Team Lead Frontend Developer
Plaee
Plaee is a leading provider of turnkey technology solutions for the next generation of Prediction Markets and Sweepstakes Casino platforms. We enable operators to launch and scale platforms quickly with deep liquidity, real-time trading infrastructure, and advanced engagement systems.
Our platform powers white-label products for enterprise clients, combining CFTC-regulated infrastructure for the United States with a global DeFi trading ecosystem featuring self-custodial architecture and secure on-chain execution.
At the core of our ecosystem is PlaeeOS — a unified back-office, CRM, wallet, loyalty, and BI platform designed specifically for high-scale gaming, prediction market, and sweepstakes operators. We build complex real-time systems that process live data, trading activity, promotions, gamification, and customer engagement at scale.
Role Description
This is a full-time, on-site role for a Frontend Team Lead based in our Ramat Gan office.
As a Frontend Team Lead, you will lead the frontend engineering team responsible for building and scaling Plaee’s operator platform, CRM dashboards, real-time trading interfaces, embeddable widgets, and customer-facing experiences.
You will drive frontend architecture and technical direction while mentoring engineers and collaborating closely with product, backend, and design teams. The role involves building highly interactive, data-heavy applications with a strong focus on performance, scalability, and usability.
This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who enjoys solving complex frontend challenges, improving engineering standards, and building products used at scale in real-time environments.
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a team of frontend engineers, fostering ownership, growth, and engineering excellence
- Own the frontend architecture and technical direction of the platform
- Design and develop complex, data-heavy dashboards and real-time interfaces
- Build scalable frontend systems and reusable component libraries
- Collaborate closely with product and design teams to turn complex workflows into intuitive user experiences
- Ensure high code quality through code reviews, best practices, and scalable architecture patterns
- Identify bottlenecks and improve frontend performance, scalability, and reliability
- Work closely with backend teams on API design and system integration
- Help establish frontend standards, tooling, and development workflows
- Contribute hands-on to critical features and architectural decisions
Requirements
- 6+ years of frontend engineering experience
- 4+ years of experience leading frontend teams or major frontend initiatives
- Strong expertise with React and TypeScript
- Deep understanding of JavaScript fundamentals, including closures, async patterns, event loop, and browser performance
- Strong experience with frontend architecture, state management, and performance optimization
- Experience building complex, data-heavy, or real-time applications
- Proven ability to lead projects end-to-end and drive technical decisions
- Strong understanding of responsive design and modern frontend development practices
- Experience with Git and modern development workflows
- Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment
- Problem-solving mindset with strong ownership and execution capabilities
Nice to Have
- Experience with Next.js
- Experience with Storybook and component-driven development
- Experience developing reusable widgets or embeddable frontend systems
- Experience working in white-label or multi-tenant platforms
- Experience in gaming, fintech, trading, or sweepstakes casino industries
- Experience scaling frontend teams or leading large frontend initiatives
- Experience working closely with product and design organizations
- Familiarity with Strapi CMS