Lead Front-End Engineer

Location: Remote

Hours: Part time (10-20 hours/week)

Contract: Consulting agreement, Equity based

We’re looking for a Lead Front-End Engineer with a specialized focus on Tailwind CSS and significant experience in modern JavaScript frameworks. This part-time, remote role requires 15-20 hours per week, collaborating with a global team that includes UX/UI designers, product managers, and engineers. Compensation is equity-based, calculated according to your hourly rate, with the opportunity to negotiate goal-based incentives such as cash payments upon successful grant victories and VC fundraising milestones.

In this role, you’ll have the unique opportunity to implement your work on a weekly basis directly to our beta platform, beta.bidsale.eu. As the Lead Front-End Engineer, you’ll also have a chance to hire, interview, mentor, and lead a team of front-end engineers. Additionally, your insights will help shape the product roadmap, prioritization, and strategy as we grow.

The main objectives of this role include ideating, strategizing, and implementing best-in-class map views that render multiple data points in real-time to deliver a unique customer experience. You will also integrate real-time notification systems tailored to various customer types, similar to platforms like Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, Uber, and Robinhood. BidSale represents over 300,000 auctions in the EU annually, with tens of millions of data points derived from judiciary auctions, legal datasets, property data, market data, historical data, images, videos, PDFs, and more.

You’ll work closely with an experienced, diverse team from across the globe—collaborating with professionals from the Netherlands, Mexico, India, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Malta, the UK, Ireland, the USA, and Sweden.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain responsive front-end components using Tailwind CSS for the BidSale platform.
• Collaborate closely with product designers and UX researchers to turn complex designs into seamless, user-friendly components, integrating feedback from our beta testing program and a global customer base.
• Ideate, strategize, and implement advanced map views that display multiple data points in real-time for an enhanced customer experience.
• Integrate robust real-time notification systems tailored to a variety of customer types, similar to leading platforms (e.g., Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, Uber, Robinhood).
• Coordinate with product managers, data engineers, back-end engineers, and data scientists to bring new BidSale features to life.
• Integrate data flows with the data engineering team to ensure a fluid, data-driven user experience.
• Deploy weekly updates to the beta platform, beta.bidsale.eu, ensuring high-quality performance and user experience.
• Lead and mentor a team of front-end engineers, including conducting interviews and overseeing their professional development.
• Influence the roadmap, prioritization, and product strategy through data-driven insights and recommendations.
• Code in React JS, JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, and Native JS for maintainable, clean front-end solutions.
• Optimize for performance across a range of devices and browsers.
• Drive front-end standards, best practices, and code quality within the BidSale platform.

Key Qualifications:

• Advanced skills in Tailwind CSS for building high-performance, responsive components.
• Proficiency in React JS, JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, and Native JS.
• Experience in component-driven development and creating reusable front-end libraries.
• Proven track record of mentoring and leading engineering teams.
• Experience working with product designers, UX researchers, and cross-functional engineering teams.
• Strong communication skills for integrating feedback from beta testers and global customers.
• Solid understanding of design systems, UX/UI principles, and front-end best practices.
• Strong asynchronous communication skills for effective collaboration across time zones.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with startups or equity-based compensation models.
• Knowledge or interest in AI, PropTech, distressed real estate, and public auctions.

What We Offer: 

• Equity: Participation in VendueTech Ltd ESOP Trust, with share allocation based on hours worked and achievements. 
• Innovative Projects: Work on cutting-edge AI and data-driven solutions transforming real estate auctions. 
• Flexible Remote Work: Join a globally distributed team with the freedom to work from anywhere. 
• Growth & Impact: Directly contribute to a mission-driven, fast-growing company in the proptech space. 

VendueTech is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race,, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourage applications from all qualified individuals.