Engineering Lead

Title: Engineering Lead

Vendor/Client: Ness/KKR

Location: NY (4 DAYS ONSITE)

About the Role

We re hiring a hands-on Tech Lead to architect and scale an internal investment insights platform for a top global private equity firm. The platform will be used across multiple internal product teams and requires reusable components, modular dashboards, and a high-quality developer experience.

This role blends technical leadership and consultative engineering. You ll define frontend architecture, guide implementation, and work directly with Product, Design, and client Engineering leadership onsite in New York.

What You Will Do

Platform & Component Architecture

• Own the component library and frontend ecosystem used across multiple micro-apps
• Package, version, and distribute shared components with clear migration paths
• Support consumption in both Bootstrap and Tailwind environments without fragmentation
• Define testing strategy across unit, integration, visual, and E2E levels

Technical Delivery

• Lead the implementation of React-based micro-apps backed by AWS serverless (Lambda, API Gateway, Fargate)
• Define and enforce CI/CD standards for publishing and deployments
• Produce documentation, usage guides, and integration examples for downstream teams

Collaboration & Influence

• Partner with Product and Design to translate ambiguous requirements into actionable plans
• Present architectural decisions to client Tech Leads and Engineering Committees
• Support a distributed engineering team (NY + offshore) through reviews, onboarding, and unblockers
• Communicate tradeoffs, assumptions, and alternatives clearly to mixed audiences

What We re Looking For

Experience

• 12 15 years engineering experience with a strong frontend focus
• Deep experience with React and component-driven architectures at scale
• Experience with micro-frontend architectures (independently deployable modules)
• Experience building or extending component libraries (not just consuming)
• Familiarity with AWS serverless (Lambda, API Gateway, Fargate)
• Experience with CI/CD, containerization, versioning, and semantic versioning
• Comfortable working through evolving requirements and partial clarity