Frontend Tech Lead

🏢 About Aras Corporation

Aras Corporation is a trusted provider of enterprise software for engineering, manufacturing, and infrastructure industries. Built on Microsoft technologies including .NET, SQL Server, TypeScript, and Web Components, the Aras platform helps customers deliver sustainable performance with the flexibility to adapt as markets evolve. The culture is open and collaborative, with genuine investment in people's growth.

🎯 The Role

Aras is looking for an experienced Frontend Tech Lead to drive technical execution and raise the bar for engineering standards across the frontend team. This is a dual-track role: you'll write production code and lead from the front — mentoring engineers, owning the testing strategy, setting quality standards, and shaping how the team adopts AI tooling. The team builds a complex enterprise low-code platform where technical depth and practical leadership both matter.

🛠️ Tech Stack

• TypeScript (advanced, modern ECMAScript standards)
• Web Components + browser platform APIs
• Vite · Vitest · Playwright · Storybook
• CI/CD pipelines and build tooling
• Azure · Docker · Kubernetes (desirable)
• C# · .NET 10 · SQL · OData (desirable)

💼 What You'll Do

• Break down features into tasks, communicate risks, and make team-level design decisions within architectural guardrails
• Deliver hands-on: implementation, daily code reviews, and unblocking engineers directly
• Define and enforce code quality standards across reviews, testing, branching, accessibility, and performance
• Establish AI-first workflows for development, testing, and documentation — and set clear usage boundaries for AI-generated output
• Own the automated testing strategy: layer boundaries, tooling selection, and a testing culture team-wide
• Mentor engineers on frontend best practices and UX quality; actively support their career growth
• Resolve developer workflow bottlenecks and drive improvements to build tooling and CI/CD pipelines
• Keep the technical debt backlog visible, prioritised, and addressed intentionally
• Provide planning input: estimates, dependencies, integration risks, and early blocker identification
• Collaborate with architects on design, constraints, feasibility, and prototyping
• Onboard new team members with technical ramp-up and codebase orientation

✅ What You'll Need

• 5+ years in frontend web development, with at least 2+ years as a formal Tech Lead
• Advanced TypeScript fluency and strong command of modern ECMAScript
• Deep understanding of Web Components, browser platform APIs, accessibility requirements, and cross-browser behaviour
• Strong grasp of software architecture patterns: OOP, SOLID, design patterns, component and event-driven architecture
• Solid experience with modern frontend frameworks and their state management approaches
• Hands-on experience with Vite, Vitest, Playwright, Storybook, and building an end-to-end frontend testing strategy
• AI-first mindset: daily practice with AI-assisted development tools and ability to set team-wide AI workflows
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, build optimisation, and developer experience improvements
• Clear communication across code reviews, written documentation, and stakeholder discussions
• Comfortable in agile, self-organized team environments

🌟 Nice to Have

• Deep experience in React or another modern framework
• DevOps experience and cloud familiarity (Azure, Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience designing and maintaining UI component libraries
• Selenium or server-side rendering experience
• Knowledge of C#, .NET 10, SQL, or OData
• Performance profiling, optimisation, and observability tooling