Senior Front End Engineer - Contract
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Type: Contract (Outside IR35)
Location: UK-based (flexible home, office, or hybrid working)
Office locations: Newcastle and Leeds
Hub locations: Edinburgh, Manchester, London
What you’ll do
* Build and iterate on a proof-of-concept front-end at pace, focusing on outcomes and usability.
* Collaborate closely with Product and UX to shape journeys, interactions, and responsiveness.
* Integrate with back-end APIs sensibly and reliably.
* Make pragmatic choices and tradeoffs to keep delivery moving while maintaining quality.
* Help evaluate and recommend front-end approaches grounded in real-world implementation, not theory.
Qualifications
* Strong front-end engineering experience and confidence with at least one modern framework (React, Vue, Angular, etc.).
* Adaptability: you’re happy to work with whichever framework fits the work, and you are not framework-locked.
* Excellent understanding of front-end fundamentals: responsive design, layout, browser rendering behaviour, performance basics.
* Experience consuming APIs and building robust UI states (loading, error, empty, offline‑friendly patterns).
* A delivery mindset: you can make decisions, move forward, and communicate tradeoffs clearly.
Nice to have
* Experience working on short, high-impact prototypes or POCs.
* Experience with map‑heavy or highly interactive UIs.
* Familiarity with offline caching patterns and performance optimisation.
Ready to apply?
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