Lead Front-End Engineer

United Kingdom·LondonFull-timelead

EngineeringFrontend Developer

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Quick Summary

Key Responsibilities

Salary based on what you can actually contrbiute. Genuine ownership of a platform used by some of the largest institutions in the world. Serious investment in AI tooling and opportunity.

Requirements Summary

We are rebuilding our platform, and we are looking for one person to own and drive the front end of it. This is not a role where you pick up tickets and hand them back.

Technical Tools

EngineeringFrontend Developer

Responsibilities

~1 min read

What we need from you:

→Five years or more building React.js and Next.js (14+) in production, ideally on a SaaS product.
→Deep JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3. Not framework deep, language deep.
→Real fluency with AI coding tools such as Cursor and Claude for writing, reviewing, refactoring and documenting code, and the judgement to know when to switch them off.
→Git, and a working command of CI/CD, TDD/BDD and Agile/Kanban delivery.
→A track record you can point at: something you owned end to end, where the outcome was materially better because you were the one holding it.
→The communication to disagree with a stakeholder, explain the trade-off, and be understood.

What we are honestly not looking for

Someone who wants a quiet seat at a stable company. We are a stable company, and there are quiet seats here. This is not one of them.

How to apply

Send a CV, plus a few paragraphs answering two questions:

→Describe something you shipped that you owned end to end. What was hard about it, what did you get wrong, and what would you do differently?
→Where has AI-assisted development made you faster, and where have you seen it make a codebase worse?

You must be eligible to work in the UK, hold a valid visa or UK residency, and be currently based in the UK. You must also be prepared to undergo high-level security clearance.