Lead Frontend Architect

Role Summary

Hantec Markets is seeking a highly skilled Lead Frontend Architect to define and lead the frontend architecture of our digital platforms. The successful candidate will play a critical role in designing and delivering fully React-driven web applications, using WordPress as a headless CMS, while ensuring performance, security, scalability, and regulatory alignment.

This is a senior, hands-on role requiring strong technical leadership, architectural ownership, and close collaboration with product, UX, backend, and DevOps teams.

Role Scope & Ownership

• Own the frontend architectural vision across Hantec Markets’ web platforms
• Act as the technical authority for frontend technologies and standards
• Define long-term frontend strategy aligned with business, regulatory, and scalability requirements
• Ensure frontend solutions support global, multi-region operations

Key Responsibilities

• Define, document, and enforce frontend architecture standards and best practices
• Design and deliver scalable React-based applications (SPA, SSR, SSG)
• Architect headless frontend solutions using WordPress as a CMS (REST / GraphQL)
• Lead frontend technical strategy and roadmap across multiple initiatives
• Build and maintain design systems and reusable component libraries
• Ensure high standards of performance, accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA), SEO, and frontend security
• Lead code reviews and provide technical mentorship to frontend engineers
• Collaborate closely with backend, UX, product, compliance, and DevOps teams
• Drive performance optimization, modern build pipelines, and deployment strategies
• Produce and maintain architecture documentation and technical guidelines

Delivery & Lifecycle Ownership

• Participate in technical discovery and solution design
• Guide delivery from concept through production and continuous improvement
• Ensure frontend solutions are robust, testable, observable, and production-ready
• Support release planning, post-release monitoring, and ongoing optimization

Required Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of frontend development experience
• Expert-level knowledge of React and JavaScript / TypeScript
• Strong experience with Next.js or equivalent React frameworks
• Proven experience using WordPress as a headless CMS
• Strong experience with REST APIs and GraphQL (WPGraphQL preferred)
• Advanced understanding of state management solutions
• Strong knowledge of web performance optimization and Core Web Vitals
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and cloud-based deployments
• Excellent communication skills and experience working with senior stakeholders

Core Skills

Frontend Architecture

• React Architecture (SPA, SSR, SSG, Micro-frontends)
• Component-Driven Design Systems
• Headless & Decoupled Architectures
• Scalable State Management
• Performance Optimization & Web Vitals
• Accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA)
• Frontend Security Best Practices

React & JavaScript

• React (Hooks, Context, Concurrent Features)
• Next.js / Remix
• TypeScript (Advanced)
• Redux Toolkit / Zustand / React Query
• Vite / Webpack / Turbopack
• Storybook
• Module Federation

WordPress (Headless CMS)

• WordPress as Headless CMS
• REST API & GraphQL (WPGraphQL)
• Custom Post Types & ACF
• Gutenberg (Block Development)
• Multisite & Multi-language setups
• Security hardening & performance tuning
• Familiarity with security, compliance, and regulatory-driven platforms