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Lead Frontend Developer

TALENT INTERNATIONAL UK LTDUK, UK🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 22 Jul 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This remote Lead Frontend Developer role offers a competitive £500 inside IR35 rate and a chance to significantly impact user-facing digital services within a central government client. You'll thrive here if you have strong JavaScript (ReactJS, Node.js) experience and a passion for mentoring teams and ensuring high-quality, accessible frontend development. Apply today to leverage your skills and contribute to impactful public sector technology.

Quick Overview

Work Type
Remote
Schedule
Temporary/Casual
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Job Description:

  • Role: Lead Frontend Developer
  • Rate: £500 Inside IR35
  • Location: Remote
  • Contract:12 months
  • BPPS required


About the role

Our Central Government client is seeking an experienced Lead Frontend Developer to join the team to accelerate the delivery of user-facing digital services.

As the Lead Frontend Developer, you will play a key role in driving frontend technical direction, ensuring compliance with technical governance frameworks, and overseeing the development of accessible, robust, and scalable interfaces. You will be instrumental in mentoring teams, assuring frontend code quality, and ensuring service alignment to broader government standards.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design and implement modern frontend architectures utilising JavaScript (ReactJS, Node.js) and related technical standards.
  • Present frontend designs, templating strategies, and technical decisions to governance forums for approval.
  • Communicate and justify complex technical UI/UX and architectural decisions to diverse stakeholder groups.
  • Assure the quality of frontend systems, ensuring robust CI/CD pipeline integration and compliance with accessibility guidelines.
  • Mentor and provide technical leadership to junior and mid-weight developers within the delivery team.

Essential Skills & Experience:

  • Proven track record as a Lead Frontend Developer, operating within a public sector or government environment.
  • Deep experience in core frontend technologies, including HTML5, CSS3, modern JavaScript, ReactJS, and Node.js.
  • Solid service assurance and CI/CD capability, with hands-on experience managing technical quality via Git, GitLab CI, Jenkins
  • Exceptional stakeholder management skills with a demonstrable ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams, including full-stack and backend
  • Desirable: Practical knowledge or experience with AWS cloud infrastructure

£500.00 / day

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Skills

Node.js
AWS
Git
GitLab CI
JavaScript
Jenkins
Stakeholder Management

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