Front End Practice Lead

• Identifying and owning technical components or solutions that can span multiple projects
• Mentoring other engineers (pair programming, code reviews, feedback)
• Facilitating and management of engineer's career goals and professional development
• Identifying process improvements, and facilitating their implementation.
• Running and facilitating group meetings, and ensuring that actions are completed
• Producing pragmatic and high quality solutions to challenging or complicated problems
• Assisting with technical aspects in RFP responses and taking part in pitches
• Assisting with planning and estimation of medium-large projects
• Taking part in customer workshops, and other stakeholder management initiatives
• Participating in the interviewing process of new team members
• Working with the Head of Technology to steer the future direction of the wider team

We are looking for a talented and influential Front End Practice Lead to lead our brilliant Front End team and help create amazing digital products and services for our valued clients.

You will be a problem solver with an inquisitive mind, with the ability to understand requirements and come up with creative technology solutions. You are a natural leader, and will own and be accountable for the work the Front End team produces and the professional development and happiness of your team.

You encourage cross-discipline collaboration between the different teams within the studio, you are always looking for opportunities to improve how we work, and you have great commercial awareness which you use to balance out technical decisions and approaches.

Skills you'll have

• Proactive, self-motivated team player that's skilled in getting your team excited about their work - has team leadership and mentorship experience
• Natural 'people person' and known for fostering relationships amongst peers and clients alike
• Solutions focussed - you can identify problems and quickly reach resolutions
• Self-learner - you are constantly looking for ways to upskill and share knowledge with those around you
• Meticulous and detail oriented
• Thinks strategically and have great commercial awareness in addition to technical expertise
• Strong track record of industry experience
• Experience of working in a fast-paced commercial environment where products have to be delivered to fixed timescales
• Extensive experience in ES6+, React, Javascript, TypeScript
• Current understanding and experience of accessibility best practices
• Experience of integrating with web services / APIs
• A knowledge of JavaScript / Typescript tooling, best practices, testing and optimisation
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies, iterative and incremental development
• Experience with version control systems (e.g. Git)
• A working knowledge of security and optimisation within browser and device
• Experience of TDD and automated acceptance testing practices
• Keen interest in new upcoming web technologies and standards
• Experience working with content management systems
• Experience of using project management and collaboration tools such as Jira
• Great commercial awareness

Nice to haves

• Experience working with React Native or other JS to native frameworks
• Experience with Node.js, Lambda, GraphQL
• Experience within the creative and/or tech industries or an agency background.

• We pay competitive salaries that are annually industry and location benchmarked.
• You join an award-winning company, recognised by Great Place to Work®, where your contributions are highly valued.
• You join a team that delivers impactful work that is purposeful and meaningful.
• We offer a flexible hybrid working option.
• Company pension contribution.
• Private Health Insurance.
• Discretionary annual bonus.
• 21 days holiday and 3 days paid Christmas leave during holiday closure.
• Additional loyalty annual leave at key milestones.
• Personal annual development budget and time allocation.
• Fully subsidised personal training twice per week.
• Weekly yoga sessions.
• Mental health first aid training.
• Annual company holiday weekend.
• Electric vehicle scheme and free charging.
• 2x paid charity volunteering days
• Free parking on-site.

We are Aer Studios - a creative technology studio on a mission to create extraordinary digital experiences that have a positive impact on our clients, their audiences, people & planet. We imagine, design, develop, build and support for a digital world. We believe that clients shouldn't have to choose between delightful design and technical rigour. For us, they come as standard. It's this belief that has helped us thrive for over 26 years, and continue to attract leading creative and technical talent to our growing team of technologists, creatives and thinkers.