Lead Angular Developer

Discover a world of endless possibilities at Gallagher Benefit Services, where you will have the power to shape the future of workplaces across industries. As a member of our team, you become the driving force behind positive change, helping clients build environments where employees thrive. Embrace the opportunity to impact lives, unlock potential, and create a legacy of remarkable transformation.

Join our dynamic team as a Lead Angular Developer, where you will be at the forefront of crafting exceptional, scalable web applications. Your expertise will be crucial in shaping frontend architecture and guiding our talented team towards success. This role is not just about individual contributions; it is about leading with vision, providing technical oversight, mentoring developers, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to consistently deliver top-tier solutions. You will work closely with UX/UI designers, backend teams, and service enablement architects, applying best practices in frontend development to drive innovation and continuous improvement. As a champion of Angular, you will influence technical decisions and set frontend standards that elevate our digital projects. If you possess deep technical expertise, a proactive mindset, and a passion for leadership, we invite you to make a significant impact with us.

How you will make an impact:

• Lead the design, development, and optimisation of Angular-based frontend applications.
• Provide technical direction and mentoring to frontend developers, promoting knowledge-sharing and consistent standards.
• Establish and maintain reusable UI components, shared modules, and frontend libraries in support of a productised development model.
• Promote efficient and secure programming practices, with a focus on reducing duplication and improving maintainability across codebases.
• Review and approve code to ensure alignment with architectural principles, performance benchmarks, and maintainability goals.
• Work closely with design and backend teams to ensure seamless integration of UI with APIs and backend services.
• Establish and enforce development best practices, including testing, accessibility, and security standards.
• Proactively identify and resolve technical risks and issues that may impact delivery.
• Contribute to solution architecture, particularly in frontend-related domains (component structure, state management, performance tuning).
• Promote the adoption of modern frontend tooling and development workflows (CI/CD, automated testing, static analysis).
• Lead or contribute to sprint planning, backlog grooming, and delivery estimation processes.
• Support hiring, onboarding, and professional development of frontend developers.
• Actively stay informed about industry trends and emerging technologies relevant to Angular and frontend development.

About You:

• Expert-level proficiency in TypeScript, HTML, and CSS (including SCSS).
• Extensive experience with Angular (preferably the second-latest major release or later) and associated tooling.
• Strong grasp of component-based architecture, RxJS, and state management using libraries such as NgRx.
• Demonstrated experience leading or mentoring frontend teams within Agile or Scrum environments.
• Proven ability to design and implement scalable, maintainable, and high-performing frontend solutions.
• Deep understanding of accessibility (WCAG), responsive design principles, and cross-browser compatibility.
• Experience integrating frontend applications with RESTful APIs and handling complex asynchronous interactions.
• Familiarity with frontend testing practices using tools such as Jest, Cypress, or Selenium.
• Strong working knowledge of Git and modern development workflows, including CI/CD practices.
• Ability to translate UX/UI designs (e.g., Figma, Adobe XD) into functional and pixel-perfect interfaces.
• Solid experience with frontend performance optimisation techniques.
• Confident communicator with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience working with cloud-hosted applications and understanding of frontend security concerns.

Additional attributes:

• Experience with monorepo architectures or micro frontends.
• Exposure to server-side rendering or static site generation with Angular Universal.
• Passion for coaching, mentoring, and cultivating a high-performing team environment.
• Ability to balance delivery priorities with technical debt management.
• Experience contributing to or establishing frontend governance (coding standards, documentation, design systems).

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must have the Right to Work in the United Kingdom.

Compensation and benefits:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days.
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to.
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x.
• Income protection, covering up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up.
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance.
• Other benefits include: Three fully paid volunteering days per year, Employee Stock Purchase plan, Share incentive plan, Critical illness cover, Discounted gym membership, Season ticket loan, Access to a discounted voucher portal, Emergency back-up family care, and many more.

We value inclusion and diversity. Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it is embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work. Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities. We understand that applicants may have disabilities; if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know. Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age and those with caring responsibilities. Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on protected characteristics.