Senior Front End Engineer in Manchester

Type: Permanent, full-time
Location: UK-based (flexible home, office, or hybrid working)
Office locations: Newcastle and Leeds
Hub locations: Edinburgh, Manchester, London

Senior Front End Engineer

We’re growing our Engineering team to strengthen our ability to deliver world‑class digital products for our clients. As a Senior Front End Engineer, you’ll play a key role in a fast‑moving proof‑of‑concept engagement. The goal is to build something that looks great, works well, and helps make confident technology choices.

What you’ll do

• Build and iterate on a proof‑of‑concept front‑end at pace, focusing on outcomes and usability.
• Collaborate closely with Product and UX to shape journeys, interactions, and responsiveness.
• Integrate with back‑end APIs sensibly and reliably.
• Make pragmatic choices and trade‑offs to keep delivery moving while maintaining quality.
• Help evaluate and recommend front‑end approaches grounded in real‑world implementation, not theory.

Who is hedgehog lab

hedgehog lab is a digital product consultancy with 20 years of experience. Based in Northern England, we help global brands craft better digital experiences through technical excellence and human‑first collaboration.

Benefits

• 28 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• 5 Impact Days per year to spend on L&D, volunteering or innovation
• Flexible working environment
• Enhanced parental policy
• Annual wellbeing budget + two days of wellbeing
• Mental health support
• Company‑supplied Apple Mac

What we’re looking for

• Strong front‑end engineering experience and confidence with at least one modern framework (React, Vue, Angular, etc.).
• Adaptability: happy to work with whichever framework fits the work, and not “framework‑locked”.
• Experience consuming APIs and building robust UI states (loading, error, empty, offline‑friendly patterns).
• A delivery mindset: you can make decisions, move forward, and communicate trade‑offs clearly.

Nice to have

• Experience working on short, high‑impact prototypes or POCs.
• Experience with map‑heavy or highly interactive UIs.
• Familiarity with offline caching patterns and performance optimisation.

Ready to apply?

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