Frontend Team Lead (React)

Job Overview

Location Type: Remote Employment Type: FullTime

About Us

Sweed is a product-driven startup building an all-in-one cannabis retail platform. We are reimagining how cannabis retailers operate by providing an enterprise-grade platform that integrates POS, eCommerce, Marketing, Analytics, and Inventory Management into a single, seamless solution. We believe in simplicity, efficiency, and innovation, building for scalability and performance to simplify operations and drive business growth for cannabis retailers.

Our Mission

We believe in the medicinal potential of cannabis and its ability to improve lives. We are driving the transformation of the cannabis industry, making retail more efficient, accessible, and customer-friendly.

Our Current Stage

We have been in the market for 6 years, with continuous growth and product refinement. Our focus is on earning customer trust through process improvement and new feature rollouts, while navigating the complex legal landscape of the cannabis industry to ensure compliance and future-proofing.

Responsibilities

Hard Skills

• Addressing complex architectural decisions and technical debt.
• Providing guidance on the selection of appropriate technologies and frameworks.
• Documenting coding standards, guidelines, and best practices.
• Staying updated with the latest frontend technologies, trends, and industry best practices, and evaluating their applicability.
• Leading code review processes to ensure high-quality, maintainable, and well-tested code while fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Soft Skills

• Provide technical expertise and guidance to unblock the team and ensure quality standards are met.
• Actively participating in the development of frontend features and functionalities, balancing hands-on technical tasks with leadership responsibilities.
• Collaborating with the team to design and implement new user interface components.
• Identify bottlenecks or external dependencies.
• Navigating communication and collaboration issues within the team and with other departments.
• Determine and manage priorities and deadlines for different work streams.
• Identifying opportunities to improve team processes, efficiency, and quality, and advocating for changes.
• Designing and continuously improving the onboarding process for new team members.
• Conducting regular performance reviews and providing constructive feedback.

Qualifications

• Experience of 3+ years in a Team/Tech Lead role.
• Solid experience with React and TypeScript.
• Experience in realization of architectural solutions.
• Engineering mindset.

What Else Matters?

• Proactivity: Taking initiative and providing feedback.
• Critical thinking: Problem-solving beyond just writing code.
• Adaptability: Thriving in a fast-evolving industry.

The Team Structure

Our staff is organized into cross-functional teams, each dedicated to a specific product. These teams typically consist of 8-12 members, including front-end and back-end engineers, QA specialists, and analysts. Each team is guided by a Team Lead and a Product Owner. Our total team size is around 200 people, with a distributed development team across multiple countries. Our CEO, account managers, and customer success team are based in the USA, working closely with us to align product development with business needs.