Lead Web Front-end Engineer at Sedgwick Group in Tennessee

Lead Web Front-end Engineer Location: Telecommuter TN By joining Sedgwick, you'll be part of something truly meaningful. It’s what our 33,000 colleagues do every day for people around the world who are facing the unexpected. We invite you to grow your career with us, experience our caring culture, and enjoy work-life balance. Here, there’s no limit to what you can achieve. Newsweek Recognizes Sedgwick as America’s Greatest Workplaces National Top Companies Certified as a Great Place to Work® Fortune Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance Lead Web Front-end Engineer PRIMARY PURPOSE: The Lead Web Front-end Engineer is responsible for building and evolving Sedgwick’s enterprise web content management system with a primary focus on theme architecture, reusable components, accessibility, and performance. This role leverages modular systems to deliver consistency, structured customization and flexibility at scale. As a member of our Web team, the Lead Web Front-end Engineer partners closely with the web team members, UX/UI Designers, Analytics, and DevOps stakeholders to ensure the site remains performant, accessible, scalable, and resilient as our business grows and thereby with it, content volume and complexity scales. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES Front End Platform Architecture Develops and manages the web content management system theme architecture, block systems, and component library. Develops and maintains reusable, standards-based components that support campaign landing pages, evergreen content, and international content. Ensures front-end implementations scale cleanly as content volume increases. Partners closely with UX/UI designers to bring page designs to life. Performance & User Experience Builds front end experiences that meet Core Web Vitals and Lighthouse performance targets Optimizes rendering, image handling, script loading, and layout stability Partners with Analytics stakeholders to respond to performance regressions and prevent recurrence through improved patterns and guardrails Accessibility & Compliance Ensures compliance with all frontend work meeting   WCAG 2.1 AA standards. Embeds accessibility best practices into component design and development workflows. Validates compliance and remediate issues early in the development lifecycle. Collaboration & Enablement Collaborates with Web Producers to ensure components are easy to use, hard to misuse, and consistent with brand and UX standards. Provides technical guidance to internal and external partners both verbal and written. Reviews frontend contributions from external partners to ensure adherence to platform standards. Release & Platform Stability Ensures release readiness by assessing front-end changes for performance and accessibility risk. Partners with the Web Platform Engineer on CI/CD coordination Contributes to platform documentation, standards, and front-end components ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS and RESPONSIBILITIES Performs other duties as assigned. Travel as required. QUALIFICATIONS Education & Licensing Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Web Development, Digital Media, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or a related technical field from an accredited college or university preferred; equivalent practical experience in front-end engineering, enterprise CMS architecture, accessibility, and performance optimization may be considered in lieu of formal education. Experience Eight (8) years of professional front-end development experience or equivalent combination of education and experience required. Demonstrated experience building custom website themes, block systems, and reusable component libraries within enterprise-scale content platforms (WordPress preferred). Proven experience delivering accessible, high-performance front-end experiences while supporting campaign-driven websites and collaborating with DevOps or platform teams in a CI/CD environment. Skills & Knowledge Deep expertise in HTML, CSS, and modern JavaScript Strong knowledge of component-based front-end development patterns and modular design systems Solid understanding of Core Web Vitals and Lighthouse performance metrics Working knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 AA) and inclusive design best practices Ability to work independently while providing technical leadership and guidance to the web marketing team Knowledge of SEO fundamentals and digital analytics platforms (Google Analytics) a plus Exposure to international or multilingual website implementations Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, matrixed environment WORK ENVIRONMENT When applicable and appropriate, consideration will be given to reasonable accommodations. Mental:  Clear and conceptual thinking ability; excellent judgment, troubleshooting, problem solving, analysis, and discretion; ability to handle work-related stress; ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously; and ability to meet deadlines Physical:  Computer keyboarding, travel as required Auditory/Visual:  Hearing, vision and talking The statements contained in this document are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by a colleague assigned to this description.  They are not intended to constitute a comprehensive list of functions, duties, or local variances.  Management retains the discretion to add or to change the duties of the position at any time. Sedgwick is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, consider applying for it anyway! 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