Senior Engineering Manager Frontend

EngineeringMumbai, IndiaFULL TIMEPosted 2/12/2026

Role Overview

As the Senior Engineering Manager Frontend, you will lead and scale a high-performing frontend team to build world-class, user-centric web applications on the MERN stack for a leading technology company in India. You will drive technical excellence, foster a culture of collaboration and innovation, and ensure delivery of robust, scalable, and maintainable frontend solutions that align with business goals.

Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and grow a team of frontend engineers, setting clear goals, providing regular feedback, and driving career development.
Define and evolve the frontend architecture and coding standards for MERN-based applications, ensuring scalability, performance, and security.
Collaborate closely with product management, design, and backend teams to translate business requirements into high-quality technical solutions.
Establish and enforce best practices in code quality, testing, CI/CD, and documentation for frontend development.
Own the delivery of complex frontend projects, managing scope, timelines, and risks while ensuring high reliability and availability.
Drive adoption of modern JavaScript, React, and Node.js patterns, frameworks, and tools to continuously improve developer productivity and user experience.
Foster an agile, data-driven culture with effective sprint planning, estimation, and retrospectives to improve team execution.
Contribute to strategic technical decisions, including technology selection, tooling, and process improvements across the engineering organization.

Qualifications

Required

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
8–12 years of overall software engineering experience with a strong focus on frontend development
At least 3–5 years in a technical leadership or engineering management role leading frontend or full-stack teams
Demonstrated hands-on experience building and scaling applications on the MERN stack in production
Proven track record of delivering complex, user-centric web applications using Agile methodologies
Experience establishing and enforcing engineering best practices (coding standards, testing strategies, code review processes)

Preferred

Experience leading or scaling frontend teams in a high-growth technology or product-led organization
Background in designing frontend architectures for large-scale, high-traffic applications
Prior experience working with distributed or cross-location teams, preferably within India-based technology hubs
Exposure to DevOps practices, cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure), and modern observability tooling
Contributions to open-source projects, technical blogs, conference talks, or internal engineering forums