Senior Software Engineer - Frontend (f/m/d)

About us newboxes builds systems that enable better industrial decisions. We operate at the intersection of engineering, risk, cost, and program governance. In addition to our consulting services, we develop digital systems that structure complexity in industrial environments. Our platform initiatives focus on: Industrial Decision Intelligence Risk & Safety systems Cost & Complexity management Governance & program transparency We build software that supports real engineering organizations - not consumer apps. Your Mission We are looking for a Lead Frontend Engineer to take ownership of our frontend and help shape how it grows as the team expands. You will be our first dedicated frontend engineer, responsible for our Vue 3 design system and the product interfaces built on top of it. This is a hands-on engineering role. You will spend a substantial part of your time building product features and design-system components yourself, while also setting frontend standards and guiding how the interface evolves. You will work closely with our product owner, full-stack developers, and domain experts. We care about more than implementation quality. We want someone who thinks in systems, understands how users make decisions, and designs interfaces that help engineering and program teams work effectively with complex data. Your Tasks Understand software requirements and take full ownership through the SDLC — design, build, test, deploy, monitor and maintain Build and ship user-facing features end-to-end, from component design through to production Grow the Vue 3 component/design system into documented, tested, production-ready components Collaborate directly with product and the backend engineer to turn requirements into working software Contribute to frontend coding standards and review practices as the team grows Work async-first with the Germany-based team, with overlap hours for key syncs Working Model Work from our office in Chennai and/or in Hybrid mode. Close daily collaboration with our team in Germany, with at least 4 to 5 hours of overlap You will work closely with product, engineering, and domain experts rather than in isolation We build products for the long term and value getting things right over shipping fast Your Profile Key responsibilities Understand software requirements and take full ownership through the SDLC — design, build, test, deploy, monitor and maintain Build and ship user-facing features end-to-end, from component design through to production Grow the Vue 3 component/design system into documented, tested, production-ready components Collaborate directly with product and the backend engineer to turn requirements into working software Contribute to frontend coding standards and review practices as the team grows Work async-first with the Germany-based team, with overlap hours for key syncs Must-have skills 3–5 years building production frontend applications in Vue, React or Angular — this role works in Vue 3…