Senior Front-End Developer

NEC; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company in the United Kingdom is looking for a Senior Front-End Developer to lead front-end engineering and deliver innovative products. This role involves setting high coding standards, designing architecture, and collaborating with teams on technical challenges. Applicants should have expert skills in React and TypeScript, and experience in mentoring and technical leadership. The company offers a comprehensive benefits package, including private medical cover, a pension plan, and access to LinkedIn Learning resources.

Benefits

Private medical cover

25 days paid holiday

Life assurance cover

Group pension plan

Flexible benefits

Access to LinkedIn Learning

Qualifications

• Demonstrable professional front-end experience.
• Expert-level knowledge of React and its modern patterns.
• Solid experience with the front-end ecosystem.
• Track record of technical leadership.
• Strong collaboration with UX/UI designers.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver features end-to-end.
• Set front-end architecture and coding standards.
• Own the testing strategy at all levels.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver increments.

Skills

React expert-level knowledge

Proficient in TypeScript

Strong testing and debugging skills

Collaborative mentoring skills

Understanding of design systems

Git branching strategies

AWS or Azure knowledge

Tools

Playwright

Jest

Cypress

Job description

Role overview

As a Senior Front-End Developer, you'll play a key role in shaping our digital products and driving innovation and excellence in our front-end engineering. You'll help deliver outstanding front-end solutions by setting high coding standards, designing the architecture, and guiding engineering practices. Additionally, you'll be instrumental in helping lead our team through exciting and complex technical challenges on our platform and product teams.

Please note - Role remote or Hybrid, Subject to Location

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver features end-to-end, converting designs into production-grade code.
• Set front-end architecture and coding standards, define patterns, assure quality, and drive component reuse.
• Own the testing strategy across unit, integration, and end-to-end levels to keep coverage reliable and meaningful.
• Optimise performance and accessibility to meet Core Web Vitals targets and WCAG AA.
• Operate the product in production by maintaining Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI / CD) pipelines, monitoring health, handling incidents, and preventing regressions.
• Collaborate with designers and product managers, Quality Assurance (QA), and back-end engineers to deliver small, reversible increments.
• Set realistic commitments, surface risks early, and keep stakeholders aligned on scope and timelines.
• Manage feature flags, canary releases, and rollback plans.
• Seek and apply feedback, share domain knowledge, maintain documentation, and strengthen team learning.

Qualifications

Essential requirements

• Demonstrable expereince of professional front-end experience.
• Expert-level knowledge of React, including hooks, context, performance optimisation, and modern patterns.
• Proficient in TypeScript for scalable, type-safe codebases.
• Solid experience with framework and its ecosystem (SSR, SSG, ISR).Deep knowledge of front-end engineering practices : state management, code splitting, bundle optimisation.
• Strong testing and debugging with Playwright, Jest, Cypress, or similar.
• Proven mentoring and cross-functional collaboration delivering user-centric software.
• Strong understanding of design systems and component libraries, partnering with UX / UI.
• Track record of technical leadership guiding delivery across multi-environment projects.
• Experience shaping solutions during discovery and advising on technical feasibility.
• Experience with Git and modern branching strategies, including conflict resolution and peer PR reviews.

Desirable skills

• Cloud-native delivery on AWS or Azure, serverless or containers.
• Design System and Service Standard experience.
• Storybook ownership for UI documentation and visual review.
• Figma for collaboration and Mural for workshops.
• Front-end security basics, including XSS and CSRF protections, dependency risk scanning, and secret handling.

Security clearance and eligibility

• Active UK Security Check (SC) to start, or eligible for SC with required residency.
• Must meet residency requirements for SC transfer.

Additional Information

We pride ourselves in offering an excellent benefits package, including an aboveaverage pension scheme. When you join the team at NEC Software Solutions, you are provided with the following :

• Private Medical Cover funded by NEC for Employees (with the option to add family members at an additional cost)
• 25 days paid holiday with the option to buy / sell (FTE)
• 4 x basic salarylife assurance coverfunded by NEC (with the option to increase cover at an additional cost)
• A Group Pension Plan with fantastic employer contributionsup to a maximum of
• A selection of flexible benefits to suit your individual needs
• All colleagues get free access to LinkedIn Learning. Over 15000 courses covering a huge breadth of subjects. Learn about what you like, when you like, how you like.