Lead Developer

SR2 | Socially Responsible Recruitment | Certified B Corporation; Remote; GBP 75,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A mission-driven FinTech company is seeking a Lead Frontend Developer to take ownership of their customer-facing web experience. In this role, you will guide the direction of the frontend stack, mentor talented engineers, and enhance user journeys to simplify finance for thousands. The ideal candidate has deep experience with modern frontend frameworks and a passion for performance and accessibility. This position offers significant autonomy and the opportunity to lead innovative projects in a growing digital landscape.

Qualifications

• Deep experience with modern frontend frameworks.
• Experience building scalable, reliable, production-grade interfaces.
• Comfortable with design systems and API integrations.

Responsibilities

• Own the entire frontend stack across all customer journeys.
• Lead and mentor developers, raising the bar on engineering quality.
• Champion performance, accessibility, responsive design.

Skills

Modern frontend frameworks (React, Vue, Angular)

Mentoring and leadership

Performance and accessibility

Job description

Lead Frontend Developer | Remote | £75,000-£80,000 |

We’re supporting a long standing client of ours, a mission-driven FinTech who continue with their digital evolution and we’re looking for a Lead Frontend Developer who wants to make a real impact.

This is your chance to take full ownership of a customer-facing web experience used by thousands of people building better financial futures. You’ll set the direction for the frontend stack, mentor a team of talented engineers, elevate the design system, and craft fast, accessible and beautiful user journeys that make finance feel simple.

If you love autonomy, clean design, technical leadership and solving problems that genuinely help people you’ll thrive here.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Own the entire frontend stack across all customer journeys
• Lead and mentor developers, raising the bar on engineering quality
• Evolve a modern, scalable component library & design system
• Turn ideas into polished, production-ready UI with the design team
• Champion performance, accessibility, responsive design & frontend architecture
• Partner with backend and product teams to ship seamless, integrated features
• Drive continuous improvements that make the platform faster, cleaner and more delightful to use

About You

• Has deep experience with modern frontend frameworks (React, Vue, Angular, etc.)
• Has built scalable, reliable, production-grade interfaces
• Enjoys leading, mentoring and supporting a growing team
• Works comfortably with design systems, component libraries and API integrations
• Cares deeply about performance, accessibility and creating standout user experiences
• Thrives in collaborative, product-focused engineering environments

This is a genuinely exciting chance to lead the future of a modern FinTech frontend with the space to influence, innovate, and see your work make a real difference.