Front End Lead | TypeScript | React | £110,000 + 10% Bonus | Hybrid (3 Days in Maidenhead)
This is an opportunity to step into a hands-on engineering leadership role where your technical vision, architectural judgement and ability to mentor others will directly shape the next generation of digital experiences across multiple brands.
The organisation is undergoing a major digital modernisation, replacing legacy front-end implementations with scalable, performant and accessible platforms powered by a shared UI Library and design system. As Front-End Lead, you will own the technical direction, architecture, and delivery of front-end systems—setting the standards, guiding the engineering craft, and ensuring consistency across a diverse suite of products.
If you’re motivated by meaningful ownership, modern engineering challenges and the chance to influence how a large organisation builds front-end technology at scale, this role will give you exactly that.
What you will be working on
You will lead the front-end engineering strategy for multiple brands and digital products, owning everything from architecture to implementation quality.
You will have the opportunity to:
* Own and evolve the organisation’s UI Library and design system, ensuring scalability, maintainability and flexibility for varied product needs.
* Define a modern, extensible front-end architecture enabling rapid delivery of high-performing websites.
* Lead technical direction, coding standards and best practices for React and/or Angular applications.
* Drive adoption of component-based development, accessibility (WCAG) compliance and performance best practices.
* Shape API contracts and data flows in collaboration with backend teams to optimise performance.
* Build and ship front-end features using TypeScript and modern frameworks, while balancing short-term delivery with long-term architectural integrity.
* Improve build tooling, automated testing, CI/CD workflows and observability across front-end systems.
This is a role that blends architectural influence with hands-on delivery, ensuring that front-end engineering accelerates the wider digital transformation.
Technology environment
The environment is modern, TypeScript-first and focused on high-quality front-end engineering at scale.
Frontend
* React and/or Angular
* TypeScript
* UI libraries, shared component libraries, pattern libraries, design systems
* State management (Redux, Zustand, RxJS or similar)
* Strong focus on accessibility, performance, consistency and reusability
APIs and Integration
* RESTful APIs
* GraphQL exposure
* Close collaboration with backend teams to optimise data flows
Tooling & Infrastructure
* Vite, Webpack, modern bundling/build tools
* Jest, Cypress, Playwright for automated testing
* Docker, AWS, Firebase
* CI/CD pipelines and build/release tooling improvements
What you will bring
This role suits a technically strong, hands-on front-end leader who enjoys setting direction while remaining close to the craft.
You should bring:
* Proven experience leading front-end development in modern product or platform teams.
* Demonstrated ability to define and maintain scalable UI libraries or design systems.
* Deep expertise with JavaScript, TypeScript and React and/or Angular.
* Strong architectural understanding of complex front-end applications.
* Experience mentoring engineers and elevating engineering practices.
* Expertise in accessibility, performance, cross-browser compatibility and automated testing.
* Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence, align and collaborate across teams.
* Pragmatic leadership, empathy and a growth mindset.
The impact you will have
In this role, you will:
* Own the technical strategy for front-end systems and define standards that scale across brands.
* Lead, mentor and grow a team of front-end engineers, fostering a culture of craftsmanship and collaboration.
* Improve delivery velocity by establishing consistent patterns, reusable components and modern tooling.
* Ensure front-end applications are reliable, accessible, performant and aligned to business goals.
* Represent front-end engineering in cross-functional planning and design discussions.
* Help shape a development culture focused on learning, inclusion and continuous improvement.
Working pattern
This is a hybrid role requiring three days per week in the Maidenhead office.
On-site collaboration is essential for partnering with design, backend engineering and product teams, and for maintaining a high level of shared ownership across functions.
Next steps
Interviews are being scheduled, and strong candidates will progress quickly (1-week).
If you're looking for a leadership role with genuine ownership, architectural influence and the opportunity to shape front-end engineering at scale, now is an excellent time to apply.