Lead Frontend Developer | React | TypeScript | Node.js

Leicester | Hybrid

£63,000 - £73,000+ 10-12% Bonus | Relocation support may be available | No visa sponsorship

VIQU has partnered with a leading UK retail organisation to recruit a Lead Frontend Developer to join a high-performing eCommerce engineering team. This is an opportunity to shape the technical direction of a customer-facing platform used by millions of users worldwide while remaining hands-on with modern frontend technologies.

This is a technical leadership role rather than a people management position. You'll guide engineering standards, coordinate technical delivery, review code and mentor developers while continuing to contribute to the design and development of scalable frontend solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on technical leadership across frontend development using React, TypeScript, Node.js and Material UI.
• Coordinate engineering workload and help the team deliver against the product roadmap.
• Define and maintain engineering standards covering architecture, code quality, testing, performance and accessibility.
• Lead code reviews and technical design discussions for scalable, high-performance solutions.
• Mentor and coach developers, raising technical capability across the team.
• Work closely with the Delivery Manager and key stakeholders to manage technical priorities, risks and dependencies.
• Drive continuous improvement across engineering processes, tooling and development practices.
• Support production systems and participate in an on-call rota during peak trading periods.

Core Technologies

React; TypeScript; Node.js; Material UI; Next.js

Key Requirements

• Extensive commercial experience with React and TypeScript.
• Strong Node.js experience supporting high-performance, customer-facing web applications.
• Previous technical leadership experience, including setting standards, reviewing code and leading technical delivery.
• Strong understanding of frontend architecture, responsive design and UI performance optimisation.
• Experience delivering complex features whilst remaining hands-on in development.
• Ability to influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven experience mentoring developers and improving engineering capability.
• Experience working on large-scale eCommerce or other high-traffic public-facing platforms is highly desirable.

Desirable Experience

• Next.js.
• Micro Frontends.
• Service-oriented architecture.
• Microsoft Azure.
• Web accessibility and inclusive design.
• Agile delivery environments.

What's on Offer

• Salary of £63,825 - £72,618.
• Annual bonus of 10-12%.
• Relocation support may be available.
• Opportunity to influence the technical direction of a high-traffic platform serving millions of customers.
• Modern technology stack with a collaborative engineering culture focused on continuous improvement.

Please note: This role cannot offer visa sponsorship now or in the future.

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