Lead Frontend Engineer – Calendars
Job Description
HighLevel, a rapidly growing AI-powered sales & marketing platform, is seeking a Lead Frontend Engineer to join their Calendars App team. This role presents an exciting opportunity to lead the frontend development of their scheduling and booking systems that serve over 2 million businesses globally. As a technical leader, you'll be responsible for architecting performant interfaces using Vue.js and Nuxt, while mentoring a team of engineers.
The company processes over 15 billion API hits daily and manages 470 terabytes of data across five databases, demonstrating the scale and complexity of the systems you'll be working with. With a remote-first culture spanning 15+ countries and 1,500+ team members, HighLevel offers a truly global and collaborative work environment.
The role requires deep expertise in frontend technologies, particularly Vue.js and Nuxt, with a strong focus on performance optimization, accessibility, and responsive design. You'll be responsible for leading architecture discussions, implementing best practices, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, scalable frontend solutions.
This position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on a platform that facilitates over 1.5 billion messages and generates 200 million leads monthly. You'll work at the intersection of technical leadership and hands-on development, making it perfect for someone who wants to combine technical expertise with team leadership.
The ideal candidate will bring 6+ years of frontend development experience, with at least 2 years in a leadership role. You'll need to be comfortable with modern JavaScript/TypeScript, performance optimization techniques, and have a proven track record of mentoring engineers and driving technical initiatives across teams.
Responsibilities For Lead Frontend Engineer – Calendars
- Own the frontend architecture, performance strategy, and developer experience for Vue/Nuxt-based apps
- Lead the development of high-performance UI components and booking widgets with dynamic rendering, SSR, and client-side optimizations
- Set and enforce frontend performance budgets, observability standards, and testing practices
- Collaborate closely with design and product to deliver pixel-perfect, accessible, and intuitive user experiences
- Mentor a growing team of frontend engineers
- Partner with backend teams to ensure smooth API integration and UI extensibility
- Evolve frontend tooling, CI/CD workflows, and component libraries
Requirements For Lead Frontend Engineer – Calendars
- 6+ years of frontend development experience, with 2+ years in a leadership or principal role
- Expert-level knowledge of Vue.js, Nuxt (2 & 3 preferred), and modern JavaScript/TypeScript
- Deep experience optimizing frontend performance, including lazy loading, hydration strategies, SSR, and bundle analysis
- Solid understanding of core web vitals, browser rendering lifecycle, accessibility (a11y), and responsive UI design
- Comfortable leading architecture discussions, refactors, and performance investigations across squads
- Track record of mentoring engineers, leading by example, and upholding code quality and best practices
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills
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