Lead Frontend Developer | React | TypeScript | Node.js
Leicester | Hybrid
£63,000 - £73,000+ 10-12% Bonus | Relocation support may be available | No visa sponsorship
VIQU has partnered with a leading UK retail organisation to recruit a Lead Frontend Developer to join a high-performing eCommerce engineering team. This is an opportunity to shape the technical direction of a customer-facing platform used by millions of users worldwide while remaining hands-on with modern frontend technologies.
This is a technical leadership role rather than a people management position. You'll guide engineering standards, coordinate technical delivery, review code and mentor developers while continuing to contribute to the design and development of scalable frontend solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide hands-on technical leadership across frontend development using React, TypeScript, Node.js and Material UI.
- Coordinate engineering workload and help the team deliver against the product roadmap.
- Define and maintain engineering standards covering architecture, code quality, testing, performance and accessibility.
- Lead code reviews and technical design discussions for scalable, high-performance solutions.
- Mentor and coach developers, raising technical capability across the team.
- Work closely with the Delivery Manager and key stakeholders to manage technical priorities, risks and dependencies.
- Drive continuous improvement across engineering processes, tooling and development practices.
- Support production systems and participate in an on-call rota during peak trading periods.
Core Technologies
React; TypeScript; Node.js; Material UI; Next.js
Key Requirements
- Extensive commercial experience with React and TypeScript.
- Strong Node.js experience supporting high-performance, customer-facing web applications.
- Previous technical leadership experience, including setting standards, reviewing code and leading technical delivery.
- Strong understanding of frontend architecture, responsive design and UI performance optimisation.
- Experience delivering complex features whilst remaining hands-on in development.
- Ability to influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Proven experience mentoring developers and improving engineering capability.
- Experience working on large-scale eCommerce or other high-traffic public-facing platforms is highly desirable.
Desirable Experience
- Next.js.
- Micro Frontends.
- Service-oriented architecture.
- Microsoft Azure.
- Web accessibility and inclusive design.
- Agile delivery environments.
What's on Offer
- Salary of £63,825 - £72,618.
- Annual bonus of 10-12%.
- Relocation support may be available.
- Opportunity to influence the technical direction of a high-traffic platform serving millions of customers.
- Modern technology stack with a collaborative engineering culture focused on continuous improvement.
Please note: This role cannot offer visa sponsorship now or in the future.
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