Lead Front-End Engineer (Customer Portal-Digital Service Platform)

<h3>Job Title</h3>Lead Front-End Engineer (Customer Portal-Digital Service Platform)<p></p><h3>Job Description</h3><p><b><span>Introduction</span></b><span> </span></p><p><span><span>Vanderlande provides baggage handling systems for 600 airports around the globe, capable of moving over 4 billion pieces of baggage around the world per year. For the parcel market our systems handle 52 million parcels per day. All these systems generate data. Do you see a challenge in building data-driven services for our customers using that data? Do you want to contribute to the fast-growing Vanderlande Technology Department on its journey to become more data driven? If so, then join our Digital Service Factory team!</span></span><span> </span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><b><span>Your Position</span></b><span> </span></p><p><span><span>As </span></span><b><span>Lead Front-End Engineer</span></b><span><span>, you will play a critical dual role:</span></span><span> </span></p><p><b><span><span>Technical Expert</span></span></b><span> </span></p><ul><li><p><span><span>Own the front-end architecture of the </span><span>MyVanderlande</span><span> customer portal, a responsive web app that integrates </span><span>microfrontends</span><span> and data </span><span>from </span><span>other digital services, ERP and CMS</span><span>.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Drive the implementation of best-in-class web engineering practices, performance, and scalability.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span><span>Technical </span><span>competence l</span><span>eader</span></span><span> </span></b></p><ul><li><p><span><span>Set the technical direction for front-end across multiple teams and products</span><span> for a team of 5 professionals.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Act as the go-to expert for front-end strategy, architecture, and maintainability.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Guide and mentor front-end engineers across the platform.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Lead the Front-End Guild: aligning standards, promoting reusability, and driving technical consistency.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Partner with architects, product owners, designers, and engineering leads to influence product direction and ensure cohesive solutions.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Be a champion for user experience, modern tooling, and maintainable design systems.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><p><span> </span></p><p><span><span>This is not just a development role — this is a leadership position with broad influence across the Digital Service Platform. You’ll have a seat at the table, and your voice will shape the future of customer-facing software at Vanderlande.</span></span><span> </span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><b><span>Responsibilities</span></b><span> </span></p><ul><li><p><span><span>Build and develop our responsive web application that works well on a variety of screen resolutions and browsers.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>NPI- Tools and Develop new features for our products and services which provide our customers with actionable information through multiple channels.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Participate in end-to-end development through prototyping, validation, implementation, launch, and further iterations.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Actively contribute to continuous integration efforts and improvements in our way of working.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Collaborate with UX designers to develop appealing and intuitive interfaces based on graphic designs or mock-ups.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Write high-quality, maintainable, and scalable code.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Ensure code and design quality through code reviews and testing.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Communicate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and proper integration of front-end features.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Stay up to date with new front-end technologies, techniques, and best practices.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><p><span> </span></p><p><b><span>Qualifications</span></b><span> </span></p><ul><li><p><span><span>Bachelor's or </span><span>M</span><span>aster's degree in </span><span>C</span><span>omputer </span><span>S</span><span>cience or </span><span>similar</span><span>.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Proven experience</span><span> </span><span>as a Lead Front-End Engineer (leading a team of min. 5 members) in Agile environments</span><span> – working in or closely with Scrum or Kanban teams.</span