Senior Frontend Engineer
Summary
The Senior Frontend Engineer will lead technical design and implementation for a retail company's website redevelopment, focusing on React and Next.js. This hands-on role involves mentoring team members and driving architectural decisions for scalable, high-performance applications.
My client, who are a successful retail business are changing the way their software engineering teams work, alongside that redeveloping their main site - these changes have brought about the need for several new roles, including a Senior Frontend Engineer to lead small Scrum teams from a technical perspective, advising how to use the new technologies to create solutions requested by senior stakeholders in the business.
As a Senior Frontend Engineer, you are an experienced developer who works with minimal support and is a key technical influencer and mentor within the team. This is a hands-on, individual contributor role focused purely on technical excellence.
Principal Accountabilities
- Lead Technical Design and Implementation: Take ownership of complex frontend features and architectural decisions, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and optimal performance across all applications
- Be a React/Next.js Expert: Leverage advanced React and Next.js features, including Server Components, client-side rendering, routing, and data fetching within the App Router paradigm to build robust, modern applications
Senior Front End Engineer – React & Next.js
Up to £65k (base salary), plus extensive benefits list
3 days per week in new modern HQ