Lead Frontend Developer

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.

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

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• Extensive commercial experience with React and TypeScript.
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• Strong Node.js experience supporting high-performance, customer-facing web applications.
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• Previous technical leadership experience, including setting standards, reviewing code and leading technical delivery.
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• Strong understanding of frontend architecture, responsive design and UI performance optimisation.
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• Experience delivering complex features whilst remaining hands-on in development.
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• Ability to influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
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• Proven experience mentoring developers and improving engineering capability.
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• Experience working on large-scale eCommerce or other high-traffic public-facing platforms is highly desirable.
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• Next.js.
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• Micro Frontends.
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• Service-oriented architecture.
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• Microsoft Azure.
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• Web accessibility and inclusive design.
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• Agile delivery environments.
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• Salary of £63,825 - £72,618.
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• Annual bonus of 10-12%.
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• Relocation support may be available.
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• Opportunity to influence the technical direction of a high-traffic platform serving millions of customers.
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• Modern technology stack with a collaborative engineering culture focused on continuous improvement.
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Please note: This role cannot offer visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Apply now to speak with VIQU IT in confidence, or contact Harjot Singh at . Know someone great? Refer them and receive up to £1,000 if successful (terms apply). For more roles, follow @VIQU IT Recruitment on LinkedIn.

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