Lead Front-End Developer

One North is a digital experience agency that combines curiosity, scale, and agility to shape the future. As part of TEKsystems, a leading provider of business and technology services, we offer boutique solutions to solve complex problems. Our multidisciplinary teams of strategists, designers, and technologists excel in research and discovery, experience strategy, design, experience management, and technology implementation. Whether clients are establishing a vision for an experience or optimizing an existing one, we help businesses understand their audiences, design experiences, maximize technology, and bring their digital ideas to life. The world’s most successful companies rely on us to forge the future through electrifying work that sparks innovation and drives results. Here’s what the opportunity supported through our TEKsystems Global Services (TGS) Talent Acquisition Team requires: Position Overview Bring your technical expertise, passion, and curiosity to a leadership role on a creative and energetic team that builds innovative digital experiences for our clients. As a Lead Front-End Developer, you'll work closely with every part of One North. You'll partner with industry-leading strategists and designers, work alongside architects and developers, and help shape technical direction from discovery through launch. The Lead Front-End Developer provides technical leadership across client engagements while staying close to the craft of delivery. You'll guide implementation decisions, mentor developers, support project planning, and help teams deliver work that is performant, accessible, maintainable, and thoughtfully built. As a Figma Service Partner, we work deeply within the Figma ecosystem, from early design exploration through production handoff and design system management. This position is for remote or hybrid workers. Our home office is based in Chicago, and applicants in the Chicago area are expected to be in the office part time for a light hybrid onsite/remote work model. We are also open to remote locations across the U.S. Itching to extend and build upon your passion for digital craft? You found the right place. Key Responsibilities • Craft beautiful, useful end-user experiences while engineering for performance, accessibility, and maintainability • Lead front-end implementation efforts across client engagements, providing technical direction from discovery through delivery • Establish project-level architecture, development standards, and implementation approaches in partnership with architects and project teams • Identify technical risks early and recommend practical mitigation strategies • Provide thoughtful guidance, code review, pairing, and mentorship for front-end developers and senior front-end developers • Partner with designers to translate design intent into pixel-considered, production-ready experiences • Guide implementation of design systems, component libraries, and front-end standards across client work • Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teammates to deliver strategic solutions to our clients' challenges • Contribute to estimation, planning, staffing recommendations, and scope definition for front-end work • Help evolve internal standards, component patterns, AI-enabled workflows, and engineering practices Hard Skills/Qualifications • 6 or more years of professional front-end development experience, ideally in an agency or consulting environment • Advanced practitioner of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript using current best practices • Strong proficiency with TypeScript. Comfortable in a typed codebase and able to model complex data well • Significant production experience with React and Next.js • Strong understanding of front-end architecture, component design, and scalable implementation patterns • Bespoke CSS/SCSS fluency. Comfortable architecting styles from scratch without leaning on Tailwind or other utility frameworks. We value craft over shortcuts here • Experience designing, building, consuming, and governing component libraries and design systems • Deep proficiency with Figma and the broader Figma product suite (Figma Design, Dev Mode, FigJam, variables, libraries). You can navigate complex files, spot opportunities and conflicts early, and partner fluently with designers • Ability to build resilient, responsive sites that deliver consistent experiences across screen sizes, devices, and browsers • Demonstrated ability to meet WCAG 2.2 accessibility standards • Solid grasp of SEO fundamentals, especially semantic markup and Core Web Vitals • Hands-on experience with headless CMSs (Contentful, Sanity, Contentstack, or similar), including content modeling collaboration in addition to integration • Comfortable integrating third-party libraries and SDKs to meet project requirements • Confident with Git workflows, branching strategies, and code review • Experience with JavaScript animation libraries (GSAP, Framer Motion, Three.js, etc.) • Demonstrated success leading technical delivery across projects and mentoring developers Soft Skills • Exceptional communicator who genuinely enjoys collaboration • Strong mentoring and coaching mindset • Ability to align technical decisions with business goals and client needs • Sharp eye for detail and high personal standards around the work • Comfortable navigating ambiguity and making informed recommendations • Ability to influence without relying on formal authority • Professional curiosity, with a habit of staying current on where the industry is heading • Engaged in best practices, standards, and the broader front-end community Working with AI Tools We expect our lead developers to have hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools (Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, etc.) and a clear point of view on where they help and where they hurt. Leads should be able to help teams adopt AI-enabled practices responsibly while maintaining strong engineering fundamentals, code quality standards, and delivery discipline. It's equally important that you can do excellent work without them. AI accelerates good engineers, and the fundamentals still matter. We're looking for people who reach for AI as one tool among many. Job Type & Location This is a Permanent position based out of Chicago, IL. Pay and Benefits The pay range for this position is $118100.00 - $174700.00/yr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors. We reserve the right to pay above or below the posted wage based on factors unrelated to sex, race, or any other protected classification. Additional earnings may be available through incentive programs like annual bonuses, profit sharing, etc. Our full-time, internal employment benefits include the following: • Medical, Dental, and Vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life and AD&D for employee and dependents) • Short and Long-Term Disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation Benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) Workplace Type This is a fully remote position. Application Deadline This position is anticipated to close on Sep 4, 2026. About TEKsystems We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law. About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services We’re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law. San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Massachusetts Lie Detector: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.