At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a dynamic engineering team and shape the future of frontend technology.
- Company: Exciting AI start-up with a supportive culture and clear career progression.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, annual reviews, learning budget, health benefits, and hybrid work.
- Other info: Join a collaborative team and enjoy excellent growth opportunities in London.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a fast-paced environment while leading innovative projects.
- Qualifications: 10+ years in frontend development, 3+ years in management, strong React & TypeScript skills.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
I am delighted to be working with an existing client that is looking for a key hire to join their engineering team as the Principal Frontend Tech Lead. My client is an AI Series-backed start-up that has scaled their engineering team whilst maintaining a fantastic work environment and culture, and providing a supportive and clear career progression platform. This is a hybrid role in London, 1-2 days a week, alongside the existing Engineering Team. You can expect a salary in the region of 100-125k plus an amazing package including annual salary reviews, learning & development budget, health/medical and more.
As the Principal Frontend Technical Lead in this role, you will work a 70/30 split of leadership, architecture, development and team growth vs hands-on programming. You will be responsible for 4/5 Team Leads who have their own projects and teams to manage, enabling them to learn, support and guide them in their personal leadership journey. Be responsible for the team's technical delivery and working with other engineering teams, manage the technical direction and operations/strategy around frontend architecture system design, tooling and more, ensuring quality and delivery is on time.
As the Principal Frontend Tech Lead, I am looking for:
- Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or similar
- 10+ years of industry experience in production frontend applications
- 3+ years in management, responsible for team leads, project and technology
- Deep hands-on experience in frontend architecture
- Strong hands on skills in React & TypeScript
- Experience working across the full development lifecycle with cross functional teams
- Experience in scaling engineering teams within a startup preferred
- Understanding of Python Web Frameworks beneficial (Django/FastAPI)
If you would like to apply for this position or to understand more about the role and my client, please get in touch. This role does not support sponsorship applications and you must be willing to work a hybrid model in London.
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