To deliver and maintain IT applications and services in order to realize the Mashreq strategy in the field of information technology. Engineers in this job category are responsible for the technical aspects of the projects/features and they work with the Group Product Owner and Chapter Lead. The Global Lead Engineer (Frontend) will drive the design, development, and delivery of intelligent, scalable, and secure user interfaces that integrate seamlessly with AI and LLM-powered backend systems. This role is pivotal in enabling next-generation digital experiences by orchestrating frontend components that interact with Large Language Models (LLMs), ensuring responsible AI usage through UI-level guardrails, and delivering real-time, context-aware interactions across web and mobile platforms.
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Responsibilities
- Uses Frontend technical expertise and experience to contribute to frontend engineering excellence across Engineers in Squad.
- Works with Designated Principal Engineers for the Squad to ensure the best engineering outcome, in terms of reusability, optimization, testability, readability and performance of Code.
- Consults with the team about what is needed to fulfill the functional and non-functional requirements of the IT product to be developed.
- Develops IT product, performs unit tests in line with the customer’s wishes and IT area's internal ambitions and reviews colleagues’ IT products.
- Designs, builds, and tests IT products (functional, performance, resilience, and security tests) and automates them.
- Leads the development of conversational interfaces (chat, voice, visual prompts) that interact with AI/LLM systems, ensuring natural and engaging user experiences.
- Collaborates with backend and AI teams to ensure seamless integration of LLM APIs and inference pipelines into frontend workflows.
- Implements frontend-level guardrails to ensure safe and ethical AI interactions, including user consent flows, moderation alerts, fallback messaging, and transparency indicators.
Qualifications
- Excellent programming/coding skills with a strong proficiency in modern frontend frameworks and libraries such as React.js, Vue.js, or Angular.
- Excellent working knowledge of Web Technologies HTML/CSS and modern frontend JavaScript/css frameworks such as ReactJS, TailwindCSS, and NextJs.
- Deep understanding of CI/CD for Frontend Stack with Azure Devops or Jenkins.
- At least 10 years of software development experience with experience working in Agile teams.
- Experience integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) into frontend applications for dynamic content generation, contextual assistance, and conversational interfaces.
- Proven ability to lead global frontend teams, drive architectural decisions, and enforce coding standards.
- Strong collaboration skills with backend, AI/ML, product, and design teams to deliver cohesive and intelligent user experiences.
