UI Platform Team Lead (Angular & React)

Description

UI Platform Team Lead (Angular & React)

Location: Raanana

DriveNets is a leader in cloud-native networking software for Hyperscalers and service providers who are building the largest infrastructures in the world for network services and AI platforms. Founded in December 2015, DriveNets disrupted some of the most challenging high-scale markets, transforming the way Networks are built, scaled, and consumed. We also built the largest network in the world, with more than half of AT&T’s backbone running on DriveNets’ Network Cloud. DriveNets has raised $587 million in three funding rounds which enable us to dream big and bring on the most talented people.

The Role

We are looking for a UI Platform Team Lead to join our Network Orchestration group. Our group is responsible for developing scalable, high-performance distributed systems that support complex network infrastructures.

As a Team Leader, you will drive the architecture, design, and development of core UI infrastructures and component libraries that support multiple development teams. You will lead a team of 4+ frontend engineers, define best practices, and ensure the scalability and maintainability of the UI architecture. This role requires a combination of technical expertise, leadership, and strategic vision.

Our group is growing, and you will play a key role in building and expanding the team. You'll have the opportunity to optimize and enhance key parts of our system, leveraging the latest tools and infrastructure to drive innovation and efficiency.

We embrace an agile mindset – you should be comfortable with context switching, handling multiple priorities, and adapting quickly to changing requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead & mentor a high-performing development team in building advanced, scalable software solutions.
• Lead the development and maintenance of reusable UI components, design systems, and frontend tooling.
• Architect and optimize UI frameworks to ensure high performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• Lead the integration of React and Angular components into a unified UI platform, ensuring seamless interoperability, consistency, and maintainability across the system.
• Collaborate closely with development teams to provide seamless integration across applications.
• Work closely with QA to implement best practices for testing and automation, ensuring high software quality and reliability.
• Coordinate with Product Managers to align development with business priorities and roadmap planning.
• Engage with UI/UX Designers to ensure an intuitive and high-quality user experience.
• Work alongside the Project Manager to track progress, mitigate risks, and ensure timely delivery of features.
• Define and enforce best practices, coding standards, and architectural guidelines for frontend development.
• Stay updated with industry trends and emerging technologies to drive innovation in UI infrastructures.
• Ensure cross-browser compatibility for all UI components.
• Identify bottlenecks and optimize the frontend build process for improved developer experience.
• Work with CI/CD pipelines to automate testing, deployment, and monitoring of UI libraries.
  
  

Requirements

✅ Technical Expertise: At least 6+ years of hands-on experience in frontend development. Strong knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript, modern frontend frameworks (Angular and React), and state management solutions (Redux, Zustand, Recoil, etc.).

✅ Leadership & Team Management: Minimum 3+ years of experience leading a development team of 4+ engineers, including hiring, mentoring, and guiding technical decisions.

✅ Framework Proficiency: Strong expertise in either Angular or React (at least one at a proficient level).

✅ Microfrontend Architecture: Proven experience in Microfrontend concepts and their implementation.

✅ Performance DOM Optimization & UI Performance

• Expertise in frontend performance tuning, lazy loading, tree shaking, and bundle size optimization.
• Expertise in optimizing DOM rendering, minimizing reflows and repaints, and improving UI responsiveness.
  
  

✅ Testing: Experience with unit, UI component and end-to-end testing using Playwright, or any similar framework. Proficiency in setting up automated visual regression testing, component-level testing, and continuous testing workflows in CI/CD pipelines.

✅ Component-Driven Development: Hands-on experience with Storybook or other UI component documentation tools.

✅ Security: Strong understanding of frontend security best practices (XSS prevention, CORS handling, OAuth, JWT) and secure UI component development.

✅ Project Delivery: Proven ability to lead projects to production, prioritize tasks effectively, and deliver high-quality results within set timelines.

✅ Adaptability & Resilience: Ability and willingness to work in a fast-paced, dynamic, and evolving environment, handling multiple priorities and challenges effectively.

✅ Cross-Team Collaboration: Experience working closely with QA, Product Managers, Project Managers, and UI/UX Designers to drive the development and delivery of features.

✅ Hands-On Mentality: A strong technical orientation with active involvement in code reviews, architecture discussions, and debugging.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with Nx platform for monorepo management.
• Experience with Webpack, Vite, Babel, and other frontend build tools.
• Experience with Design System development for consistency across multiple products.
• Experience with Deep Performance Profiling using Lighthouse, WebPageTest, Chrome DevTools, or profiling memory leaks in SPAs.
  
  

Education And/or Relevant Experience

BSc in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field; or equivalent hands-on experience in software development

If your experience is close but doesn’t fulfill all requirements, please apply. DriveNets is on a mission to build a special company comprised of individuals with different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.

DriveNets is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on upon race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

More About DriveNets

Based in Israel with locations in Romania, US, and Japan as well as extended teams, DriveNets operations cover more than 16 countries. With recognition by industry analysts and through numerous industry awards, DriveNets is pushing market momentum, allowing for faster service innovation from the network core to the edge. Visit our website:

https://drivenets.com/company/