Senior Front End Engineer

hedgehog lab
Manchester, UK
10 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Performance Tuning ReactJS Vue.js AngularJS Front End Software Development

Job description

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., * 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.

Requirements

  • 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., * 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.

Benefits & conditions

  • 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

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