Overview
hackajob is collaborating with Verisk to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.
We are a fast-growing InsurTech organisation delivering modern, cloud-native solutions to the insurance market. Our platforms are hosted entirely within AWS and power critical workflows across claims, underwriting and customer engagement. We operate in cross-functional Agile squads and place strong emphasis on engineering excellence, DevOps maturity and continuous improvement. We are seeking an experienced and hands-on Lead Front-End Developer to provide technical leadership across our front-end estate. You will be responsible for setting standards, shaping architecture, mentoring engineers and ensuring consistent, high-quality front-end delivery across multiple products built in Angular, VueJS and React. This role combines technical depth with leadership influence. You will work closely with Product, UX, Back-End, DevOps and Architecture to deliver scalable, secure and performant user experiences.
Responsibilities
Technical Leadership
* Define and maintain front-end architecture standards across all products.
* Lead design decisions around component architecture, state management and performance optimisation.
* Ensure consistency in patterns, frameworks and tooling across Angular, VueJS and React applications.
* Drive modern front-end best practices including accessibility, responsiveness and security.
Engineering Excellence
* Promote high-quality code through peer reviews and coding standards.
* Champion automated testing (unit, integration, E2E) and CI/CD best practices.
* Work closely with DevOps to ensure optimal deployment pipelines.
* Support observability and monitoring strategies (e.g. logging, telemetry, performance tracking).
Cloud & Integration
* Collaborate with back-end teams to define API contracts and integration standards.
* Ensure front-end solutions are optimised for AWS-hosted, cloud-native architectures.
* Contribute to decisions around authentication and authorisation (e.g. OKTA).
Mentoring & People Development
* Mentor and coach full-stack developers across squads.
* Support career development, technical growth and knowledge sharing.
* Contribute to Communities of Practice and technical forums.
Agile & Delivery
* Work within Scrum-based delivery teams.
* Contribute to refinement, estimation and Definition of Ready / Done standards.
* Support predictable delivery with strong say/do discipline and JIRA hygiene.
Qualifications
Essential
* Significant experience building and leading modern front-end applications.
* Strong hands-on expertise in Angular, VueJS and/or React.
* Deep understanding of JavaScript / TypeScript.
* Experience with state management patterns (Redux, Vuex, NgRx or similar).
* Experience consuming RESTful APIs and working within microservice architectures.
* Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
* Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and version control.
Desirable
* Experience working within AWS-hosted environments.
* Knowledge of authentication/authorisation patterns in distributed systems.
* Experience with performance monitoring tools and observability frameworks.
* Familiarity with OpenTelemetry or modern logging frameworks.
* Exposure to DevSecOps tooling (e.g. Snyk).
* Experience leading cross-squad technical initiatives.
Personal Attributes
* Strong communicator, able to influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
* Pragmatic decision-maker with a focus on delivering business value.
* High standards for professionalism and operational discipline.
* Collaborative mindset with a passion for continuous improvement.
* Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving InsurTech environment.
What Success Looks Like
* Consistent, scalable front-end architecture across all products.
* Improved performance, maintainability and developer experience.
* Clear technical standards adopted across squads.
* Increased reusability and reduced duplication of front-end components.
* Strong mentorship culture and uplift in front-end capability.
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