What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Front End Developer position at Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc.?
Overview
Job Purpose
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is seeking a Front-End Lead Developer to join our front-end engineering team, drive technical strategy, and ensure the successful execution of projects for our public websites and internal applications. This role requires deep technical expertise in modern front-end frameworks, strong leadership skills, and the ability to collaborate across teams to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions.
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the front-end architecture and development best practices.
- Ensure high-quality, maintainable, and scalable code using React, Tailwind, and modern front-end technologies.
- Oversee Express with Node.js support where applicable.
- Collaborate with back-end and middleware teams to optimize API consumption and performance.
- Lead and mentor a team of senior front-end engineers, ensuring best practices in coding, performance, and accessibility.
- Break down complex work into manageable tasks for efficient execution.
- Conduct code reviews, evaluate pull requests, provide technical guidance, and ensure development standards are upheld.
- Work closely with product managers, back-end developers, and business stakeholders to define project requirements and timelines.
- Ensure smooth deployments and coordinate with DevOps teams on CI/CD strategies.
- Advocate for front-end performance optimizations and security best practices.
- Oversee front-end project execution, ensuring on-time delivery with high quality.
- Identify and resolve bottlenecks in development, deployment, and testing processes.
- Maintain and improve the front-end development pipeline for efficiency and scalability.
Knowledge and Experience
- BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of 5 years of React development.
- Minimum of 2 years of TypeScript.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience with Node.js server-side web technologies.
- Experience with a relational databases and SQL.
- Minimum of 4 years of experience in advanced CSS and frameworks like Tailwind, Bootstrap, etc.
- Experience with iterative/test driven development, code refactoring and continuous integration.
- Solid understanding of RESTful APIs, state management (Redux, React Query), and authentication mechanisms.
- Familiarity with modern CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, and deployment strategies.
- 3 years of leadership experience managing front-end teams.
- Proven ability to mentor, guide, and develop engineers.
- Experience in an enterprise or high-scale environment, working with multiple stakeholders.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to drive solutions in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience working with CMS-based applications.
- Knowledge of server-side rendering and microservices architecture.
- Experience with monitoring tools, logging, and analytics for front-end applications.
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics.
