Front End Engineer React Senior / Lead

Client Server Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Equity

Job summary

Client Server Limited in London is seeking a Senior/Lead Front End Engineer (React) to own the front end for the core product, a live-events operating system that improves vendor revenue and reduces queue times. You will lead the architecture and development of front end applications, staying hands-on with code.

You will collaborate with product and design teams to deliver polished, accessible UIs, integrate APIs and real-time data, and mentor junior developers while shaping build and release

Qualifications

• Experience as a lead or senior Front End Engineer/Developer with advanced, hands-on React skills.
• Strong ownership mentality and ability to make architectural decisions.
• Comfortable in a start-up/scale-up environment with ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and development of front end applications using React and ensure performance, maintainability and scalability.
• Collaborate with product and design to translate requirements into polished, accessible UI and integrate APIs and real-time data.
• Own build, release pipelines and mentorship, conducting code reviews and promoting best practices.

Skills

React

Lead Frontend

Job description

London, Greater London | £80k - £90k per year

Front End Engineer / Developer (React Senior / Lead) London / WFH to £90k

Would you like to join a scale-up technology company in an influential role where you can take ownership and see the business impact of what you do?

You could be progressing your career as a Front End Engineer, taking ownership of the Front End for the core product, a financial operating system for live events which reduces queue times for customers and maximises revenue for vendors.

As the lead Front End Engineer you will lead the architecture and development of front end applications, primarily using React, ensuring performance, maintainability and scalability across web products, remaining hands-on with the code.

You’ll collaborate closely with product and design teams to translate requirements into polished, accessible and responsive user interfaces and partner with backend engineers to integrate APIs, payment flows and real-time data.

You will have the autonomy to make critical technical decisions on front end tooling, architecture and build / release pipelines and mentor more junior front end developers, conducting code reviews and ensuring best practices.

Location / WFH:

Initially (first 6 months) you’ll be expected to join the team in the London office 3-4 days a week so you can get a full understanding of the product and the team, following this there’s lots of flexibility including the ability to work abroad for part of the year.

About you:

• You have experience as a lead or senior Front End Engineer / Developer, with advanced, hands-on skills in React
• You're comfortable taking ownership and making the technical decisions
• You're keen to work in a start-up / scale-up environment, comfortable with ambiguity and changing priorities
• You have excellent communication and collaboration skills

What's in it for you:

• Salary to £90k
• Pension
• Influential role with great career progression as the company scales
• Potential equity