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Lead Front End Engineer (React)

EPAM SystemsNew South Wales🇦🇺AustraliaPosted 12 Aug 2026

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Schedule
Full Time
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Join EPAM Systems as a Lead Front-end Engineer and drive the modernization of a large-scale enterprise application.

You will lead the migration from legacy platforms to scalable React architectures. As a hands on leader, you will also leverage AI-assisted tools to mentor teams and optimize workflows across the software development life cycle.

Responsibilities
  • Lead development of modern, scalable React.js frontend applications, including re-architecting and migrating legacy UI components into a modern frontend framework
  • Design robust front-end architectures, component libraries and engineering standards
  • Collaborate with back-end teams to execute seamless platform decoupling initiatives
  • Work hands on across legacy and modern technology stacks, supporting application modernization and migration initiatives to AWS
  • Lead the adoption and implementation of AI-assisted SDLC practices, driving the practical use of AI tools to improve engineering productivity
Requirements
  • Proven experience modernizing large-scale enterprise applications from legacy environments
  • Strong background in front-end architecture and complex system design
  • Track record of success utilizing AI coding assistants such as Claude, GitLab Copilot or Cursor
  • Demonstrated ability to apply AI tools across the entire software development life cycle
  • Experience migrating or modernizing legacy frontend systems
  • Familiarity with cloud environments, preferably AWS
We offer
  • By choosing EPAM, you're getting a job at Great Place To Work-Certified in 2024, Glassdoor's Top 100 Best Places to Work in 2023, and one of Most Loved Workplace, as recognized by Newsweek, 2021 - 2023.
  • Employee ideas are the main driver of our business. We have a very supportive environment where your voice matters.
  • You will be challenged while working side by side with the best talent globally. We work with top notch technologies, constantly seeking new industry trends and best practices.
  • We offer a transparent career path and an individual roadmap to engineer your future & accelerate your journey.
  • At EPAM, you can find vast opportunities for self development: online courses and libraries, mentoring programs, partial grants of certification, and experience exchange with colleagues around the world. You will learn, contribute, and grow with us.
How We Hire

Here, we summarize the typical journey to finding a job within EPAM.

Apply and tell us about yourself!

Go through some standard interviews:

  • General interview with a recruiter
  • Technical interview with our technology experts
  • Manager interview or Offer interview with a hiring manager

Get ready to join the team!

Not sure if you meet all the requirements? No problem. Let's talk anyway and find out more!

It takes 1 min of application to start the journey with us. Apply now!

Life at EPAM

We are a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services that has rapidly grown in Australia since 2013.

We adopt a global growth strategy, thinking and acting like start ups, working in multi-disciplinary teams, and delivering results. With a multinational talented team, we have been delivering innovative solutions for cloud migration, cyber security, digital transformation, etc.

You will work in an open and friendly work environment where your professional skills and experience can stand out.

Skills

AWS
React

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