Technical Director, UI Engineering

As a Technical Director, UI Engineering at Code and Theory, you will lead complex technical programs that span across multiple projects for major accounts. You will collaborate with other agency disciplines to tailor the right technical solutions to support our clients' KPIs and future-proof their organizations. You will manage a team of engineers that accomplish this work.

• Be a hands-on leader and coach to engineering teams in successfully delivering scalable, maintainable, and secure features to our customers.
• Leverage advanced TypeScript implementations of React, Astro, Remix, and Gatsby, as well as modern styling frameworks like Tailwind, MUI, and CSS Modules.
• Conduct technical audits to present software architecture recommendations in the format of a Technical Approach Document.
• Work on all aspects of web products, including implementation of design wireframes, high-fidelity designs, animation/motion, business logic, interfaces to the backend APIs, incorporating analytics & SEO, performance, and security.
• Collaborate with the growth team in developing proposals and pitches through user research and emerging technologies to drive innovation and shape product ideas.
• Collaborate with Design, Engineering, Product, and Growth teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Collaborate with project leadership to control the project's scope, ensure proper development workflow, and the project is successfully delivered on time and on budget.
• Understand and define client requirements, and create strategic relationships with technical stakeholders at client organizations.
• Work with the quality assurance department to set up the right testing activities.
• Collaborate with DevOps team to setup and deliver necessary infrastructure for the development and productionization of the project.
• Develop and maintain reusable web software components/libraries for internal use to maximize development efficiency.
• Build and manage a diverse and geographically dispersed team, while fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment.
• Ensure team completes assigned tasks in a timely manner within project constraints.
• Cultivate a collaborative working environment and a culture of technical ownership.

As a Senior Web Engineering Manager at Code and Theory, you will be responsible for leading a team of engineers in delivering high-quality web products. You will work closely with other agency disciplines to ensure that our clients' technical needs are met.

• Extensive experience in software programming, specializing in UI engineering and the full stack of web application development.
• A world-class portfolio of distinctive digital web products or websites, and a love for clean & efficient code.
• Extensive experience with React in TypeScript and JavaScript, as well as modern styling frameworks like Tailwind, MUI, and CSS Modules.
• Deep experience thinking and building flexible and scalable Design Systems that follow the Atomic Design or equivalent principles.
• Experience implementing robust testing plans for UI systems.
• Proven understanding of application architecture, with the ability to design and develop applications that leverage modern technologies and frameworks.
• Experience managing the full SDLC in version control systems (Git, GitHub) and modern development workflows (Agile, SCRUM).
• Experience with various React state management libraries.
• Experience working with backend services in REST and GraphQL.
• Experience with and ability to troubleshoot CI/CD platforms, CDNs, and hosting services.
• Passionate for web accessibility and security, as well as knowledge of the latest guidelines and standards of WCAG 2.1 AA+.
• Must be a compelling and clear communicator; able to explain the full possibilities of the tech stack/architecture and represent your team to internal and external audiences with differing levels of technical fluency.
• Proven experience leading a geographically dispersed technical team.
• Act as product evangelist with deep curiosity on technology trends and being able to go deep into technology and relate technical enhancements to build a product vision.
• Possess a strong foundation in building scalable, reliable, and high-performance systems.
• Self-motivated and focused on achieving excellence as a team.

As a Full Stack Technical Lead at Code and Theory, you will be responsible for leading a team of engineers in delivering high-quality web products. You will work closely with other agency disciplines to ensure that our clients' technical needs are met.

• Be a hands-on leader and coach to engineering teams in successfully delivering scalable, maintainable, and secure features to our customers.
• Leverage advanced TypeScript implementations of React, Astro, Remix, and Gatsby, as well as modern styling frameworks like Tailwind, MUI, and CSS Modules.
• Conduct technical audits to present software architecture recommendations in the format of a Technical Approach Document.
• Work on all aspects of web products, including implementation of design wireframes, high-fidelity designs, animation/motion, business logic, interfaces to the backend APIs, incorporating analytics & SEO, performance, and security.
• Collaborate with the growth team in developing proposals and pitches through user research and emerging technologies to drive innovation and shape product ideas.
• Collaborate with Design, Engineering, Product, and Growth teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Collaborate with project leadership to control the project's scope, ensure proper development workflow, and the project is successfully delivered on time and on budget.
• Understand and define client requirements, and create strategic relationships with technical stakeholders at client organizations.
• Work with the quality assurance department to set up the right testing activities.
• Collaborate with DevOps team to setup and deliver necessary infrastructure for the development and productionization of the project.
• Develop and maintain reusable web software components/libraries for internal use to maximize development efficiency.
• Build and manage a diverse and geographically dispersed team, while fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment.
• Ensure team completes assigned tasks in a timely manner within project constraints.
• Cultivate a collaborative working environment and a culture of technical ownership.

Code and Theory is a digital-first creative agency that sits at the center of creativity and technology. We pride ourselves on not only solving consumer and business problems, but also helping to establish new capabilities for our clients. With a global client roster of Fortune 100s and start-ups alike, we crave the hardest problems to solve. With a remote-first approach to our people, we have teams distributed across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. The Code and Theory global network of agencies is growing and includes Kettle, Instrument, Left Field Labs, Mediacurrent, Rhythm, and TrueLogic. Striving never to be pigeonholed, we work across every major category: from tech to CPG, financial services to travel & hospitality, government and education to media and publishing. We value the collaboration with our client partners, including but not limited to Adidas, Amazon, Con Edison, Diageo, EY, J.P. Morgan Chase, Lenovo, Marriott, Mars, Microsoft, Thomson Reuters, and TikTok. The Code and Theory network is comprised of nearly 2,000 people with 50% engineers and 50% creative talent. We're always on the lookout for smart, driven, and forward-thinking people to join our team.