Engineering Team Lead - Brand Fundamentals

We're all about helping brands turn ideas into impact. Frontify’s brand platform transforms how teams organize digital assets, collaborate on projects, and create engaging campaigns. Our people empower thousands of marketers and designers—including teams at Uber, Microsoft, Volkswagen, and Telefónica—to build engaging brands. With headquarters in St. Gallen, Switzerland, and offices in London and New York City, we share a vibrant culture built on creativity, collaboration, inclusion, and joy.

We’re on the lookout for new team members to share our vision. If you’re ready for a brand‑new adventure, keep reading!

Your new team is a group of motivated, collaborative, and innovative engineers. Working on‑site, hybrid, or fully remote, they come together to create and evolve a well‑loved product but always keep room for new ideas and approaches. Outside of work, they’re parents, gamers, bookworms, adrenaline junkies, and so much more.

Our team, Brand Fundamentals, owns the brand domain, and our mission is to ensure that the brand truth can be reliably consumed by humans, systems, and AI. We constantly raise the bar and build the tools that help our customers maintain consistency, while growing their brands. You’ll lead the Brand Fundamentals teams and play a critical role in elevating our team's performance and capabilities.

When leading both backend and frontend engineers in your team, you’ll need a deep understanding of how to architect, plan, and drive implementation in a SaaS product  will drive technical excellence and support the team in delivering impactful solutions.

• Lead a software development team, mentor engineers, inspire high performance, and foster team cohesion.
• Mentor the engineers in your team and guide them to grow.
• Collaborate effectively with product managers, designers, and cross‑functional stakeholders to drive outcomes and handle uncertainty.
• Contribute to product decisions, plan delivery cycles, and drive the team toward measurable, successful outcomes.
• Actively participate in hands‑on development, working alongside engineers to design, implement, and review changes; take ownership of delivering high‑quality software on time, proactively managing risks and dependencies.
• Architect scalable solutions, guide technical vision, and balance innovation with technical debt.

• You can work remotely from anywhere in Switzerland or on‑site in our St. Gallen office – or even mix it up during the week! Choose where to work from that works best for you.
• You’ve led software development teams for at least 2 years, mentoring engineers, inspiring high performance and fostering a cohesive team.
• You have proven professional experience with React, Typescript, and PHP, as you will lead a multidisciplinary team.
• You're an expert in architecting, designing, developing, and maintaining large software solutions.
• You hold strong problem‑solving skills and attention to detail.
• You have excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
• You speak English fluently.

We understand that every candidate’s experience is different. If you’re interested in this role but don’t tick all the boxes, we still encourage you to apply.

• Thrive with the tools and support to shape your future at Frontify.
• Be part of a product that connects brands and people with a human touch.
• Enjoy flexibility, opportunities to grow, and exposure to innovative technologies and ideas.
• Join a vibrant, social team—whether you love animals, yoga, or travel, we’ve got the Slack channels for you!

• A minimum of 25 days annual leave per year
• Parental, family care, and bereavement leave
• Daily sickness benefits and accident insurance
• Paid educational and wellbeing days off
• Wellbeing, learning and development, and commuter allowance
• Home office setup budget
• Pension fund: contributions paid 60% by us and 40% by you
• Access to exclusive perks and discounts from hundreds of top brands
• Workation:
  Work from inspiring locations around the world for up to 45 days per year!
• Invite to our summer company meet‑up

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