Head of Frontend Development (Web & Mobile)

About the role

As Head of Frontend Development, you will lead the web and mobile engineering function, combining technical leadership with team development and hands-on involvement. You will own the frontend technology strategy, architecture, engineering standards, and delivery roadmap while building and mentoring a high-performing team. Working closely with Product, Design, Backend, QA, Compliance, and Security, you will help deliver fast, reliable, secure, and intuitive experiences for customers.

Key responsibilities

• Set the technical vision and architecture for web and mobile platforms.
• Lead, hire, mentor, and develop a high-performing frontend and mobile engineering team.
• Own the frontend/mobile roadmap and ensure high-quality, predictable delivery.
• Establish best practices for code quality, testing, accessibility, performance, security, and maintainability.
• Lead CI/CD and release processes across web, iOS, and Android.
• Partner closely with Product and Design to turn ideas into polished customer experiences.
• Work with Backend/API teams to ensure effective architecture, APIs, performance, and data flows.
• Champion secure development practices for financial applications, including authentication, MFA, biometrics, tokenization, and secure data handling.
• Manage technical debt and continuously improve platform scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Communicate roadmap progress, technical risks, team performance, and resourcing needs to senior leadership.

About you

• 8+ years of frontend and/or mobile engineering experience.
• 3+ years of people leadership experience, managing engineers or engineering leads.
• Proven experience building and scaling production web and mobile applications.
• Experience hiring, developing, and retaining engineering teams.
• Strong expertise in React and TypeScript.
• Strong experience with React Native; experience with native iOS/Swift or Android/Kotlin is a plus.
• Strong understanding of frontend architecture, state management, design systems, performance optimization, and accessibility.
• Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, and production release processes.
• Good understanding of application security, secure authentication, encryption, and secure mobile storage.
• Able to define and communicate a clear technical vision.

About us

We are a fast-growing fintech company building secure, high-performance financial technology products for users worldwide. As we continue to scale, we're looking for an experienced engineering leader to shape the future of our web and mobile platforms.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonus.
• Health, dental, and vision benefits.
• Learning and professional development budget.
• A key leadership role with significant influence over technology and product direction.
• The opportunity to build and lead a high-performing engineering organization in a growing fintech company.