Lead Frontend Engineer — AI-Driven, Mentorship & Strategy

Inspired Thinking Group (ITG) Limited; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Inspired Thinking Group (ITG) Limited is seeking a Lead Front End Developer to design and build web-based products for high-profile brands. You will work with React/Typescript, REST APIs, and modern toolchains in an Agile, cross-functional team with QA, UX, and PMs.

Strong mentoring and communication are essential as you drive best practices and AI-assisted development. You will lead from a technology perspective while collaborating with account directors and clients to ensure on-time delivery

Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience in at least one of these areas: Typescript, React and ES6+.
• Knowledge and experience of tools and libraries (Redux, Redux Toolkit, Zustand).
• Experience using REST APIs.
• Proficiency with Sass/Styled Components and responsive layouts.
• Semantic HTML5 and accessibility.
• Experience with build tools such as Webpack/Vite/Rspack/Rsbuild/Rollup and Module Federation.
• Git (GitLab) and code quality tooling (linting).
• TDD and testing frameworks (Jest).
• Familiarity with Jira/Confluence and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Work with account directors, creatives and the client directly to ensure projects are delivered on time.
• Define and execute the development strategy.
• Mentor and develop other team members.
• Implement and improve working practices.
• Identify and research emerging market trends to stay current.
• Work in an Agile team to enable small, incremental releases and rapid iteration.
• Use Cursor AI to accelerate delivery with tests and documentation, while improving workflows.
• Participate in sprint ceremonies and conduct code reviews.
• Estimate tasks for a range of projects.
• Lead Developers may act as Line managers and mentor colleagues.

Skills

Typescript

React

ES6+

REST APIs

Tools

Redux

Redux Toolkit

Zustand

Webpack

Vite

Module Federation

Linting/Version Control

GitLab

Jest

Cursor AI tooling

Job description

Inspired Thinking Group (ITG) Limited is seeking a Lead Front End Developer to design and build web-based products for high-profile brands. You will work with React/Typescript, REST APIs, and modern toolchains in an Agile, cross-functional team with QA, UX, and PMs.

Strong mentoring and communication are essential as you drive best practices and AI-assisted development. You will lead from a technology perspective while collaborating with account directors and clients to ensure on-time delivery