Lead Frontend Software Developer

Company Description

• Work with experienced and skilled colleagues who support and inspire one another to achieve collective success
• Take your career further than you ever imagined with diverse roles and opportunities for personal and professional development.  
• Shape the future of insurance with innovative ideas and technologies that improve the lives of millions of Australians

Welcome to TAL. As a leading life insurer, we’ve been protecting Australians for over 150 years. Backed by Dai-ichi Life, we're driven by big ambitions and empower to create better products and services. 

Together with our Partners, we’re helping millions of Australians live a life filled with choices, options, and freedoms. See the direct impact you make delivering support and financial security with care and expertise. Grow beyond expectations with diverse roles, global connections, and exclusive learning opportunities. 

Work with passionate, bright and capable colleagues. Feel inspired by supportive leaders. Collaborate with heart, where flexibility, wellbeing and inclusivity is valued. Together, we're reimagining insurance. 

So, bring a curious mind and an ambition to help us become the progressive, digitally enabled leading insurer. 

Job Description

At Lifebroker, we’re passionate about making life insurance simple and accessible for Australians. By combining advanced technology with deep industry expertise, we empower our customers with clear, transparent information and tailored solutions. As our next Lead Frontend Engineer, you’ll become part of a collaborative, forward-thinking team based in our vibrant Melbourne office—with flexible hybrid work arrangements.

In this pivotal role, you’ll work closely with the CTO and Development Manager to set the direction for Lifebroker’s frontend technologies and best practices. You’ll lead the development of intuitive, high-performing user interfaces that help Australians make confident decisions about their financial wellbeing. This is a unique opportunity to help build a new platform from the ground up, shape our modern tech stack, and foster a culture of innovation and continuous learning within the team.

In This Role You Will:

• Lead on front-end tooling to increase team productivity and enforce coding standards: Drive efficiency within the frontend team by implementing and maintaining effective tooling and ensuring adherence to high-quality coding standards.
• Design and develop responsive, performant user interfaces using React and TypeScript: Architect and build robust and user-friendly interfaces leveraging your deep expertise in React and TypeScript.
• Implement Micro Frontends architecture to create independent, maintainable application modules: Design and implement a scalable frontend architecture using micro frontends to enable independent development and deployment of application features.
• Apply Atomic Design principles to create reusable UI components that improve consistency and ease of maintenance across the application: Establish and enforce a component-based design system using Atomic Design principles to ensure UI consistency and simplify maintenance.
• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions, ensuring adherence to best practices and high-quality code standards: Actively participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback and ensuring the team adheres to best practices and high-quality coding standards.
• Mentor team members and help improve team proficiency in frontend technologies: Provide guidance and mentorship to frontend team members, fostering their technical growth and improving the overall proficiency of the team

Qualifications

• Architecture: Contribute your architectural vision and expertise to the design and development of new features and platforms, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and performance. You'll be instrumental in defining our frontend technology stack and best practices for our greenfield development efforts
• Atomic Design: Experience with Atomic Design methodology for building UI components
• TypeScript (advanced): A strong command of TypeScript for building scalable, maintainable applications
• React: Deep understanding of React and its ecosystem, including hooks, context, and state management libraries like Redux or React Query
• Micro Frontends: Practical experience with or a strong understanding of decomposing front-end into smaller, modular parts that can be developed, deployed, and scaled independently

Additional Information

TAL is one of Australia’s leading life insurers, committed to inclusion, and supporting the career growth of our diverse workforce. We’re proud to be:  

• An Inclusive Employer – Recognised as Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency and Bronze Tier Status within the Australian Workplace Equality Index  
• Diversity Champions – Member of Diversity Council Australia, Australian Disability Network, Pride in Diversity and Champions of Change  
• Reconciliation Advocates – Read our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan. 
• We welcome applications from people with diverse experiences, perspectives and backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, caregivers, individuals living with disabilities, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and the LGBTIQ+ community.  
• Need adjustments during the recruitment process? Let our team know by getting in touch with us here.—we’re here to support you. 

You’re always accountable for your actions. You never give up. You strive to find the best outcomes for customers and partners. And you value working together to find the best solutions for problems.   

As part of the recruitment process, there are several checks which may be conducted to demonstrate your eligibility for a role at TAL including Criminal History, Bankruptcy, Entitlement to Work, Regulatory and Reference Checks.  

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Everyone at TAL has a responsibility to do the right thing and is accountable for the way they conduct themselves. Our expectations are that you follow the principles set out in our Code of Conduct when you come to work every day. Risk management is everyone’s responsibility.

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