Frontend Tech Lead (React/TypeScript) for Global Ecommerce

VIQU Limited; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Bonus 10-12%

Job summary

VIQU Limited, in partnership with a global eCommerce organisation, is seeking a Lead Frontend Developer to provide technical leadership across a high-traffic frontend team. Leicester-based role with relocation support and a requirement to be in the office three days a week (Tue, Thu and Fri), focusing on React, TypeScript and Node.js, mentoring engineers and upholding engineering standards.

You will shape architecture, drive performance optimisations and collaborate with Product, Delivery and

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience with React, TypeScript and modern JavaScript.
• Experience developing high-traffic, customer-facing web applications, ideally within eCommerce.
• Strong Node.js experience.
• Previous technical leadership through mentoring, code reviews and setting development standards.
• Solid understanding of frontend performance optimisation and responsive design.
• Experience working within Agile development teams.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across the frontend engineering team.
• Set coding standards and champion engineering best practices.
• Lead code reviews and mentor developers to improve quality and consistency.
• Design, build and enhance a high-performance eCommerce platform serving millions of users.
• Collaborate with Product, Delivery and Engineering teams to influence technical direction.
• Drive continuous improvement across development processes and tooling.
• Participate in an on-call rota during peak trading periods.

Skills

Leadership

Code reviews

Mentoring

Frontend performance

Tools

React

TypeScript

Node.js

Material UI

Next.js

Azure

Micro Frontends

Job description

VIQU Limited, in partnership with a global eCommerce organisation, is seeking a Lead Frontend Developer to provide technical leadership across a high-traffic frontend team. Leicester-based role with relocation support and a requirement to be in the office three days a week (Tue, Thu and Fri), focusing on React, TypeScript and Node.js, mentoring engineers and upholding engineering standards.

You will shape architecture, drive performance optimisations and collaborate with Product, Delivery and