Vanguard Software is hiring an expert frontend engineer in Singapore to provide technical leadership across web and mobile, driving the architecture, scalability, and performance of UIs built with React.js and React Native. The role involves cross-team technical direction, mentoring, design systems, CI/CD, and engineering standards.
JOB SUMMARY:
We are seeking an
Expert Frontend Engineer
to provide technical leadership across web and mobile domains. You will drive the architecture, scalability, and performance of next-generation user interfaces using React.js and React Native. As a domain expert, you will influence cross-team technical direction, mentor engineers, and define best practices that elevate frontend engineering across the organization. This role is ideal for a highly experienced frontend engineer who excels in building high-quality, maintainable, and engaging user experiences at scale.
JOB DUTIES:
Frontend Architecture:
Design and review scalable, high-performance, and maintainable frontend systems across web and mobile platforms. Ensure consistency, responsiveness, and accessibility across devices.
Technical Leadership:
Act as a frontend domain expert, guiding multiple teams through architectural decisions, design reviews, and technology evaluations.
Business Alignment:
Translate complex product and business goals into pragmatic, scalable frontend architectures that support long-term growth and innovation.
Reusable Components & Design Systems:
Build reusable UI components and design systems to promote efficiency, consistency, and quality across teams.
Process Innovation:
Define and enforce engineering standards, tooling, and best practices in areas such as performance monitoring, test automation, CI/CD, accessibility, and cross-platform deployment.
Mentorship & Collaboration:
Mentor engineers, lead knowledge sharing initiatives, and cultivate a collaborative and high-performance engineering culture.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor's Degree of Computing, Software Engineering, IT or related field.
Experience:
Minimum 8+ years of experience building large-scale frontend systems, with expertise in both web (React.js) and mobile (React Native) environments.
Tech Stack Expertise:
Strong command of JavaScript/TypeScript, React.js, React Native, Redux/Zustand, Next.js, Expo/Metro bundler, and related frontend tooling.
Architectural Skills:
Proven ability to design frontend architecture for scalable, performant, and resilient applications, including mobile-web integration, micro-frontend design, and offline support.
Process Leadership:
Experience establishing frontend coding standards, CI/CD pipelines, design system governance, and performance monitoring frameworks.
Innovation & Problem Solving:
Constantly explores and integrates emerging UI/UX trends, frontend technologies, and frameworks that align with business and user needs.
Risk & Impact Awareness:
Anticipates UI/UX risks and long-term tech debt. Designs for maintainability, accessibility, and observability from the ground up.
Fluency in written and spoken English and Mandarin is highly desirable to liaise with Chinese speaking clients and counterparts to understand their technical requirements.
Soft Skills:
Influence & Leadership:
Drives the adoption of frontend standards, frameworks, and tooling across teams and stakeholders through technical authority and collaboration.
Decision-Making:
Makes thoughtful frontend technology choices backed by user experience insights, system constraints, and long-term business value.
Communication:
Communicates complex frontend concepts clearly and effectively across engineering, design, and product teams. Listens actively and leads productive discussions.
Collaboration:
Acts as a cross-team enabler, fostering a shared understanding of goals, accountability, and innovation across product and engineering.
What We Offer:
Technical Decision-Making Authority:
Lead frontend system architecture and play a central role in shaping the company's cross-platform UI strategy.
Collaboration with Top Talent:
Work with senior engineers, designers, and product leaders to solve complex technical and user challenges.
Cutting-Edge Technology Practice:
Use modern technologies and frameworks to drive innovation while maintaining code quality and user experience.
Knowledge Leadership Role:
Establish engineering culture through technical mentorship, knowledge sharing, and frontend best practice development.