Lead React Developer

Infinity Quest; Telford; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Infinity Quest is seeking an experienced React Technical Lead to provide technical leadership within an Agile delivery team, combining hands-on development with day-to-day oversight of React developers to deliver scalable front-end solutions.

You will drive sprint planning, code reviews, architecture alignment, and mentoring, ensuring adherence to WCAG, testing standards, and enterprise standards across the front-end.

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of front-end architecture and component-based development.
• Strong experience with Redux and API integration.
• Proven background in coding standards, testing, and accessibility.

Responsibilities

• Lead front-end activities within a Scrum team and coordinate sprint work.
• Provide technical guidance and day-to-day support to React developers.
• Conduct code reviews and ensure alignment with standards and best practices.
• Plan sprint activities, mitigate risks, and remove blockers.

Skills

Front-end architecture

React

Redux

REST APIs

Code reviews

Mentoring

Agile/Scrum

CI/CD

WCAG accessibility

Testing frameworks

Tools

GitHub

GitLab

CI/CD tools

Job description

We are looking for an experienced React Technical Lead to provide technical leadership within an Agile delivery team. The role combines hands‑on development with day‑to‑day technical oversight of React developers, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, scalable, and maintainable front‑end solutions.

The Technical Lead will be responsible for sprint‑level planning and coordination for the front‑end team, code quality governance, technical mentoring, and ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, engineering standards, and front‑end best practices established by the wider React engineering community.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the front‑end development activities within a Scrum team.
• Work closely with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Architects, and development teams to plan and deliver sprint commitments.
• Break down requirements into technical tasks and support estimation, sprint planning, and backlog refinement activities.
• Provide technical guidance and day‑to‑day support to React developers.
• Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to coding standards, architectural principles, and engineering best practices.
• Monitor delivery progress, identify technical risks, and proactively resolve blockers impacting the team.
• Collaborate with Senior React Developers and broader front‑end architecture groups to adopt new standards, frameworks, patterns, and development practices.
• Ensure consistent implementation of agreed front‑end architectures, design patterns, accessibility requirements, and testing standards across the team.
• Support application design discussions and provide input into technical solution approaches.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives related to code quality, automation, performance, maintainability, and developer productivity.
• Promote knowledge sharing and mentor team members to improve technical capability and delivery effectiveness.
• Act as the primary technical point of contact for front‑end development within the Scrum team.

Required Skills

• Deep understanding of front‑end architecture, component‑based development, state management, and API integration patterns.
• Extensive experience with Redux or similar state management frameworks.
• Strong experience integrating applications through RESTful APIs.
• Experience defining and enforcing front‑end engineering standards and best practices.
• Strong understanding of WCAG accessibility standards and accessible UI development practices.
• Experience with automated testing frameworks such as Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, Playwright, or equivalent tools.
• Hands‑on experience with GitHub, GitLab, branching strategies, and CI/CD practices.
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum delivery methodologies.
• Experience leading code reviews, technical mentoring, and team‑level technical governance.

Preferred Skills

• Experience working with enterprise platforms such as Pega Constellation using React SDK.
• Experience with micro‑frontend architectures and design systems.
• Familiarity with cloud‑native application development and deployment practices.
• Experience implementing quality, accessibility, and testing standards within CI/CD pipelines.
• Technical leadership and decision‑making.
• Sprint planning and work coordination.
• Coaching and mentoring developers.
• Stakeholder management and cross‑team collaboration.
• Strong problem‑solving and risk management skills.
• Focus on engineering quality, consistency, and continuous improvement.