Senior Front-end Software Engineer, Cape Town

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Front-end Engineer with 10+ years of professional software development experience to lead the design, architecture, and delivery of our Vue.js front-end applications. You will take ownership of front-end architecture, drive engineering best practices, and ensure scalable, maintainable, and high-performance user interfaces across our platforms. While your primary focus will be front-end strategy and system design, you will collaborate closely with backend engineers building .NET Core and SQL Server solutions to ensure seamless integration and cohesive end-to-end delivery.

This role requires strong technical leadership, architectural judgment, and the ability to mentor developers while remaining hands-on in delivery. While frontend-led, this position offers the opportunity to broaden influence across the full application stack over time. You will progressively contribute to end-to-end solution design, API alignment, and cross-layer architectural decisions as part of your continued growth. The ideal person is a strategic front-end leader who balances user experience excellence with performance, maintainability, and long-term scalability.

What you'll do:

• Lead front-end architecture and design decisions
• Build and maintain scalable Vue.js applications
• Define and enforce front-end coding standards and best practices
• Drive performance optimisation and UI scalability initiatives
• Translate business requirements into robust technical solutions
• Collaborate with backend engineers to define clean API contracts
• Lead and participate in code reviews
• Mentor intermediate and junior developers
• Contribute to testing strategy (Jest, Cypress, etc.)
• Proactively identify technical debt and drive refactoring initiatives
• Communicate progress, technical strategy, risks, and delivery plans across teams
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across distributed offices

Your Expertise:

• Minimum 10+ years of professional software development experience, with significant front-end focus
• Deep expertise in modern JavaScript frameworks (Vue.js preferred)
• Strong experience designing scalable front-end architecture
• Advanced understanding of component-based architecture, state management (Pinia or similar), routing, and modular design
• Strong knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, SCSS/LESS, responsive and accessible design principles
• Experience implementing frontend performance optimisation strategies
• Experience integrating complex frontend systems with RESTful APIs
• Experience establishing frontend coding standards and best practices
• Strong experience with Git workflows and CI/CD pipelines
• Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and conducting code reviews
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate architectural decisions and influence technical direction
• Proven track record of owning frontend architecture and delivering complex UI systems end-to-end

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering or related field, or equivalent practical experience

Nice to Have:

• Experience with micro-frontend architectures or module federation
• Experience modernising legacy frontend systems
• Exposure to .NET Core APIs and backend system integration
• Experience with performance monitoring and observability tools
• Experience working in financial or investment domain