Senior Lead Engineer

An Amazing Career Opportunity for Senior Lead Software Engineer - UI
Location: Chennai, India (Hybrid)
Job ID: 45128

Profile Summary:

We are looking for a Senior Lead Full-Stack Engineer with deep expertise in UI engineering for both web and mobile applications. This role focuses on building scalable, enterprise-grade user interfaces using Angular, React, and Flutter, with a strong emphasis on performance, usability, and cross-platform consistency.

The ideal candidate leads frontend architecture, design systems, and UI best practices while maintaining strong full-stack fundamentals and an understanding of cloud-native application principles, including The Twelve-Factor App methodology.

About HID Global

HID Global powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places and things. We make it possible for people to transact safely, work productively and travel freely. Our trusted identity solutions give people secure and convenient access to physical and digital places and connect things that can be accurately identified, verified and tracked digitally. Millions of people around the world use HID products and services to navigate their everyday lives, and over 2 billion things are connected through HID. We work with governments, educational institutions, hospitals, financial institutions, industrial businesses, and some of the most innovative companies on the planet. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, HID Global has over 4500 employees worldwide and operates international offices that support more than 100 countries. HID Global® is an ASSA ABLOY Group brand. HID Global has is the trusted source for secure identity solutions for millions of customers and users around the world. In India, we have two Engineering Centre (Bangalore and Chennai). Global Engineering Team is based in Chennai and one of the Business Unit Engineering team is based in Bangalore. Check us out: www.hidglobal.com and https://youtu.be/23km5H4K9Eo

LinkedIn:  www.linkedin.com/company/hidglobal/mycompany/

Are You Ready to Join the Team?
Our company is committed to finding the best and the brightest talent to help us reach the top. If you are a dynamic, highly skilled, experienced Cloud engineer and technology enthusiast, and you enjoy working in a rapid pace within a rapidly growing business environment, then you will want to consider this position. If you excel at communication, collaboration, and unrelenting innovation, we want to talk to you. And if you bring dedication, positive energy and integrity to the table, you just might be the right fit for our team.

Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Roles & Responsibilities (Other duties may be assigned)

• Design, build, and lead development of high-performance, reusable, and scalable UI components for web and mobile using Angular, React, and Flutter.
• Drive UI architecture decisions, including component design, state management, and cross-platform consistency.
• Deliver intuitive, accessible, and responsive user experiences, with strong focus on performance optimization and usability.
• Build and maintain enterprise-grade frontend applications following industry best practices and design patterns.
• Apply test-driven development (TDD) principles and ensure robust test coverage using tools such as Jest, Cypress, React Testing Library, and Flutter testing frameworks.
• Collaborate closely with UX Designers, Product Owners, Architects, Backend Engineers (Java / Node.js), QA, and DevOps teams to deliver cohesive solutions.
• Support and integrate with REST APIs, authentication, authorization, and security mechanisms.
• Work within cloud-native environments (AWS preferred) using microservices, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies, code reviews, sprint planning, and technical design discussions.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, establish UI best practices, and contribute to frontend and mobile architectural standards.

Technical Skills:

• Strong hands-on expertise with Angular and React for web UI development.
• Proven experience building mobile UIs using Flutter, with a solid understanding of cross-platform design considerations.
• Deep expertise in JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, and modern frontend tooling.
• Strong understanding of component-based architecture, state management, and UI performance tuning.
• Experience integrating frontend and mobile applications with RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Solid knowledge of Node.js and full-stack application workflows.
• Experience working in cloud-native architectures, preferably on AWS.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and containerization using Docker.
• Strong experience with frontend and mobile testing frameworks (Jest, Cypress, React Testing Library, Flutter test tools).
• Understanding of security best practices including authentication, authorization, and secure data handling.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred).

• 10+ years of experience building scalable, responsive, and high-quality UI-centric applications.
• Strong experience with frontend and mobile testing frameworks (Jest, Cypress, React Testing Library, Flutter test tools).
• Understanding of security best practices including authentication, authorization, and secure data handling.

Soft Skills

• Strong leadership, mentorship, and technical ownership mindset.
• Excellent communication and cross-team collaboration skills.
• Ability to balance hands-on development with architectural thinking.
• Passion for UI excellence, product quality, and continuous improvement.
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced, Agile environments.

Why apply?

• Empowerment: You’ll work as part of a global team in a flexible work environment, learning and enhancing your expertise. We welcome an opportunity to meet you and learn about your unique talents, skills, and experiences. You don’t need to check all the boxes. If you have most of the skills and experience, we want you to apply.
• Innovation: You embrace challenges and want to drive change. We are open to ideas, including flexible work arrangements, job sharing or part-time job seekers.
• Integrity: You are results-orientated, reliable, and straightforward and value being treated accordingly. We want all our employees to be themselves to feel appreciated and accepted.

This opportunity may be open to flexible working arrangements.

HID is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer – Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation.

We make it easier for people to get where they want to go!
On an average day, think of how many times you tap, twist, tag, push or swipe to get access, find information, connect with others or track something.  HID technology is behind billions of interactions, in more than 100 countries.  We help you create a verified, trusted identity that can get you where you need to go – without having to think about it.  
 
When you join our HID team, you’ll also be part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, the global leader in access solutions. You’ll have 63,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions – supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally. As we welcome new people on board, it’s important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.

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