Frontend Technical Lead

Overview

Provide hands-on technical leadership for Cortex's frontend, setting direction for its architecture, shared UI, and user experience across Core and Contributor applications for semiconductor data workflows.

What you'll do

• Own the Cortex frontend architecture and help ensure a consistent, scalable user experience across Core and Contributor applications.
• Lead the design and development of key Cortex experiences, including Process Explorer, Tool Overview Dashboard, and File & Recipe UI.
• Guide the evolution of the Cortex Shell, shared UI, component library, and design-system practices.
• Define approaches for plugin integration and collaboration with contributor teams using different frontend technologies.
• Lead integration of 2D and 3D viewers to support exploration and visualization of advanced microscopy datasets.
• Set frontend standards for architecture, component design, state management, accessibility, maintainability, and performance.
• Establish and evolve the frontend testing strategy, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Develop and review Angular applications and shared components, and support Blazor interoperability where needed.
• Integrate REST APIs and collaborate with backend technical leads on API design, data contracts, and end-to-end workflows.
• Diagnose and resolve frontend defects and performance issues across applications and supported environments.
• Work with product owners, scientists, designers, and engineering partners to refine requirements and deliver user-centered solutions.
• Influence technical decisions across teams, facilitate design and code reviews, and mentor engineers through feedback and knowledge sharing.
• Promote practices that improve code quality, test stability, maintainability, and the health of the software delivery process.
• Use AI-assisted development tools thoughtfully to improve productivity, quality, and delivery speed.
• Learn the semiconductor domain and Cortex workflows, and test solutions in the environments used by the team, including virtual machines.
• Regularly reflect with the team on how to improve collaboration and delivery.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Significant professional experience building and supporting frontend applications, including technical leadership or ownership of frontend architecture.
• Expert-level experience with Angular and TypeScript.
• Strong knowledge of JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and RxJS.
• Experience designing component-based applications, shared UI libraries, and design systems.
• Strong understanding of frontend architecture, state management, and REST API integration.
• Experience improving frontend performance and diagnosing complex user-interface issues.
• Experience defining or applying unit, integration, and end-to-end testing practices.
• Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction, establish standards, and guide decisions across teams.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to work effectively across sites and disciplines.
• A collaborative approach to mentoring, code and design reviews, and working with teams that use different technologies.
• Strong UX sensitivity and an ability to translate complex workflows into clear, usable interfaces.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Nice to have

• Microfrontend or plugin architectures, Web Components, or other approaches to integrating independently developed applications.
• Blazor interoperability or integration between Angular and .NET applications.
• Authentication and authorization, real-time web applications, or visualization frameworks.
• 2D or 3D viewers, scientific software, imaging, or data-intensive applications.
• Experience with large datasets, distributed systems, or performance-sensitive user interfaces.
• Familiarity with C#, .NET, Python, or enterprise data platforms.
• Experience using AI tools in day-to-day software development.
• Interest in semiconductor workflows, electron microscopy, or scientific research.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad, India (Analytical Instruments Group, Materials & Structural Analysis Division, Semiconductor R&D).
• Work schedule: Standard, Monday to Friday.
• Reports to the Functional Group Lead.
• Part of a distributed Agile Scrum team working with colleagues in Bordeaux, Hillsboro, the Netherlands, and the Czech Republic.