Lead Software Engineer

R3vamp; Shoreditch; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/Medical

Learning & development budget

Annual salary reviews

Job summary

R3vamp is seeking a Principal Frontend Tech Lead to steer architecture and delivery for its London-based engineering team on a hybrid basis. You will balance leadership with hands-on work, guiding 4–5 team leads and shaping frontend systems and tooling.

The role emphasizes React and TypeScript expertise, cross-functional collaboration, and scaling teams within a startup environment; sponsorship is not provided.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or similar.
• 10+ years in production frontend applications.
• 3+ years in management leading leads and teams.
• Deep hands on frontend architecture experience.
• Strong React & TypeScript skills.
• Experience across full development lifecycle with cross functional teams.
• Experience scaling engineering teams in a startup.
• Understanding of Python web frameworks (Django/FastAPI) beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead, architecture direction and delivery of frontend systems.
• Manage 4/5 team leads and their projects.
• Guide and mentor teams in leadership, growth and best practices.
• Collaborate with other engineering teams to ensure timely delivery.

Skills

Frontend leadership

React

TypeScript

Team management

Frontend architecture

Development lifecycle

Cross-functional collaboration

Python frameworks

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or similar

Job description

I am delighted to be working with an existing client that is looking for a key hire to join their engineering team as the Principal Frontend Tech Lead. My client is an AI Series-backed start-up that has scaled their engineering team whilst maintaining a fantastic work environment and culture, and providing a supportive and clear career progression platform. This is a hybrid role in London, 1-2 days a week, alongside the existing Engineering Team. You can expect a salary in the region of 100-130k plus an amazing package including annual salary reviews, learning & development budget, health/medical and more.

As the Principal Frontend Technical Lead in this role, you will work a 70/30 split of leadership, architecture, development and team growth vs hands-on programming. You will be responsible for 4/5 Team Leads who have their own projects and teams to manage, enabling them to learn, support and guide them in their personal leadership journey. Be responsible for the team's technical delivery and working with other engineering teams, manage the technical direction and operations/strategy around frontend architecture system design, tooling and more, ensuring quality and delivery is on time.

As the Principal Frontend Tech Lead, I am looking for:

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or similar
• 10+ years of industry experience in production frontend applications
• 3+ years in management, responsible for team leads, project and technology
• Deep hands on experience in frontend architecture
• Strong hands on skills in React & TypeScript
• Experience working across the full development lifecycle with cross functional teams
• Experience in scaling engineering teams within a startup preferred
• Understanding of Python Web Frameworks beneficial (Django/FastAPI)

This role does not support sponsorship applications and you must be willing to work a hybrid model in London.