# Lead Front End Developer

Occupation

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/lead-front-end-developer

A Lead Front End Developer guides the architecture and implementation of a product's user-facing code, writing and reviewing React and TypeScript components while setting standards for JavaScript and CSS across the team. They focus heavily on web performance optimization, ensuring pages load fast and run smoothly, while mentoring other developers and coordinating with designers and backend engineers. This senior technical role sits within a software engineering team, requiring both hands-on coding expertise and the ability to set technical direction for others.

Top skills: [CSS](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/css), [JavaScript](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/javascript), [React](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/react), [TypeScript](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/typescript)

## Career ladder

- Often comes from: [Senior Front End Developer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-front-end-developer)
- Often leads to: [Engineering Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/engineering-manager)

## Similar roles

[Front End Developer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/front-end-developer), [Full Stack Developer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/full-stack-developer), [Senior Front End Developer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-front-end-developer), [Senior UI Developer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-ui-developer), [UI Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/ui-engineer)

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