Lead Software Engineer - Front End

Vypr; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is on the lookout for a Talent Attraction Leader to drive frontend development in an innovative SaaS environment. This role involves leading a team of engineers, ensuring best practices in code quality and performance, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver cutting-edge solutions. The company values agility, transparency, and results, creating a dynamic work environment where your contributions will make a significant impact. If you are passionate about technology and want to be part of a growth-driven team, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Company paid medical cashplan

Enhanced annual leave

Work from anywhere up to 4 weeks a year

Access to a global benefits and reward platform

Access to well-being support

Life Assurance

Day off on your birthday

Enhanced parental leave

Qualifications

• Deep experience with Next.js and TypeScript for building scalable web applications.
• Experience with AWS services for web application development.

Responsibilities

• Lead frontend development ensuring a scalable and intuitive user experience.
• Mentor engineers and drive best practices in software engineering.

Skills

Next.js

TypeScript

Frontend Development

AWS

UI/UX Design

DevSecOps

Automated Testing

Job description

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Talent Attraction Leader - expertise in supporting PE and VC backed hyper growth SMEs.

Job Title

Reports to

Head of Engineering

Location/work pattern

UK based role – 1 day every other week in Manchester office

What we do

Vypr is a Manchester HQ’d Private Equity/Venture Capital backed SaaS business. Our market-leading product intelligence platform provides reliable consumer data to help manufacturers and retailers understand what their customers want to see on shelves. This helps reduce the time and cost spent developing new products, which makes for better products, faster.

We’re a scale-up business with huge growth ambitions. We’ve proved product market fit with our existing offering and now we’re ready to scale at pace. We’re using scalable new technology to reimagine our product intelligence platform with limitless future potential, from personalisation to AI enhanced insight.

Our cross-functional, agile product team collaborates to design, build, and deliver Vypr’s brand-new AI-driven platform. Comprising software engineers, mobile engineers, automation engineers, product managers, designers, and a delivery manager, the team is guided by modern tech principles—such as a serverless-first approach, event-driven architecture, and CI/CD—to build scalable, secure, and highly available solutions that drive innovation and growth.

Things that you will do

• Lead the frontend development of Vypr Predict, ensuring a scalable, performant, and intuitive user experience.
• Write, review, and maintain high-quality code in Next.js, and TypeScript, ensuring best practices are followed.
• Drive the implementation and maintenance of frontend testing frameworks and best practices to ensure code quality and reliability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product managers, designers, engineers and QA) to scope, break down, and deliver complex technical tasks.
• Drive best practices in software engineering, including DevSecOps, CI/CD, and automated testing strategies.
• Mentor and support engineers, fostering a high-performance culture and helping team members grow technically.
• Ensure usability by following web standards and responsive design principles.
• Identify and address technical debt, balancing feature development with long-term system improvements.
• Research and evaluate new technologies, recommending innovations that enhance performance, security, and developer productivity.
• Contribute to the technical strategy, aligning Frontend development with business objectives and future growth.

What you will be responsible for

• Driving best practices in frontend development, including code quality, accessibility, and UI/UX consistency.
• Collaborating with the Lead Backend Engineer to align frontend development with the overall platform strategy.
• Leading and mentoring engineers, fostering a high-performance culture aligned with Vypr’s values.
• Driving best practices in frontend development, including code quality, performance, and UI/UX consistency.

What you are good at

• You have deep experience with Next.js, TypeScript, and modern frontend frameworks, building scalable web applications.
• You have experience building web applications on AWS and are familiar with its services
• You excel at frontend performance optimisation, ensuring fast load times and smooth interactions.
• You mentor engineers, drive best practices, and make informed technical decisions that improve system stability and developer efficiency.
• You proactively identify technical challenges, optimise performance, and balance trade-offs between innovation and maintainability.
• You work effectively with cross-functional teams, including product managers and designers, to deliver high-quality solutions.
• You can clearly explain complex technical concepts to both engineering and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring alignment on priorities.
• You stay up to date with industry trends, evaluate new technologies, and drive improvements in development processes.

What’s important to you

At Vypr, we value being Agile by embracing flexibility, making quick informed decisions, and driving continuous improvement. We believe in being Candid, fostering a transparent, trusting environment where ideas are challenged with care, and celebrating team successes. We are Driven by Results, promoting inclusivity, accountability, and ambition, ensuring goals are met and contributions are valued. Lastly, we value Caring, showing empathy, supporting charitable initiatives, and creating a safe, friendly work environment for all team members.

What we offer

• Company paid medical cashplan
• Enhanced annual leave
• Work from anywhere up to 4 weeks a year
• Access to a global benefits and reward platform
• Access to well-being support, including an Employee Assistance Programmes
• Life Assurance
• Day off on your birthday
• Enhanced parental leave

What next?

Our Talent Selection process focusses on creating a mutual, fair and transparent dialogue that helps you and us to establish whether the role could be a rewarding career fit. We will create space to discuss your ambitions and our growth plans as well as context of the role, give you the opportunity to engage with your potential Line Manager and Team Members, showcase your skills in a live task and to visit our Manchester HQ.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Information Technology & Services, Market Research, and Information Services

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