For many of us there’s that one podcast we never miss, and video content is part of our daily routine, whether it’s professional or personal. But how many of us truly understand the effort that goes on behind the scenes? Here at Riverside, we know it well. That’s exactly why we built an AI-powered platform that helps content creators, podcasters, marketeers, and more at major brands like Netflix, Disney, Google, and Microsoft to create high-quality content with ease.

Riverside’s technology streamlines the entire content creation process, turning ideas into professional-grade content with the highest production standards, without requiring expensive equipment or external services. The secret? AI-driven tools that replace traditional production roles like editing, directing, and design, automating the entire process at the click of a button.

About The The Platform Team

The Platform Team at Riverside empowers all engineering teams to move faster with strong standards, reliable infrastructure, and powerful tooling. We focus on enabling the business by reducing technical friction and letting product teams innovate without reinventing the wheel. The team is full of talented engineers who love solving tough problems and shaping Riverside’s core architecture. We work on exciting, high-impact projects that touch every part of the system

On your day to day

As a Frontend Tech Lead, you’ll set the technical direction for our frontend infra, ensuring consistency, quality, and performance. You’ll design scalable solutions, improve developer workflows, and guide teams through complex architectural decisions. The role blends hands-on coding with mentorship and leadership. You’ll help make Riverside’s engineering faster, smoother, and more resilient.

Requirements:

What Will Make You Stand Out?

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
• 6+ years of hands-on software development experience, with a strong emphasis on modern frontend engineering
• Proven experience leading or implementing microfrontend's architecture in production environments
• Deep understanding of modern frontend frameworks and ecosystems (React, Vue, or similar)
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, GraphQL, microservices architecture, and AWS – MUST
• Experience with real-time communication technologies such as WebSockets (WebRTC or SSE – advantage)
• Familiarity with video processing and streaming technologies (FFmpeg, GStreamer) — advantage
• Proficiency with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing frameworks
• Strong architectural thinking, with the ability to design, evaluate, and optimize complex distributed systems
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to drive cross-team collaboration in a fast-paced environment
• Solid knowledge of software engineering best practices, design patterns, and a strong commitment to high-quality, maintainable code
  
  

Bottom line? If you wanna take part in transforming how people and businesses share their stories globally, Riverside’s your place. The work is challenging, the culture is fast-paced, and the people are exceptionally brilliant. And if that’s not enough, we guarantee that your ideas will genuinely make an impact.