Lead Frontend Engineer

At Lighthouse (formerly OTA Insight), we’re on a mission to reimagine commercial strategy for the hospitality industry. Our commercial platform simplifies data, transforming complexity into confidence with actionable market insights, business intelligence, and pricing tools that maximize revenue.

We successfully raised 80 million in series B funding, we welcomed four companies to our organization and want to grow over 100 million in ARR in 2024. With more than 650 teammates illuminating the way, representing 34 nationalities living in 35 different countries of which 175 in Belgium alone, we are a fun, collaborative and committed team that works hard to achieve amazing results. Ready to take off and join this rocketship in revolutionizing the hospitality sector? 🚀

What you will do:

We are looking for a Lead Frontend Engineer who is passionate about clean, readable and scalable code. You will be responsible for improving the codebase health, developer productivity, and overall reliability of our products.

Your team collaborates closely with our product teams, the design team, DevOps engineers and solution architects to drive initiatives forward.

In a fast-growing scale-up priorities might shift from time to time. You’ll gain experience and ownership in different domains depending on your ambition, but here are some general topics below!

Where you will have impact:

• Making sure the developer experience is excellent for all of our frontend engineers.
• Bringing improvements to our frontend infrastructure, from updates to the framework, CI changes, etc.
• Keeping a high quality frontend codebase through performance monitoring, linting…
• Knowledge sharing with other frontend engineers on best practices, new tools, etc.
• Evaluating and introducing new tools (for example: performance monitoring, testing frameworks etc).
• Maintaining and improving our design system.
• Being involved in hiring and onboarding new frontend engineers within the company.

About our team:

The frontend platform team's mission is to empower the all frontend engineers in the company  to deliver world-class products. We do this by providing them with the best possible tools, education, and expert guidance. We stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in the frontend space, and we are constantly looking for ways to improve our code, processes and tools to ensure that our product engineering teams have everything they need to succeed.

As a member of our frontend platform team, you will have the opportunity to work with a talented and highly motivated group of developers who are committed to delivering exceptional results. You will be able to take on challenging projects and work on cutting-edge technologies, all while being supported by a team that values collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning. 

Who you are:

• 5+ years of frontend development experience.
• Extensive experience with building interactive frontend interfaces for data-intensive web applications.
• Proficient with JavaScript, Typescript and frontend frameworks (React, Vue, Angular, Ember.js,…).
• Ability to write code that is future proof, performant, scalable, and readable.
• Ability to lead technical projects including technical design, scoping, and estimation.
• Experience architecting complex technical changes, to knowledge-share, and get consensus for their solutions.
• Experience with testing frameworks, CI/CD tools, and Git source control.
• Strong communication skills with a variety of audiences.
• Excellent mentoring skills.

We welcome:

• Experience with Ember.js.
• Experience with design systems.
• Knowledge of web accessibility standards.

Technologies you’ll work with:

Ember.js, Sass, Stencil.js, Storybook, Lerna, Gitlab, Docker, Google Cloud

(feel free to ask us why these are the best fit for us)

What’s in it for you:

• Flexible working environment: Work from home or at one of our global offices.
• Flexible time off: Autonomy to manage your work-life balance.
• Collaborative team: High-bar, friendly, creative, and passionate colleagues.
• Career development: Workshops, frameworks, tools, training, and processes to realize your full potential.
• Impactful work: Shape products relied on by 85,000+ users worldwide.
• Mobility options: Mobility budget or company car tailored to your needs.
• Comprehensive health insurance: Extensive coverage for you and your dependents.
• Private pension funding: Group insurance to secure your future.
• Competitive compensation: Proactively maintained to value your work.
• Referral bonuses: Earn rewards for bringing in new talent.

Thank you for considering a career with Lighthouse. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace that values equal opportunity for all. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, and disability. Our commitment to equality is not just a policy; it's part of our culture.

If you share our passion for innovation and teamwork, we invite you to join us in shaping the future of the hospitality industry. At Lighthouse, our guiding light is to be an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage individuals from all walks of life to apply.

We value the unique perspective and talents that you bring, and we're excited to see how your light can shine within our team. We can't wait to meet you and explore how we can grow and succeed together, illuminating the path towards a brighter future for the industry.