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Lead Front End Developer

Franklin Bates Limited
Posted a day ago, valid for a month
Location

London, Greater London SE1, England

Salary

£100,000 per annum

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The role is for a Lead Front-End Engineer at a leading international SaaS software company based in the UK, responsible for leading a small engineering team and enhancing code quality and efficiency.
  • Candidates should have a solid background in front-end software engineering with experience in React, Typescript, HTML, and CSS, along with knowledge of secure web design and test automation.
  • Experience with AWS cloud, API-based concepts, and collaboration with product design teams is also required, along with a positive and proactive mindset.
  • The salary for this position ranges from £90,000 to £115,000, plus bonuses and benefits such as flexible working, generous holiday allowance, and private healthcare.
  • The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Take on a brand-new role with a sector-leading international SaaS software company headquartered in the UK, leading a small, growing front-end engineering team, driving engineering best practices to take quality of code, efficiency and scalability to new heights, whilst also being hands-on and adding immeasurable value from your own extensive front-end engineering experience.


Required experience for the Lead Front-End Engineer role:


  • Solid background in front-end software engineering, with proven experience in React and Typescript, plus of course HTML and CSS ideally also Storybook exposure too creating, leading and delivering complex front-end projects from the start to completion
  • A strong understanding of core web and browser concepts, including secure web design practices
  • Experience improving test automation standards and tools within front-end teams, with a passion for steering engineering teams towards Continuous Delivery
  • Experience with AWS cloud and API-based concepts
  • Exposure to collaborating with a product design team, contributing to (ideally Figma) designs and transforming them into functional and visually stunning interfaces.


The preferred character for this Lead Front-End Engineer role will be someone with a positive, proactive mindset and approach who confidently takes ownership for projects and the evolution of people in their team as a leader with natural instincts to guide, teach and support their team, with sound communication skills and the ability to easily communicate complex technical concepts clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.


The package offered to Lead Front-End Engineer will consist of a base salarybetween £90,000-£115,000 plus bonus; a hybrid, flexible working set up from the London office; and benefits including a generous holiday allowance, a well-stocked office kitchen with free meals, private healthcare and more.


Franklin Bates is a leading IT recruitment consultancy specialising in Software Development, Cloud, & Data. We provide high quality contract, interim and permanent IT professionals to a broad range of technology companies within the UK.


Front-End Engineer / Front-End Engineering / Lead Software Engineer / Principle Software Engineer / Software Engineering / Hybrid Working / Flexible Working / Work From Home / London

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