Lead Front-end Developer

AB Tasty is a global leader in AI-powered experience optimization solutions empowering brands using personalization, experimentation, recommendations, and search to build better experiences on their websites and apps. Integrated into a single platform, AB Tasty offers web and API-based solutions that provide companies with a unified approach to creating seamless experiences for customers.

Brands use AB Tasty’s platform to align digital, e-commerce, and product teams on revenue goals by optimizing and innovating digital experiences.

Founded in 2013, AB Tasty’s customer roster includes world-leading brands such as Kering, McDonald’s, Ulta Beauty, L’Oreal, Disneyland Paris, and LVMH among others.

AB Tasty has 12 offices across the globe: North America, Europe, Asia Pacific.

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We’re looking for our new Lead Front End Developer ! 

You will be responsible for cross-functional front-end projects, focusing on enhancing the day-to-day working environment for front-end developers. This includes analyzing and improving processes from new project specifications to production deployment in collaboration with the DevOps team.

In this role, you will make critical front-end technology choices, lead the front-end chapter comprising 20 developers, and act as a product manager for specifying and prioritizing the front-end tech roadmap alongside the product roadmap.

This role requires effective communication with other teams and evangelizing relevant technologies for AB Tasty's future through internal talks.

At AB Tasty, the Tech teams are divided into three squads: Infrastructure, Features, and Core Platform. The Lead Front End Developer may be part of either the Features or Core Platform teams, depending on their technical skills.

Working closely with all Engineering, Product, and UX/UI teams: 

- Define and prioritize the technical roadmap for the front-end, collaborating closely with the UI/UX chapter to simplify front-end components. This includes co-owning the design system project alongside the UI/UX lead.

- Stay up-to-date on the latest technologies and select opportunities to stabilize the platform or improve the quality and speed of front-end projects.

- Evaluate and establish a migration plan for major updates to critical libraries used in our projects.

- Lead the front-end chapter by hosting weekly 1-hour meetings to present proofs of concept for new technologies or discuss strategic choices for the company's future.

- Document best practices and development processes, ensuring they are adhered to by the team.

- Provide quarterly presentations to stakeholders to showcase improvements and monitor cross-functional projects.

- Coach and mentor front-end developers with varying levels of seniority.

- You have at least 5 years of experience as a front-end developer, and at least 2 years as a tech lead role.

- Proficiency in React is mandatory. Knowledge in Vue and/ or Angular would be a plus.

- Skilled in testing React applications using Vitest or Jest and React testing libraries, Write quality, effective, reusable, and well-documented code.

- Experience with the "Micro-frontend" concept is a plus.

- Proactive about managing technical debt, you bring new ideas to reduce and maintain our libraries and infrastructure.

- Participate in projects from the design phase through to final production.

- Demonstrate autonomy with strong communication skills, incident reporting, and the ability to analyze and present new ideas.

- Embrace a problem-solving mindset with a "keep it simple and straightforward" approach and strong algorithmic thinking.

- Fluent in French with professional proficiency in English, both written and spoken.

- Huge impact. AB Tasty is only as great as our team. By directly developing the publicly accessible SaaS platform used by all our clients, you’ll have a direct impact on the company’s success.

- The opportunity to unleash your creativity. You’ll be free to contribute to the processes, the tools and the organization of the team, according to the agile principles.

- No micromanaging. Be the owner of your effort - you’ll be one of the team and fully trusted to take responsibility for your tasks. You’ll have every incentive to make a real impact.

- International reach. Our audience is wildly international, and our team is too. Although our HQ is located in France, our company language is English.

- Continuous education. We offer many opportunities for each employee to learn and grow from a mix of professional and non-professional topics

- Unique career opportunity. By joining a fast-growing company that’s making waves in the tech industry, you’ll have a wonderful chance to enhance your learning and advance in your career faster than you ever thought possible.

- Lots. Of. Fun. Our incredible magic makers organize awesome events, such as team games, drinks, yoga classes, parties, and a company-wide retreat every year with employees from all countries gathering for 2 days of fun.

- Remote working, flexible schedule. This isn’t a “clock in, clock out” company. We care about your productivity,  not tracking every minute you’re on site. It’s up to you to always be responsible for your work, no matter where you are or what schedule you’re keeping.

- Time for yourself. After a year within AB Tasty, we offer you a day off during which we simply ask you to think about your career expectations with us. It's not always easy to find time for introspection and to envision what path can lead us to a happy career so we offer a Retreat Day as an opportunity to reflect on that. We not only aim to succeed but also to make you succeed.

Our hiring process is made of 4 steps:

1. A Discovery Interview with our Talent Acquisition team (Christine): talk about yourself (experience, career expectations...) and what we offer (environment, missions...) - 45 to 60 minutes

2. A Hiring Manager Interview (Aria) to get to know you better. You'll discuss your skills, motivation to join our team, and some algorithms questions - 60 minutes

3. A Technical Interview to assess your coding skills with 2 people from the team - 60 minutes.

4. A Culture Fit interview with someone outside your team to talk about life and culture at AB Tasty - 45 minutes

This process is designed specifically to make sure that the match is good, both for AB Tasty and for you!

- CDI

- Paris office 

- Smooth working from home policy : 3 remote days/week

- Salary: between 64 and 79K€