Frontend Tech Lead - Acre

ClearScore; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Private health

Life assurance

Pension

Breakfast & snacks

Job summary

ClearScore is seeking a frontend focused Tech Lead to help improve the home buyer journey and build a strong frontend engineering team. You will work with other front-end developers and the broader engineering organisation to deliver a smooth user experience for Acre.

You will mentor the team, promote software engineering best practices, and shape leadership within the Frontend group over time.

Qualifications

• Strong frontend focus with React/Typescript and modern web standards.
• Experience delivering high-quality UI with component-driven architecture.
• Ability to mentor and grow a frontend team, promoting best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and test the UI for mortgage research and application processes.
• Mentor frontend engineers and promote engineering best practices across the team.
• Collaborate with wider engineering to translate business needs into tasks.

Skills

Frontend engineering

React

Typescript

CSS/HTML

Mentoring

Code quality

CI/CD

Agile teamwork

Tools

Git

CI/CD tools

Job description

We are looking for a frontend focused Tech Lead that wants to help both make the home buyer process better and build a great frontend engineering team. Your role will be to work closely with other front‑end developers and the broader engineering organisation to deliver a smooth and seamless user experience for Acre. You will be highly motivated, be technology agnostic, and be proud of the work you produce. Our team believes in user‑centric product design, and you will be building an iconic, beautiful system unlike anything in the market today.

What you will be doing

As a key role within the engineering team you will be responsible for the design, implementation and testing of the user interface that empowers consumers, brokers and operational functions to efficiently manage the mortgage research and application process. You will be expected to write reusable, testable and efficient code that produces a seamless and beautiful user experience. During our software development life cycle, you will be expected to work with the business as a whole, converting business requirements into development tasks as well as mentoring other team members.

Additionally, as a Tech Lead, you'll be responsible for helping promote and ensure software engineering best practices and a culture of quality across the Frontend Development team and codebase. In this role, you will be managing a team of frontend engineers, with the opportunity to grow and shape that leadership responsibility over time.

Skills We'd Love You To Have

• Passionate about software engineering and about delivering a quality product.
• Enjoy creating beautiful and enjoyable user interfaces that delight users.
• Have an excellent understanding and experience with client‑side JavaScript (Typescript), React, and of course CSS and HTML.
• Committed to using automated testing platforms and unit tests to deliver readable, maintainable code.
• Proficient with issue management, code versioning, continuous integration and deployment tools.

Benefits

• 25 paid holidays and a “duvet day” on your birthday
• Hybrid Work Environment
• Private health and dental cover - including mental health support through Bupa
• GP office visits
• Life assurance scheme
• Up to 6% matched pension
• Regular Lunch and Learns with guest speakers
• Dog‑friendly office
• Daily breakfast and free snacks
• Access to discounts via Cobens Extras
• Free sports and social clubs
• Continued investment into learning and development
• Leadership‑led training
• In‑house psychotherapist
• Financial coach to help you plan and achieve your goals
• No clock‑watching culture
• Generous maternity and paternity plans
• Culture and inclusion representatives
• Transparent pay structure and a career growth plan

Equal Opportunities

ClearScore is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals. As an equal opportunity employer, we are able to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate individuals with disabilities during the recruitment and selection process. If you require accommodation, please inform us in advance, and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Our Hybrid Model

We embrace a dynamic hybrid work environment that balances flexibility with collaborative in‑person experiences. Our approach is designed to foster innovation, team connection, and individual productivity.

• Levels 1‑5: Minimum 2 days per week in‑office
• Level 6 and above: Minimum 3 days per week in‑office

We believe this structure offers the best of both worlds – the flexibility of remote work and the synergy of face‑to‑face collaboration. Our office days are carefully coordinated to maximise team interactions and learning/ mentorship opportunities.

What This Means for You

• Flexibility to manage your work and life
• Dedicated in‑office days for team building and collaborative projects
• Office facilities (with plants!) designed for productive interactions
• Clear expectations and support for maintaining our hybrid schedule

Note: While we offer flexibility, commitment to our hybrid schedule is an important aspect of our team culture and performance expectations.