Senior Frontend Software Engineer

Vista; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading creative studio in London seeks a Senior Frontend Software Engineer to join their dynamic team. The role involves driving feature development within a ReactJS/NodeJS/AWS stack, mentoring peers, and engaging with high-profile clients. Join us to shape the future of interactive experiences within a supportive and collaborative environment, prioritized for work-life balance.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Discounts from well-known retailers

Cycle loan, Travel loan schemes

Bike storage

Free gym onsite

Picturehouse Cinema membership

Flexible workplace culture

Kindness policy and attention to wellbeing

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years as a Software Engineer in web frontend development.
• Experience with AWS and Cloud Infrastructure.
• Strong communication skills and a love for technology.

Responsibilities

• Lead feature development for web builds from concept to delivery.
• Mentor and manage 1-2 Frontend Engineers.
• Support production and sales teams.

Skills

Team Collaboration

Frontend Development

Backend Architecture

Cloud Infrastructure

Communication

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Senior Frontend Software Engineer, London

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Vista

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London, United Kingdom

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Posted:

29.06.2025

Expiry Date:

13.08.2025

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Job Description:

Powster is a Creative Studio based in London and Los Angeles. We specialize in creating world-class interactive digital experiences and marketing campaigns for major movie studios, broadcasters, music artists, brands and streamers. Our work ranges from high-concept websites and large-scale video productions to immersive AR experiences and cutting-edge interactive activations.

We like to think that anything is possible, and if we haven’t done it before, we’ll pull together, work it out and make it happen. Our best work has won FWAs, Webbys, Clios and Awwwards - you can find out more on our website, Instagram and Behance.

If you’re looking to play an important role in shaping the performance and future of unique web products and creative marketing, Powster is the place for you. To keep our culture of collaboration strong, this role requires you to come into the office in Hackney Wick on Tuesdays & Thursdays.

Job Summary

We are looking for an Senior Frontend Engineer to join our London team to bootstrap our digital services / platforms across the Powster ReactJS/NodeJS/AWS technical stack. This is an exciting opportunity that will challenge your frontend skills with a lot of opportunity for leadership & project ownership across our movie / music industry clients who include Universal, Disney, Twitch, Netflix, Sony Pictures and many more. Projects range from immersive AR experiences through to high-concept websites and cutting-edge interactive activations.

The best work can only be done in the best of environments. We champion work-life balance. Everything we do must represent our Kindness Culture. Whatever the challenge you can always count on your colleagues for support.

Our diverse company culture is something we take pride in and management leads with progressive values. We’re proud of our open, compassionate and hard-working culture and are looking for a candidate craving a modern workplace and whose values align.

Requirements

• You will leading feature development for our digital services / platforms web builds and will be working closely with our Production teams from idea conception to delivery
• Leadership & ownership of the complete development lifecycle from development / QA to project activation
• You will mentor and coach engineers across the team with line management of 1 - 2 Frontend Engineers
• You will be looking after our serverless, static sites delivery system (React + AWS)
• You will represent our technical excellence in front of the Best-Known in the Movie Industry
• You will look after and support your great peers from the Production / Sales teams

You should be someone who loves working with the team and helps to bring every individual to excellence. You love challenges of all types and are keen on keeping up to date with modern coding practices.

• You have a minimum of 4 years as a Software Engineer working within web front-end development
• You can easily navigate between Backend and Frontend architectures
• You have experience with Cloud Infrastructure (preferably AWS)
• You take pride in your communication skills
• You live with technology. You continuously work on your skills and make the best of your talents building things just for your own benefit.
• Private Medical Insurance
• Access to a number of discounts and offers from well-known retailers
• Cycle loan, Travel loan schemes
• Bike storage
• Free gym onsite
• Picturehouse Cinema membership
• Flexible workplace culture
• Kindness policy and attention to your wellbeing

We actively promote close collaboration and open working practices across the studios. We encourage new thinking, with an emphasis on appreciating and encouraging everyone's contribution and interests. The wellbeing of our team takes priority and we're committed to a supportive and considerate working environment for everyone. We champion our culture of kindness and we go a long way to make sure your work-life balance stays intact.