a product evangelist with a deep curiosity about technology trends
• Cultivate a collaborative working environment and a culture of technical ownership

WHAT YOULL NEED:

• 16-21 years of total experience out of which 5+ years of hands-on experience building web applications using TypeScript (NextJS, React)
• Proven track record of successfully managing technical delivery and leading teams to achieve ambitious goals
• Strong experience in stakeholder management and building client trust
• Deep expertise in architecture, design, and emerging technologies with a consultative approach
• Experience mentoring and developing technical talent, with a passion for growing leadership skills within teams
• Demonstrated ability to drive innovation and align technical solutions with organizational strategy
• 4+ years of experience in setting up and maintaining web servers
• Proficiency in HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript ES6
• Proficiency in Tailwind, Bootstrap and SCSS is a must
• Proficiency in React state management libraries like Redux, Zustand and XState
• Experience using component library like Radix UI, ShadCN
• Experience in building reusable code and libraries
• Proven record of building large frontend applications with focus on scalability, performance and accessibility (a11y)
• Experience handling multiple client accounts and successful delivery of projects with high code quality and on time delivery
• Experience with API integrations including REST or GraphQL
• Experience troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines, hosting services
• Experience managing the full SDLC in version control systems (Git, GitHub) and modern development workflows (Agile, SCRUM)
• Experience building cross browser compatibility applications that work seamlessly across all browsers
• Exposure to Cloud services like AWS, Azure, GCP
• Experience with at least one headless CMS (Contentful, Sanity, or similar) with SSR
• Experience collaborating effectively within an agile development environment
• Experience addressing client concerns, providing regular updates, and maintaining trust through transparent communication
• Experience leading the team through challenges, aligning efforts toward common goals, and driving the team to the finish line
• Guiding the teams on best practices, emerging technologies, and innovative approaches to achieve business objectives
• Fostering a culture of continuous learning, collaboration, and innovation within the team
• Identify and nurture talent to build high-performing teams
• Must be a clear communicator and represent projects with internal and external stakeholders with technical fluency
• Solid foundation in building scalable and performant systems
• Able to mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical decision-making
• BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

NICE TO HAVE:

• Experience implementing performant Animations using libraries like Framer Motion, React-spring
• Experience with Angular / Vue and Data Visualisation frameworks like D3 or Highcharts preferred
• Experience using Vercel
• Experience with Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Expert understanding of web accessibility with animations