Front-End Engineer Team Lead

Via; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock Options

Comprehensive Health Scheme

Weekly Team Lunches

Spacious Office

Global Employer with 700+ Deployments

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Front-End Team Lead, where you'll harness cutting-edge technologies to shape the future of transportation. This role involves leading a talented team of developers to create visionary UI/UX products, enhancing user experiences, and implementing essential front-end tools. With a commitment to social good and a hybrid working model, this opportunity offers competitive compensation, including stock options, and a chance to work in a diverse and inclusive environment. If you're passionate about technology and eager to make a difference, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in web application development and team leadership.
• Experience with React or similar frameworks is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to create innovative UI/UX products.
• Implement front-end tools and improve user experience across the platform.

Skills

Team Leadership

React

Web Application Development

User Experience Improvement

Map-based Application Development

Backend Development (Python)

Education

BSc. Computer Science or similar

Tools

Mapbox

Google JS SDK

Job description

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Via is using technology to transform transportation around the world. From changing a single person’s daily commute to reducing humanity’s collective environmental footprint — we’ve got huge goals.

As a Front-End Team Lead at Via, you’ll join our R&D center to lead a team of developers, directly contributing to our product by using cutting-edge technologies. You’ll take a critical part in our mission to shape the future of transportation, affecting tens of thousands of riders daily worldwide. You will take a key role and be a focal point on front end architecture.

What You’ll Do:

• Implement front-end tools & libraries which are used in Via
• Work and lead a group of talented engineers to create visionary UI/UX products
• Examine, question and improve - consult and make decisions to move things forward
• Improve the user experience across Via's platform

Who You Are:

• BSc. Computer Science or similar
• Proven experience leading a team of people
• 4+ years of professional experience
• Experience with React or similar frameworks
• 3+ years of experience as a Web Application Developer
• Map based application development (Mapbox, Google JS SDK, etc…) - Advantage
• Experience with backend development (Python) - Advantage

What We Offer:

• Joining a global employer with over 700 mobility deployments in 35+ countries
• Becoming part of a company that was awarded for its commitment to social good
• Competitive compensation including stock options
• A hybrid working model and a spacious office near Chancery Lane, where you can enjoy weekly team lunches
• Comprehensive health scheme offered through AXA

We’re Via, and we build technology that changes the way the world moves. We pioneered the TransitTech category to ensure that the future of transportation is shared, dynamic public mobility — the kind that reduces carbon emissions across congested cities, minimizes reliance on private cars, and provides everyone with accessible, efficient, and affordable ways of getting around.

We created the first end-to-end TransitTech solution for cities and transit agencies, offering world-class software, service design, and operational expertise to fundamentally improve the way the world moves.

Via was founded with the guiding principle that we go further when we go together. We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. All backgrounds, identities, and voices are welcomed and celebrated at Via.

Ready to join the ride?

Via is an equal opportunity employer.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Sales and Business Development
• Industries
• Software Development