Frontend Tech Lead
Twipe, a mediatech scale-up in Leuven, Belgium, is hiring a Frontend Tech Lead to own the architecture and standards of its React/React Native frontend while staying hands-on coding, leading technical decisions, and mentoring engineers. The role also touches databases, cloud, and DevOps practices.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Leuven, Vlaams Gewest, Belgium
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Lead
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Frontend
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 5+ years of engineering experience with strong expertise in Frontend, preferably React / React Native
- Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Track record of mentoring engineers, leading code reviews, and raising engineering standards
- Experience building and evolving large, complex systems with high availability, scalability, and performance requirements
- Strong experience with relational databases and cloud platforms
- Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, secure coding practices (OWASP), automated testing, and maintainable software design
- Strong communicator and team player, able to coach and inspire others
Nice to have
- Familiarity with infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and modern DevOps practices
Full description
Job description
Twipe is a mediatech scale-up based in Leuven, Belgium working with leading newspaper publishers in Europe and the US to grow their digital subscribers and sustain quality journalism. We offer cloud based digital edition publishing, analytics, and personalization solutions. Our innovative solutions accelerate the growth of newspapers including The Telegraph and DuMont.
To inspire our industry, we gather and analyse industry knowledge and share insights with our growing Future of News publishers’ community.
Why are we hiring?
We are scaling our backend platform to support the next generation of growth, performance, and reliability. As a Frontend Tech Lead, you will take technical ownership of our Frontend in React and React Native, shaping its architecture and engineering standards while remaining hands-on in the code. You will lead technical decisions, tackle complex engineering challenges, and mentor the team to build scalable, maintainable, and high-quality software.
What do you do?
- Take technical ownership of our Frontend (React / React Native), including architecture, system design, performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Stay hands-on in the code, contributing to complex features and solving challenging technical problems.
- Lead technical decisions and establish engineering best practices across our frontend.
- Collaborate with Product, Customer Success, and fellow engineers to design, build, test, and deploy high-quality solutions.
- Coach and mentor frontend engineers through technical guidance, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.
- Ensure our codebase remains clean, maintainable, well-tested, and well-documented.
- Drive integrations with external systems, including authentication, authorization, APIs, and content distribution.
How do you make a difference?
- You enjoy problem-solving and know how to decompose a problem to solve it in a structured way.
- You raise the bar and strive for excellence in all your initiatives.
- You have a strong work ethic and a real “can do” attitude; you like to get things done.
- You have a growth mindset. You’re constantly striving to learn new things and improve.
- You follow industry news, regularly tinker with new technologies, and read books and blogs to keep your skills sharp.
- You are a team player and strong communicator, able to coach and inspire others.
Your track record:
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience, with strong expertise in