Frontend Team Lead

Are you an experienced Frontend Team Lead looking for an exciting new challenge?

We are working with a leading organisation that is driving innovation in machine learning for the automotive industry. Due to continued growth, they are looking for a Frontend Team Lead to join their product development team.

About the Role

As a Frontend Team Lead, you will play a key role in leading a team of frontend engineers while working closely with UX designers, product managers, and other engineers. You will be responsible for developing web applications with sophisticated data visualisations, ensuring high performance, scalability, and security. This role offers an exciting opportunity to shape frontend development standards and build a strong team.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate cross-functionally to implement customer-focused solutions as part of a product development squad
• Take ownership of frontend technology choices and architecture, ensuring consistency and high-quality delivery
• Set and communicate the vision for frontend engineering, ensuring alignment and commitment across the team and wider business
• Lead and mentor a diverse team of frontend engineers, fostering a high-performance and innovative culture

What We’re Looking For

Essential Skills & Experience:

• At least two years of experience leading technical teams, with strong communication and leadership skills
• A minimum of five years of experience designing and developing maintainable, high-performance web applications in a commercial setting
• Proven expertise in delivering high-quality React frontends, including the use of data visualisation libraries such as Chart.js or D3.js
• Strong advocate for best practices in frontend engineering, including automated testing with tools like Jest and Playwright

Desirable Skills & Experience:

• Familiarity with build tools like Vite, UI component libraries such as Material-UI, and authentication systems like Auth0
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., GitHub) and continuous integration systems such as Jenkins
• Proficiency in cloud platforms like Google Cloud Platform and deployment tools such as Docker and Kubernetes

What’s on Offer?

This role offers an inclusive and innovative working environment, with a strong emphasis on collaboration and continuous learning. The company values diversity and encourages all employees to bring their authentic selves to work.

Benefits include:

• Competitive salary, reviewed annually
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Life assurance (4x salary)
• Private medical insurance
• Eyecare policy & dental cash plan
• Stock options (where applicable)
• Access to an on-site gym
• Discount shopping & wellbeing platform
• Employee assistance programme
• Social events, game nights, and sports groups

This organisation is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all backgrounds. If you require adjustments or support during the interview process due to a disability, please get in touch.

Interested? Contact Jack Baxter at jb@skillsearch.com for more information or apply now.

Years of experience and salary levels are shown purely as a guide. We will only consider applications from candidates that can demonstrate the skills or experience required for the role.

Please be aware that while we would love to respond to every application we receive, due to high numbers we cannot guarantee this. We do however appreciate any time you invest into the application and will make sure to get in touch should anything in future more closely fit your skillset.